Tag: Russia
Russia closes whale prison
This is great news for animal advocates, and of course for the animals themselves: Russia by court order has permanently closed a set of cetacean captive ponds on the country’s…
Russian social network VKontakte comes under the control of Gazprom and Sogaz
This is the last step in the Kremlin’s takeover of VKontakte, the “Russian Facebook”. Created in 2006 by Pavel Durov, the multi-billionaire founder of Telegram who divides his time between…
in Kiev, civilians organize themselves in battalions in anticipation of a Russian invasion
While the tension is still very strong in the international community around the Ukrainian question, in Donbass, in the east of Ukraine, the situation changes very little. On Wednesday, a…
The remarkable move from the USA after the steps of China and Russia
A new step came from the Biden administration after the recent experiments and studies in the space field by China and Russia. According to a written statement from the White…
Putin maintains the vagueness of his 2024 presidential candidacy
The September parliamentary elections locked, the repression of the opposition continues to blow and everyone in Russia expects this to last until 2024, the year of the next presidential election.…
Joint statement from Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia
In the city of Sochi, Russia, the trilateral summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, where the developments in Nagorno-Karabakh were…
Russia Statement from the USA: “All Options are on the Table”
A US State Department official said that all options are on the table regarding Russia’s military buildup on the Ukraine border. Karen Donfried, Deputy Minister of European and Eurasian Affairs…
Ukraine worries about troop movements on border with Russia
A “very dangerous” rhetoric from Russia that could lead to war: this is what the Ukrainian president denounces. Volodymyr Zelensky is worried about troop movements on the border with Russia.…
coal mine accident kills dozens in Siberia
Published on : 11/26/2021 – 01:13 Fifty-one people, 46 miners and five rescuers, were killed Thursday, November 25 after an accident in a coal mine in Siberia, a new disaster…
prison director sacked after torture scandal
Published on : 11/26/2021 – 01:25 Vladimir Putin has sacked the director of the vast network of Russian prisons, the Federal Penitentiary Service. No official reason has been given, but…