Lukashenka Signs Law Allowing Belarusian Police To Use Firearms Against Demonstrators
A woman is led away by Belarusian police after they broke up a rally in Minsk on March 27.
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Putin vows a ‘quick and tough’ Russian response for its foes
Vladimir Putin issues ‘stark warning’ to US, NATO
Top US military commanders ‘seriously worried’ over new threats of nuclear weapons from adversaries; FOX News’ Jennifer Griffin reports on ‘Special Report’
U.S., UK say Russia must deescalate situation around Ukraine
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Read moreU.S. Intel Report Predicts Russia Will Be A Declining But ‘Disruptive Power’ Over Next Two Decades
Putin watches a military exercise in 2019.
Read moreEU accuses Russia of drafting conscripts from occupied Crimea
3:15, 01.04.21 – UNIAN The Russian Federation is bound by international law, and obliged to ensure the protection of human rights on the peninsula, the EU recalls. The European Union says Russia has launched a conscription campaign in the occupied Crimea and that the move broke international law. “Today, the Russian Federation has launched yet another conscription campaign in the illegally-annexed
Read moreBellingcat identifies citizens of Russia involved in torture in Donetsk prison (Photos)
Donetsk’s Izoliatsia prison / Photo from t.me/traktorist_dn
Read moreHow the Battle Over Collective Memory Will Define Russia’s Place in Europe
The current fight to identify “who is fascist” is a struggle to define the future of Europe and whether or not Russia has a legitimate role to play in it. As the proverb goes, the past tells us above all about the present. The current memory wars between Russia, on the one hand, and Central European countries, led by Poland,
Read moreRussia’s Boris Nemtsov – ‘the best president Russia never had’
3 March, 2021 – By Nana Sajaia | Fox News Since 2015, the police and the municipal services have arrived at the bridge to take away the flowers and to arrest the volunteers. Exclusive interview with Nemtsov’s close ally and a lifelong friend – Vladimir Kara-Murza. In Moscow, thousands honored Boris Nemtsov – the most prominent Russian opposition leader –who was gunned down a
Read moreBelarus Escalates Crackdown On Journalists, Activists
Security forces search the offices of the Association of Belarusian Journalists in Minsk on February 16.
Read moreAmnesty International demands release of protesters detained in Russia – Photos
23:59, 31.01.21 – UNIAN At least 4,000 peaceful protesters were detained in Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and other Russian cities on January 31. Amnesty International has demanded the release of protesters recently detained in Russia. The organization announced this in a statement related on Sunday, January 31, according to Voice of America’s Russian service. “All peaceful protesters detained today in Moscow and other Russian
Read moreupdate: More Than 3,400 Detained In Russia By Police Amid Violent Clashes With Protesters Demanding Release Of Navalny
WATCH: Clashes, Brutal Beatings As Police Crack Down On Protesters In Moscow
Read moreUkraine could bring up Russia’s membership in PACE over Navalny’s detention
08:03, 18 January 2021 – Source : 112 Ukraine The Ukrainian delegation will focus on questioning Russia’s membership in the Assembly, – official In the light of Alexei Navalny’s recent detention in Russia, the Ukrainian delegation in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe will bring up Russia’s membership in PACE for discussion. Maria Mezentseva, the head of Ukraine’s permanent
Read moreCouncil Of Europe Urges Russia To Explain NGO Designation As ‘Undesirable’
January 16, 2021 15:35 GMT UPDATED January 16, 2021 17:23 GMT – By RFE/RL’s Tatar-Bashkir Service The head of the Council of Europe has expressed “great concern” after the Association of Schools of Political Studies of the Council of Europe was added to the list of “undesirable” organizations in Russia. In a letter dated January 14 and obtained by RFE/RL, Council of Europe Secretary-General
Read moreKremlin Foe Navalny Decries Twitter Ban On Trump As Dangerous ‘Precedent’
Aleksei Navalny is in Germany after being flown there for emergency medical care from a poisoning in Russia in August that he blames on the Kremlin and Vladimir Putin.
Read moreIs Crimea Now Costing Russia More Than It Is Worth?
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Read moreGet Vaccinated Or You’re Fired: Russian Medics Coerced Into Taking Sputnik-V – Video
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Read moreNew Bills Threaten To Further Sideline Russia’s Embattled Opposition
The ways Russian protesters can get together has dwindled in recent years.
Read moreSome in Moscow view Karabakh settlement as model for Donbas, Transnistria
18:07, 18 November 2020 – 112 UA – Author : Paul Goble – Source : Jamestown To compound this threat, some in the Russian capital apparently believe outside powers in the West, especially in Europe, might accept such arrangements, including the official injection of Russian peacekeepers on the ground. Whenever a major development occurs in one area of the post-Soviet
Read moreMoscow prosecutors order universities to report virtually any anti-Kremlin activity by students or faculty
9:50 am, October 16, 2020 Source: Znak.com – Meduza District attorneys in Moscow have started reviewing local scientific and educational institutions, asking universities to provide information about any students involved in protests or publications about the difficulties of life in Russia. The “University Solidarity” student union first reported the new inquiry on Friday, citing orders addressed to RANEPA (the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy
Read moreOpen Russia Director Detained After Release From Moscow Jail
Andrei Pivovarov, executive director of opposition group Open Russia.
Read moreUpdate: Navalny’s Team Says Water Bottle With Traces Of Novichok Found In His Hotel Room In Tomsk
September 17, 2020 09:20 GMT UPDATED September 17, 2020 14:57 GMT By RFE/RL’s Russian Service Associates of Aleksei Navalny say traces of the nerve agent used to poison the Russian opposition politician were found on a water bottle in the hotel room he was staying in in the Russian city of Tomsk. Navalny, 44, felt unwell while on a plane on his way from
Read moreRussian blogger, anti-Kremlin activist attacked outside his apartment
31 August, 2020 – By Bradford Betz | Fox News Yegor Zhukov was arrested in widespread crackdowns on demonstrators last summer. A Russian blogger and vocal critic of Vladimir Putin was taken to the hospital late Sunday after an assault outside his Moscow apartment that left him bloodied and bruised, according to reports. Yegor Zhukov, 22, is one of Russia’s most outspoken critics of
Read moreGrodno in Belarus meets protesters’ demand
23:59, 18 August 2020 – UNIAN The city promises not to prosecute protesters. The city executive committee of the Belarusian city of Grodno has fulfilled protesters’ demands. The Grodno City Executive Committee announced this in a statement published on Grodno Plus TV website. In particular, the city promises not to prosecute protesters, while the opposition will be provided with TV
Read moreUkrainian banner on balloons launched over occupied Crimea
20:30, 15 August 2020 – UNIAN Former political prisoner of the Kremlin, Volodymyr Balukh, shared photos of the event on a social network. Activists have launched a Ukrainian national flag into the skies over the Russian-occupied Crimean peninsula, says Volodymyr Balukh, a former political prisoner released from Kremlin captivity in one of the prison swap efforts. Incidentally, it was precisely
Read moreAs Russia Lifts Lockdowns, Expanded Surveillance Network May Remain
A Russian man shows the Social Monitoring app installed on his smartphone.
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