On March 18, in an effort to curb the spread of coronavirus, Russia’s Supreme Court imposed a moratorium on all hearings across the nation’s judicial system except for particularly “urgent cases.” Individual judges get to decide what qualifies as urgent, and sources in the justice system tell Meduza that they worry Russia’s COVID-19 containment measures are making it even harder for defendants to get

https://meduza.io/impro/BbuWnDIRoxQJGR9IXZEdiiduvGWPuTaoh4Ggiv5kKaw/fill/980/0/ce/1/aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWR1/emEuaW8vaW1hZ2Uv/YXR0YWNobWVudHMv/aW1hZ2VzLzAwNS8z/NzIvMTU0L29yaWdp/bmFsL0g2NmRyVk9I/WVo4S2hrdERzY1Rt/QmcuanBn.webp Six years ago, Russia annexed Crimea, a Ukrainian region on the Black Sea. The annexation took place following a referendum organized by the Russian government, which to date has not been recognized by most of the international community, including Ukraine. In the days leading up to the referendum, strange groups of people started gathering next to Ukrainian military bases

The so-called Moscow Patriarchate is known to have opposed social distancing. REUTERS The coronavirus has infected 26 people at the thousand-year-old headquarters of Ukraine’s Russian-backed Orthodox Christian denomination, which had urged worshippers to defy lockdown orders, according to figures released by the mayor of Kiev. Kyiv Pechersk Lavra is the headquarters for the Russian-backed wing of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church,

By Oleg Sukhov. Published April 9. Updated April 9 at 7:35 pm Andriy Yermak, Head of the Presidential Office, speaks during his online briefing on March 31, 2020.Photo by president.gov.ua Two people featured in videos implicating the brother of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s Chief of Staff Andriy Yermak in alleged graft have confirmed the authenticity of the videos. The videos were published by Geo Leros, a lawmaker

Interview of Professor Surgeon Mykola Korpan of Rudolfinerhaus Austrian Clinic to Interfax-Ukraine agency. According to Viktor Shokin, he was probably poisoned in Greece. Why couldn’t the fact poisoning be detected there? Typically, all doctors first take general and advanced blood tests. However, these tests do not include such rare studies as, for example, studies regarding dioxin or heavy metals. When

Another three planes from China with special means for fighting coronavirus have arrived to Ukraine, as was reported at the regular meeting chaired by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday. “Delivered medical supplies will be distributed not only to the supporting hospitals, but will also be delivered to the large retail chains,” the press service of the head of

During a televised meeting Wednesday, Putin called on his fellow Russians to wait out the nationwide “non-working” month in self-isolation to avoid the further spread of coronavirus — and did so by invoking Russia’s past victories against medieval invaders. “Everything passes and this will pass. Our country has gone through many serious challenges: When tormented by the Pechenegs and the

The Community of Veterans of Nuclear Energy and Industry of Ukraine has sent a letter to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, and Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, Dmytro Razumkov, asking them to urgently intervene in the critical situation regarding Ukraine’s national nuclear energy generating company Energoatom. The letter available to UNIAN was signed by former

U.S. Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark T. Esper spoke by phone on April 8 with Ukrainian Minister of Defense Andriy Taran to strengthen the strategic partnership between the United States and Ukraine and exchange perspectives on the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic crisis. “Secretary Esper congratulated Minister Taran on his recent appointment as Minister of Defense and reiterated U.S. support for building

Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Kyrylo Tymoshenko has said President Volodymyr Zelensky has tested for the novel coronavirus. Speaking in an interview with the Ukrayinska Pravda online newspaper, Tymoshenko explained that all those in contact with Ukrainian lawmaker Serhiy Shakhov, who was a confirmed COVID-19 case, had passed the coronavirus test, and the president and