30-year-old Russian native Anna Sorokina (also known as Anna Delvi), who was convicted of embezzling about $ 200,000 in 2019, was released from prison in New York. The Insider writes about this with reference to the data of the New York State Department of Corrections. Information about the release of Sorokina was confirmed by a source from The Insider. It is assumed that after her

  Russia bears responsibility for those slain and maimed in a conflict they foment and fuel in eastern Ukraine. Chargé d’Affaires of the U.S. Mission to the OSCE Courtney Austrian said this at a meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna on Thursday, February 11, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “We track closely reports of ceasefire violations in eastern Ukraine.

   Ukraine is interested in the implementation of new infrastructure initiatives and projects in cooperation with the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Vladyslav Kryklii said this during negotiations with Deputy Prime Minister – Minister for Mobility and Public Works of Luxembourg François Bausch, the press service of the Infrastructure Ministry reports. “We appreciate the support of the Grand

Close to half of all migrants living in Russia before the pandemic have left the country. By AFPFeb. 10, 2021 Russia said Wednesday it was looking to simplify entry requirements for migrant workers, to aid industries like construction and agriculture that are facing labor shortages due to the pandemic. Moscow announced border closures in spring last year to curb the spread

   The Russian authorities do not plan to close foreign social networks and Internet platforms at the moment but will do so if there is a “real threat”, said Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting with the heads of the Russian media. The Russian newspaper The Bell reports, citing participants of the meeting, that, the President acknowledged that blocking

   Deputy Prime, Minister for the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov said with reference to expert data that the losses from the occupation of territories in Donetsk and Luhansk regions at the moment amounted to UAH 375 billion, excluding the value of the assets located there.     “According to the calculations and expert conclusions of the Centre for

   On February 11, militants violated the ceasefire regime in the Joint Forces Operation zone five times, two Ukrainian military men were killed. The press-center of the JFO has said this in a statement, Ukrainian News Agency reports. In particular, the enemy opened fire near the population centers of Zaitseve, Novomykhailivka, Vodiane, Avdiivka, and Luhanske. As Ukrainian News Agency earlier

  Russia’s Nord Stream 2 project is damaging European energy security, said the Chief of Poland’s Presidential Chancellery, Krzysztof Szczerski, reports Polskie Radio. “This is a very selfish project between the two countries (Russia and Germany) that deals a blow to the entire energy security structure of Europe and the Euro-Atlantic space,” Szczerski said. According to Szczerski, reports that Joe

   Ukraine has preliminarily selected the American company SpaceX of Elon Musk to launch the Sich 2-30 (2-1) remote sensing satellite in December this year and is currently in technical negotiations with it, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Strategic Industries of Ukraine Oleh Urusky has said. “We really have a window to launch the device in December with the help

   President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, together with ambassadors of the Western countries – partners of Ukraine, visited the forefront in the Joint Forces operation zone in Donbas on Thursday, February 11. According to the press service of the head of state, the President of Ukraine and diplomats got acquainted with the current situation in the JFO zone, the conditions

UkraineAlert by Oleksiy Goncharenko. February 11. 2021 EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pictured in Moscow on February 5. (Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs/TASS via REUTERS) Relations between the European Union and Russia have been plunged into crisis by EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell’s humiliating early February visit to Moscow. The EU’s top diplomat was

   During the current day of Thursday, February 11, in the area of the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) in Donbas, two ceasefire violations were recorded, as a result of which a serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was killed, the press center of the JFO said. “In the area of ​​responsibility of the Pivnich [North] task force, the armed

  Chinese Communist authorities banned BBC World News on Thursday, accusing the British broadcaster of not being “factual and fair,” according to a government statement. The decision was a result of a “slew of falsified reporting” on issues including the Xinjiang region and China’s handling of the coronavirus, state media Global Times said, adding that “fake news” is not tolerated