The State Duma adopted in the first reading a bill allowing to hide information about judges, prosecutors, law enforcement officers and members of their families.  The document makes it impossible to issue information about such people from address bureaus, passport offices and traffic police databases – including property information. The only exceptions are the investigation of criminal cases, checking for corruption

Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov has temporarily canceled a daily telephone briefing with journalists. The briefing will not take place on December 15 and 16. The Kremlin explained that this was done in connection with preparations for the annual large press conference of President Vladimir Putin. It will take place on December 17 at 12:00 Moscow time. On the eve of

The “young republic” has been proving its independence from Ukraine for the seventh year in a row, as the phrase goes, by deed, not by word. Supermarkets stopped accepting hryvnia in the summer of 2015. In 2016, all owners of movable and immovable property were forced to replace Ukrainian documents confirming ownership and license plates on Ukrainian cars with new

The US media are once again groundlessly trying to accuse Russia of hacker attacks on US government bodies, the Russian diplomatic mission wroteThe Russian embassy in Washington, DC© Anatoly Bochinin/TASS WASHINGTON, December 14. /TASS/. Attacks in the information space contradict the foreign policy principles of the Russian Federation, the US media are once again groundlessly trying to accuse Russia of

Russia has launched mass Sputnik V vaccinations. But concerns over weak data and cut corners continue to mount. By Pjotr Sauer and Jake Cordell A group of scientists from leading Russian universities has blasted the development process of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine as “completely unacceptable” and “ridiculous” in an open letter raising new concerns over a lack of sufficient data on its safety and

   During peaceful protests of pensioners last Sunday Belarussian police beat up dozens of pensioners, among them an 83 year old granny. According to the human rights organization VESNA – more than hundred people were detained. © 2020 DR Breaking