The draft of the new Constitution of Belarus will be ready in 2021, and at the beginning of next year it will be submitted to a national referendum. This was stated by Alexander Lukashenko, speaking on February 11 at the All-Belarusian People’s Assembly in the Palace of the Republic in Minsk. According to him, for the new Constitution “it will be necessary to

Earlier, Twitter verified MFA Russia’s Crimea office account in a move already protested by Ukraine.Photo from UNIAN Twitter has verified the accounts of the Russian Interior Ministry’s offices in occupied Crimea and the city of Sevastopol. The blue verification badge was granted on February 11.SnapSnap So far, Twitter has not publicly commented on grounds for verification green light. “Verified” batch

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he did not supply himself with the Sputnik V vaccine against coronavirus infection, since he has a vaccination plan, and it is impossible to do several vaccines at the same time. He stated this on February 10 at a meeting with the heads of Russian media outlets, Kommersant reports. According to Putin, his vaccination plan

Protests sparked by the jailing of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny have spread beyond the traditional Russian activist hubs of Moscow and St. Petersburg as discontent with the authorities and frustration over low standards of living rise. Tens of thousands took to the streets in over 120 cities after the opposition leader was arrested on his return from Germany in January,

Law enforcement authorities warned Russians Thursday not to take part in Valentine’s Day courtyard protests in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Navalny’s team has called on supporters to hold up their cellphone flashlights in their residential courtyards for short intervals to avoid the kind of crackdown that followed a wave of mass nationwide rallies in recent weeks.  A

Ukraine counts on NATO’s support in monitoring air traffic situation along the border with Russia and offers to use airspace near Simferopol region for NATO air operations, said the Ukrainian Minister of Infrastructure, Vladyslav Krykliy, during talks with NATO Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning Patrick Turner. The meeting took place as part of a working visit of the Ukrainian government delegation

   The District Administrative Court of Kyiv has declared unlawful and cancelled the Kyiv City Council’s decision dated 2016 on renaming Suvorova Street as Mykhaila Omelianovycha-Pavlenko and Moskovskyi Avenue as Stepana Bandery Avenue. That follows from the District Administrative Court of Kyiv’s decision dated January 28, Ukrainian News Agency reports. Therefore, the court partially satisfied an appeal from the Public

   Lithuanian authorities refused to detain Leonid Volkov, the head of the network of regional headquarters of the opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who was put by Russia on the interstate wanted list, reports Delfi with reference to the Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis. “The use of the international arrest warrant instruments against the opposition, in fact, discredits Russia’s participation in

UkraineAlert by Mykhailo Fedorov February 10, 2021 Some good news for a change! A lady in Lviv checks her smartphone while wearing a protective mask. (Photo by Mykola Tys/SOPA Images/Sipa USA via REUTERS) COVID-19 is without doubt one of the greatest global challenges of the twenty-first century. However, this unprecedented crisis may also offer a silver lining. With much of

   Russian-occupation forces violated the ceasefire seven times over the past day, one Ukrainian soldier was wounded by a gunshot, the press center of the Joint Force Operation (JFO) has said. “Over the past day, on February 10, seven ceasefire violations were recorded in the area of the Joint Force Operation. In the area of responsibility of the Skhid (East)

   The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved the Procedure for state registration of COVID-19 vaccines and banned the registration of vaccines produced by the aggressor state. The relevant government’s resolution as of February 8, No.95, has been published on the Government portal, Ukrinform reports. “To approve the Procedure for state registration of vaccines or other medical immunobiological drugs for

   On Wednesday, a ceremony was held in Odesa to hand over 20 armored humvees and 84 inflatable boats of various types from the United States to the Naval Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine said.    “U.S. Naval Attaché Peter Mallory and Marine Corps Attaché Dan Schierling participated in a ceremony in Odesa commemorating

Time Magazine BY SIMON SHUSTER FEBRUARY 9, 2021 5:59 PM EST “Let these investigations go forward,” Rudy Giuliani told the presidential headquarters in Kyiv, Ukraine, his voice turning impatient. “Get someone to investigate this.” On the other end of the line, hunched over a speakerphone, two Ukrainian officials listened in disbelief as Giuliani demanded probes that could help his client,