“The Council has extended the restrictive measures over actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine for a further six months, until 15 March 2020.” Leonid #Slutskiy commented on the statement by @ZelenskyyUa that anti-Russian sanctions are a “tax for peace” in #Donbass: The key to ending the war in the…
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Russians diplomats demand apology
Italian Corriere Della Sera newspaper mistakenly pointed at a Russian diplomat among persons involved in the case of alleged Russian financing of the Lega party, the Russian embassy in Rome said. (Image: illustration St.Petersburg, Russia). Replica dell'Ambasciata della Federazione Russa in Italia alla redazione del quotidiano "Corriere della sera" del 6 settembre 2019 in relazione all'articolo…
Russian Ambassador Yakovenko left London
Russian Ambassador to the UK Alexander Yakovenko (65) has relinquished his duties in London and left for Moscow, the Embassy in the UK informed on August 24. 24 August Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Mr Alexander Yakovenko relinquished his duties and departed to…
Putin approves crossbow hunting
This month Russians have received permission to hunt in an archaic way with crossbows and bows. The “licence to kill” was signed by President Vladimir Putin, who is a hunter himself, explaining it as a part of “national tradition“. The proponents of archery method of hunting underlined that it will allow many more people to join two…
Russia demands Google to bloc “illegal” protests video
Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor) sent a letter to Google demanding to stop using YouTube video hosting to advertise illegal demonstrations, the department’s website announced. Russian media watchdog says it will treat Google as an organization meddling in Russia’s internal affairs and “undermining democratic elections” if YouTube…
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…
Siberia fires: illegal timber trade with China
Among major causes of devastating Sibera fires Duma Ecology committee chair Vladimir Bourmatov points at the activities of illegal lumberjacks, or “black loggers”. At present upon the request of the State Duma, the government and the Investigative committee of the Russian Federation, have launched the investigation into the occurrence of 500 epicenters of forest blaze as cause of illegal human…
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…
Navalny suspected poisoning
Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny‘s doctor Anastasia Vasilyeva (43) said to AFP he was “not allergic to anything”. (Image: archive) #UPDATE Russian opposition leader Alexei #Navalny was "poisoned" by an unidentified toxic substance and doctors have sent him back to jail despite his condition, his lawyer and his personal physician say https://t.co/Ei8ZAID9lO pic.twitter.com/FVGef2aub8 — AFP News…
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