The head of Crimea Sergey Aksyonov urged Russians not to come to the peninsula either on vacation or on business trips. “I never thought that I would make such a request, but there is no other way today. I urge all our citizens to refrain from coming to the territory of the Republic of Crimea both for business and for

Almost one in five Russians believe that LGBT people should be “eliminated,” according to the results of a new independent Levada Center poll. The figures showed 18% of respondents giving the response, marking a slight softening in attitudes toward members of the LGBT community since 2015, when 21% advocated their “elimination.” Similarly, 32% said this year that gays and lesbians should

Authorities in Moscow are reportedly investigating the death of a woman on a bench outside her home on the day she was discharged after testing negative for the coronavirus. Surveillance footage shared by Russia’s REN TV broadcaster showed the woman it identified as Yelena Chuklova, 48, moving around in pain on the bench as social workers and neighbors tried and failed to

Russia and North Korea finally found a cure for COVID-19 patients. The breakthrough was announced by chief Kremlin slapper Maria Zakharova. The new medicine, called ANTICOVID-7.62MM, has already been tested on thousands of people, in particular in Syria and North Korea. The numbers of infections are now decreasing, while the health ministry reported a financial surplus. Patients are mainly treated

Ukraine’s National Guard is conducting special operations to detect arsonists in the forests of the Zhytomyr region and the Chernobyl exclusion zone, says Interior Minister Arsen Avakov. A special group was created in the Ministry to conduct the so-called “anti-sabotage operation”. © 2020 Hromadske on Twitter Advertisement