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
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
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
On Tuesday night, January 17, Philadelphia Flyers’ player of the Russian origin, Ivan Provorov, refused to wear a gay pride warm-up jersey on the team’s Pride Night, citing religious beliefs. For the pregame skate, the “Philadelphia Flyers” wore Pride-themed jerseys displaying names and numbers in rainbow colors and wrapped their sticks in rainbow tape. The “Flyers”
Ex-head of the now-banned Ukrainian party “Opposition Platform – For Life”, Viktor Medvedchuk, first time wrote an article for the Russian media after arriving in Russia from Ukraine as a result of an exchange of detained persons. As reminded, on April 12, 2022, President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, announced the detention and arrest of Medvedchuk
Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, Yevgeny Ivanov, in a special interview with TASS, named the countries with which Russia plans to conclude agreements on visa-free travel and explained how a foreigner can now get a Russian visa. Against the background of artificially inflated Russophobic hysteria, which was launched immediately after the start of
