Contents tagged with Russia
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Poland bans Russian journalist from entering Schengen zone until 2020
Polish authorities have banned a Russian correspondent from Rossiya Segodnya, Leonid Sviridov, from entering the country and other states in the Schengen zone until December 2020, says the journalist’s lawyer, Yaroslav Helstovsky.
According to the lawyer, Poland's Foreign Office explained that the journalist’s presence in the country violates Polish interests.
Sviridov left the country in December 2015 after Polish authorities from the Internal Security Agency revoked Sviridov's accreditation …
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Poland accuses lawyer of spying for Russia
“Stanislav Sh.” may get a prison sentence of up to ten years in Poland for cooperating with the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Russian Federation, radio Zet reported. The indictment on this case was filed by the Prosecutor’s Office.
The man known as “Stanislav Sh.” is likely Stanislav S. Shipov, former lawyer of one of the Warsaw law firms and son of Sergey Shipov, the former Soviet-era football goalkeeper, who moved to Poland with his family in 1991. Stanislav is officially accused of …
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Switzerland suspects Russian involvement in cyber attacks
The Ministry of Defense of Switzerland was attacked in January and Russia is likely behind it.
According to Tagesanzeiger, the Federal Intelligence Service of Switzerland (NDB) found that at the beginning of 2016, the defense company Ruag “was constantly hacked.” As a result, “a significant amount of information was leaked” including “strictly confidential information.”
On January 25th, the Public Prosecutor’s Office filed a case of suspected economic espionage. According to Swiss …
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Aksyonov: Crimea morally supports separatists in eastern Ukraine
The head of Russian-Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov, said the inhabitants of the occupied peninsula "morally support" the separatists in eastern Ukraine.
Aksyonov stated the Crimea is ready to cooperate with the separatists in the Donbas, Glavnoe reported.
"All of the unrecognized state formations of the former Soviet Union clearly gravitate towards Russia. Holding a referendum, collecting signatures, dreaming of joining the group. Transnistria, South Ossetia, Abkhazia, the Republic of Novy Rossiya, …
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Former Latvian President: We cannot let Russia tell our country what to do
The former President of Latvia, Valdis Zatlers, discussed his recent visit to Moscow where he presented his book of memoirs, This is who I am! Zatlers shared his impressions with journalists from Latvijas Avīze, BaltNews reported.
“The Russian media shows everything bad about Latvia and it ignores questions asked in the Diplomatic Academy concerning the improvement of relations with Latvia,” said the former President, urging the exploration of Russian diplomacy deeper than it is currently …
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Russian man found guilty of extremism for posting 'Crimea is Ukraine' on social media
A Russian court in Tver sentenced mechanical engineer Andrei Bubeev to two years and three months in a penal colony for posting "extremist content" on his social media page, Radio Svoboda reported.
The content that was deemed to be extremist by the court was a post on Bubeev's VKontakte page which read "Crimea is Ukraine".
Bubeev was charged with public calls to commit extremism and activities aimed at violating the territorial integrity of Russia.
The human rights organization Memorial has …
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Lavrov: Russia would consider selling tanks, armored vehicles and combat aircraft to Iran
Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, has said that Russia would consider selling tanks, armored personnel carriers and combat aircraft to Iran.
“Bans against Iran for certain weapons such as tanks, armored personnel carriers and combat aircraft were removed and instead changed to five-year licensing regimes. This means that Iran can now consider buying these types of weapons. We will definitely consider their proposals if they contact us in this regard. I will however repeat that the S-300 …
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Estonian Defense Minister: Russia regularly violates our airspace
Russian warplanes regularly violate Estonian airspace. This was reported by the Minister of Defense of Estonia, Hannes Hanso, during a visit to Paris on the 3rd of May. He added that this is “extremely reckless behavior” by Moscow.
“They are violating our airspace fairly regularly. They fly over the Baltic Sea with their transponders switched off,” Hanso reported.
He added that even though military radar can detect a plane which has its transponders turned off, civilian aircraft are unable to …
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Savchenko refuses to sign the documents for extradition to Ukraine
Nadiya Savchenko has refused to sign the documents for extradition to Ukraine. She explained her decision in a letter posted on her Facebook page.
“I am outraged! The officials brought me a set of documents to complete for my extradition to Ukraine. I laughed wildly after reading them. The first question asked what my purpose was for crossing the Russian border. Can you imagine such a question? I answered that I was kidnapped by the Russian secret service. They immediately changed my answer to …
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Poroshenko issues indefinite moratorium on payment of 'Yanukovych's debt'
The President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, signed the law adopted by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine that placed an indefinite moratorium on the repayment of Eurobonds on the loan provided by Russia to Ukraine in December 2013.
The corresponding law amending Article 4 of the Law of Ukraine “On specific features of dealing with sovereign and local debt guaranteed by the state” was signed by the President on the 29th of April.
The law excluded a phrase "and will remain in force until the 1st of …