• Billionaire Magomedov arrested in Russia

    On Saturday, March 31, the Tverskoy District Court of Moscow arrested Ziyavudin Magomedov, billionaire and owner of the Summa Group, Mediazona reports.

    Magomedov was detained together with his brother Magomed Magomedov, President of the Night Hockey League, and Artur Maksidor, the General Director of Intex Group (part of the Summa Group). The three men were arrested in connection to a case concerning embezzlement of more than 2 billion rubles (about $35 million) from the company budget. …

  • Lukashenko wants to discuss with Putin problems regarding product supplies from Belarus

    Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko stated he would like to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin following his inauguration to discuss problems with deliveries of Belarusian products to Russia. However, Lukashenko still advises Russia to look for alternative markets.

    “As for exports, look for other markets,” Lukashenko said, according to his press service. “If Russia does not understand us and does not want to understand, then I will meet the President [of Russia] after the …

  • Czech Republic extradites Russian hacker to the US

    According to the Respekt radio station, the Czech Republic extradited Russian Yevgeniy Nikulin to the United States. US authorities have accused Nikulin of cyber-attacks and the theft of user data. Respekt reported that the final decision was made during the visit of the Speaker of the US House of Representatives Paul Ryan to Prague.

    Nikulin's attorney, Martin Sadilek confirmed to RIA Novosti that the Russian was indeed extradited. The defender stressed that the decision was made by the …

  • Canada ready to expand sanctions against Russia

    Canada is ready to impose additional sanctions against the Kremlin supporters and increase pressure on Russia if needed, as stated in the response of the Canadian government to the recently published report of the Federal Parliament’s Standing Committee on National Defense, Ukrinform reports.

    "The government of Canada is ready to impose additional sanctions that will be required to maintain pressure on Russia. Canada decides on sanctions in close cooperation with international partners and …

  • Russian Ambassador accuses U.S. special services of attempts to recruit Russian diplomats

    Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov stated in an interview with journalists that American special services have rapidly increased their efforts in recent days to sway and corrupt Russian diplomats leaving America, TASS reports.

    “We know the ways and means of American special services who try to establish informal… relations with our diplomats, the true purpose of which would be to persuade them to betray their country,” the diplomat said. Antonov stressed that the recent …