Moscow’s Tverskoi District Court sentenced 72-year-old Russian opposition politician Leonid Gozman to 15 days in prison, Interfax news agency reported, citing the court’s press service. “I did not display extremist symbols, no swastikas. I do not keep the Hitler quotient as they keep it in the main temple of the armed forces of the Russian […]
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Kremlin calls EU talk ‘absurd’ on visa ban for Russian tourists
The Kremlin today slammed calls by some European leaders for a visa ban on Russian tourists, saying the proposals were “absurd” and the latest manifestation of the West’s anti-Russian agenda. At a meeting in Prague this week, European Union foreign ministers will discuss a proposal by the Baltic states and some others to stop issuing […]
And Austria against the general ban on the entry of Russian citizens into the EU
After Germany and France, Austria also opposes the general ban on the entry of Russian citizens into the European Union, ahead of the informal council of EU foreign ministers that is being held today and tomorrow in Prague. “We shouldn’t throw the baby out with the bath water,” said Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Sulenberg in […]
Europe is approaching its natural gas storage target early despite falling Russian supply
The European Union is set to meet its goal of filling natural gas reserves two months ahead of schedule, with the bloc bracing for a harsh winter as Russia cuts supplies and rising energy prices, the Bloomberg agency. Inventories in the EU were 79.4% full by August 27, compared with a target of 80% by […]
Germany and France reject imposing a complete visa ban on Russian citizens
Germany and France reject a proposal to ban the entry of Russian tourists or visitors to the European Union with a joint position document. “We need to think of clever ways of leveraging the important leverage of passport visas,” said the text distributed by the services of Annalena Burbock and Catherine Colonna to the foreign […]
The ‘Soviet’ Beriev seaplanes rose again in the Black Sea
By David Axe A Ukrainian strike on a Russian air base in occupied Crimea a few days ago reportedly destroyed dozens of warplanes belonging to the Russian Black Sea Fleet. From the attack, however, it seems that an old aircraft escaped: the Beriev Be-12 seaplane from the 1970s. It is either one of the few […]
Former Zelenskyi deputy who joined the occupation administration in Kherson was murdered in his home
Former Ukrainian lawmaker Alexei Kovalev, who sided with President Volodymyr Zelensky’s party but later supported Russian occupation forces in Kherson, was murdered on Sunday, Russian investigative authorities said today. “Deputy head of the Kherson region’s civil-military administration in charge of agricultural affairs, Alexei Kovalev, surrendered after being wounded by bullets,” the Investigative Committee said on […]
Zelensky: Russia is not ready for talks
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, speaking today at the Bled Strategic Forum, held in the city of Bled, Slovenia, said that Russia is not ready for talks and likened it to an alligator that tries to seize everything that does not belong to it. , reports the Ukrainian news agency Ukrinform. “They (the Russians) are not […]
Moscow maintains that the Ukrainian counteroffensive in Kherson has failed
LAST UPDATE 22:34 The Russian military tonight assured that it had “repelled” an “attempted attack” by Ukrainian forces in the regions of Kherson and Mykolayiv, in southern Ukraine, claiming it had inflicted “heavy blows” on Ukrainians. “This new attack attempt by the enemy failed miserably,” Russia’s Defense Ministry said in a statement. Earlier today, it […]
Russia: Opposition politician Leonid Gozman arrested for comparing Hilter to Stalin
Opposition politician Leonid Gozman was arrested in Moscow for his Facebook post in which he equated Hitler with Stalin. His arrest was announced by Yulia Tregubova’s lawyer on the OVD-Info website. In the post that led to his arrest, Gozman wrote: “Hitler is absolute evil, but Stalin is even worse. The SS are criminals, but […]
