Russia will not deploy new missiles as long as the United States shows similar restraint in Europe and Asia, Russian defense minister Sergei Shoigu said on August 18, reacting upon Washington’s withdrawal from the pact. Russia's defense minister says Moscow has no plans to install new missiles unless US deploys them following INF treaty collapsehttps://t.co/9T7lB6Vl6S…
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Russians demand fair elections
Around 50 thousands of Moscovites expressed their solidarity with rejected the access to elections opposition politicians participating in a demonstration “For Freedom and Justice” . The last five weeks the demands for fair elections and inclusion of independent candidates in upcoming municipal ballot united people from different views and backgrounds. Thousands gather at sanctioned #Moscow rally…
EU expects release of Moscow protesters
Tbe European Union expects an “immediate release” of over 600 peaceful protesters, detained by police in Moscow, the spokesperson of the European External Action Service wrote in her Twitter micro blog. 🇷🇺 #Russia: Right to freedom of assembly & expression are fundamental to democracy, without any attempts to silence opposition representatives. 🇪🇺expects immediate release of…
EU blames Moscow “disproportionate use of force”
“Over a thousand peaceful demonstrators, including prominent opposition figures and journalists, have been detained in Moscow today. They were calling for free and democratic elections in Moscow in September 2019. Так, гражданин, вы почему не улыбаетесь, вы что не видите как Москва похорошела? (фото из "Ведомостей) pic.twitter.com/MR1qsQ136L — Roman Dobrokhotov (@Dobrokhotov) July 27, 2019 These…
Russia-Georgia flights cancelled
President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree, which imposes a temporary ban on passenger flights between Russia and Georgia from July 8, the Kremlin press service announced. (Image above: illustration). Putin temporarily suspends passenger air service with Georgia https://t.co/a6DSD0nugC pic.twitter.com/9wLXr2WTBr — TASS (@tassagency_en) June 21, 2019 “From July 8, 2019, Russian airlines are temporarily prohibited from…
Jagland raises concerns about journalist Golunov case
The Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Thorbjørn Jagland, has made the following statement with regard to the situation of investigative journalist Ivan Golunov in Russia: My statement concerning Russian investigative journalist Ivan Golunov https://t.co/3bVqC9N2df — Thorbjørn Jagland (@TJagland) June 9, 2019 “I am very much concerned and saddened by reports…
Poroshenko signs law criminalizing multilingualism
The incumbent President Pyotr Poroshenko has signed the law on provision of the functioning of the Ukrainian as the state language. The signing ceremony was broadcast by all central Ukrainian TV channels. Poroshenko signs law on Ukrainian as sole state language: https://t.co/bsqhbR7O2m pic.twitter.com/wqFWwnp40i — TASS (@tassagency_en) May 15, 2019 Poroshenko said he had the “greatest honor and…
41 died in plane crash in Moscow airport
In Sukhoi Superjet 100 plane crash at Sheremetyevo Airport 41 passengers lost their lives, Yelena Markovskaya, spokesperson for the Moscow interregional transport investigation department of the Russian Investigative Committee, told reporters. “Forty-one people died,” she said. In total 78 passengers and crew were on board, 37 of them survived, including four crew members. 41 people…
Russia considers facilitation of Ukrainians naturalisation
Russia is considering the possibility of facilitating the naturalisation rules for all Ukrainian nationals, President Vladimir Putin said at a press conference concluding his visit to China. Russia considering possibility of easing citizenship for all Ukrainianshttps://t.co/cwrX9bUzfa pic.twitter.com/tDbHSZOdw0 — TASS (@tassagency_en) April 27, 2019 “We are thinking about providing the right to obtain Russian passports under…
Russians dream to immigrate
Russian Federation is dangerously close to a large-scale demographic crisis, with its population declining for the first time in a decade in 2018, one in five Russians (20%) now say that they would like to leave Russia if they could, according to Gallup research. One in five Russians now say that they would like to…
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