EU High Representative for Foreign Policy and Security, Josep Borrell, believes that the ban of a number of Russian media in Europe is “protection of freedom of speech.” “By doing this [banning a number of Russian media in Europe], we are not attacking freedom of speech, but protecting freedom of speech,” he claimed, speaking at
With the beginning of the special military operation of Russia in Ukraine (SVO), communities for dating the military in the Russian social network VK have flourished. Now, women in Russia tend to get to know the participants of the operation for various reasons: someone is attracted to people in uniform, someone hopes to get protection
The Austrian Foreign Ministry has declared persona non grata four Russian diplomats working in Vienna, the newspaper Österreich reports, citing a statement from the department. As specified, it is going about two employees of the Russian embassy, who were suspected of activities “incompatible with their diplomatic status”, and two other employees of the Russian permanent
The head of the Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov, ordered from April 1 to begin the free issuance of land plots to residents of the region taking part in a special military operation (SVO). He announced this on Tuesday, January 31, in his Telegram channel. Aksyonov specified that the plots are allocated in the immediate vicinity of
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation will provide volunteer formations with weapons, military equipment, provisions, and medical care, as stated in the draft order of the country’s Minister of Defense, published on Monday, January 30, 2023. “I order to determine: the procedure for providing volunteer formations with weapons, military equipment, material and technical
Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has signed a law on ratification of the intergovernmental agreement with Belarus on mutual recognition of visas. The agreement regulates migration processes on the territory of the Union State countries. According to the document, foreigners and stateless persons receive the right to enter, leave, stay, transit through the territory of Belarus
Russia and Pakistan intend to expand cooperation in the energy sector, Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, said at a meeting with Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. “Moscow and Islamabad have a mutual desire to increase bilateral cooperation, primarily in the energy sector and other sectors of the economy,” the Head of Russian diplomacy said.
If the United States of America really cares about the Ukrainian people, they should stop supplying the country with weapons, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Mao Ning, said at a briefing. “The United States is the main initiator and the main driving force of the Ukrainian crisis, they continuously supply heavy and offensive weapons to Ukraine,
Japan imposes a ban on the export of certain goods to Russia, as reported by the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry of the country. “The Japanese government has decided, in connection with the international situation around Ukraine, as a contribution to international efforts to solve this problem and to establish peace, to impose a
Russia’s Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, said that the US had assembled a coalition of European countries to solve “the Russian question” in the same way that Adolf Hitler had sought a “final solution” to eradicate Europe’s Jews. Now, European Jewish Congress members demand apologies from him. Lavrov pointed that Washington was using the same tactic
Russia lowers the level of diplomatic relations with Estonia as a response measure to the Estonia’s actions, the Russian Foreign Ministry stated on Monday. “Now Estonia has taken a new unfriendly step to radically reduce the size of the Russian embassy in Tallinn, confirming the line for the collapse of relations between our countries. As
A video posted by the famous American actor, Will Smith, on his Instagram page contains Russian music on the background. Due to this factor, it faced the condemnation of English-speaking users and the support of Russians. The video shows the process of shooting a scene from a movie with a car driving through fog. The
VTB, whose application was removed from the AppStore and Google Play after the sanctions were imposed, is launching an online bank in the Telegram messenger. The new digital bank will be created on the basis of the existing VTB chatbot in Telegram. The service will be available to owners of smartphones of all operating systems.
