Source link The new legislation further simplifies mobilization procedures and introduces new penalties for draft dodgers President Vladimir Zelensky signed his country’s long-debated military mobilization bill into law on Tuesday, a legislation card publicly available on the Ukrainian parliament’s website indicates. The mobilization bill was passed by the Verkhovna Rada earlier this month, following a […]
Source link ‘Russia’s Facebook’ messaging platform now also has a new channel, created by the US journalist Russian-born IT entrepreneur Pavel Durov has teased a “very rare” video conversation with Tucker Carlson, recorded around the same time as the American journalist’s visit to Russia and his famous sit-down there with President Vladimir Putin. St Petersburg-born […]
Source link The 17-year-old traveled 650 kilometers on the exterior of service from Moscow to St. Petersburg A teenage boy was detained over the weekend after train-surfing some 650 kilometers on the exterior of a high-speed train in Russia, police said on Tuesday. The 17-year-old arrived in the city of St. Petersburg from Moscow on […]
Source link Ukraine typically uses any truce observed by Russia to gain an advantage on the battlefield, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday, responding to an ‘Olympic ceasefire’ proposal by French President Emmanuel Macron. On Monday, Macron urged a global suspension of hostilities during the 2024 Olympic Games, set to be held in Paris […]
Source link Everyone involved in the March 22 massacre will be held accountable, Nikolay Patrushev has said Russian investigators have confirmed that there is a link between the perpetrators of last month’s terrorist attack in Moscow and Ukrainian nationalists, the secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolay Patrushev has said. He reiterated Moscow’s suspicions about […]
Source link The man is alleged to have carried out the assassination attempt on the orders of Kiev’s security agency, the SBU A suspect has been arrested in connection with last week’s attempted assassination of a former Ukrainian security officer in Moscow, Russian security agency, the FSB, reported on Tuesday. A car reportedly owned by […]
Source link Russia does not station heavy weapons at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi told reporters on Monday. Moscow and Kiev have been accusing each other of shelling Europe’s largest nuclear plant, which sits close to the front line. Kiev and its Western backers have also […]
Source link The Ukrainian president wants the collective West to protect his country directly, pointing to how Iran’s strike this past weekend was handled Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has urged the collective West to become involved in the conflict with Russia and protect Kiev similar to how it aided Israel during the Iranian airstrike over […]
Source link Demonstrators opposed to a law that would require transparency from NGOs financed from abroad have attempted to storm the parliament in Tbilisi and clashed with police. Debate on the bill, entitled “On the Transparency of Foreign Influence,” was disrupted by violence on Monday when an opposition lawmaker assaulted a member of the ruling […]
Source link Almsgiving is the most common form of support to those in need, new research has found More than half of Russians made charitable donations in 2023, with almsgiving remaining the most popular form of giving in the country, according to a new survey. Conducted by a research center at the Higher School of […]
Source link An opposition lawmaker has assaulted another MP during debate on a foreign agents bill condemned in the West A Georgian opposition MP has punched a senior lawmaker of the country’s ruling party as he was making the case for adopting a controversial foreign agents bill, according to a video that went viral on […]
Source link People living in high-risk areas must evacuate immediately, the governor of Kurgan Region has said Russia’s Kurgan Region, located on the country’s border with Kazakhstan, is braced for a major flood as water levels are rising rapidly in the Tobol River. Governor Vadim Shumkov urged local residents living in flood-susceptible areas of the […]
Source link The country is stepping up controls on illegal immigration in the wake of last month’s terrorist attack near Moscow The Russian region of Crimea has banned foreigners from working in certain industries due to an influx of illegal immigrants, the press service of local Governor Sergey Aksyonov has announced. According to a decree […]
Source link Moscow has urged both sides to exercise restraint, warning that escalation will benefit no one No one would benefit from a conflict between Iran and Israel spiraling out of control, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said, voicing hope that the two regional powers will be able to resolve their differences peacefully. Speaking to […]
Source link Ukraine is eager to receive the anti-aircraft weapons by any means necessary, its foreign minister has said Ukraine is willing to accept any conditions that Western donors attach to supplies of long-range air defense systems, Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said on national TV on Monday. A single MIM-104 Patriot battery, which is manufactured […]