Students of two Moscow universities – the Timiryazev Academy and the Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSLA) – were tricked into participating in flash mobs in support of Russian President Vladimir Putin. This was reported by the student edition Doxa. https://t.me/doxajournal/6076 Students of the Timiryazev Academy were told that the flash mob would be dedicated to the Russian flag, students of

New law would offer anonymity to businesses that invest on the peninsula to minimize risk of being sanctioned. Russian companies that invest in Crimea could be granted anonymity under new government proposals designed to protect investors from falling under Western sanctions and stimulate corporate activity on the peninsula. Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, triggering strict rounds of sanctions from the U.S. and EU which

An independent investigation was conducted by the Flight Safety Foundation.Malaysia Airlines’ MH17 Boeing 777 was shot down over Donbas on July 17, 2014 / REUTERS Ukraine was not aware that civil aviation was in danger when Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 MH17 was shot down over Donbas in July 2014. There is therefore insufficient evidence to hold Ukraine legally responsible for

On Friday, hearings were held on Russia’s cassation appeal against the ruling of the Hague Court of Appeal dated February 18, 2020, which upheld the arbitral awards in the Yukos case issued in 2014, obliging Russia to pay $50 billion MOSCOW, February 5. /TASS/. The Supreme Court of the Netherlands may deliver judgment on Russia’s complaint against the previous court’s

In the conversation they pointed out that Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky’s steps to block the opposition media have nothing in common with the European values declared by the Ukrainian authoritiesDeputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev© Ekaterina Shtukina/POOL/TASS MOSCOW, February 6. /TASS/. Chairman of the United Russia party, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev has

   The German government is considering the possibility of establishing a mechanism which will allow shutting down the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline if Russia reduces gas transit through Ukraine, reported German newspaper WirtschaftsWoche citing sources. According to the newspaper, Chancellor Angela Merkel and Foreign Minister Heiko Maas are not considering the full withdrawal from the gas pipeline project. At the

   The newly elected leader of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany, Armin Laschet, says the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline must guarantee the protection of Ukraine’s geopolitical interests. He said this in an interview with Reuters. “We [Germany] must guarantee Ukraine’s geopolitical interests and secure our energy supply through this private-sector project,” he said of Nord Stream 2. He

State Prosecutor for the oppositionist Alexei Navalny, Yekaterina Frolova, is under state protection. This was reported by sources of “Interfax” and  “MBH Media” . According to both publications, Frolova was provided with personal protection. What is the reason for this is not specified. Frolova appeared, accompanied by people in civilian clothes, at a meeting on replacing Navalny’s suspended sentence with a real one on February 2,

   A serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has been wounded as a result of the shelling attacks of Ukrainian positions launched by Russia-occupation forces, the Pivnich (North) Operational Command reported. “Today, on February 4, not far from Pivdenne settlement, in the area of responsibility of the Pivnich tactical group, the Russia-occupation forces once again violated the ceasefire regime