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EU condemns Russian 'Foreign Agent' media law
The EU asserted that the “foreign agent” media law, signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin on November 25th, runs counter to Russia’s obligations to uphold human rights and threatens “free and independent media.”
This is another attempt to hinder the development of a civil society in the country, said the European Union External Action on Sunday, November 26.
In Brussels, they are sure that as a result of “fines, checks, and the stigma” associated with the implementation of the law, “the …
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Russia expels Polish scholar
The Institute of National Remembrance of Poland or IPN said that Polish scientist Henryk Glebocki, who researched relations between Moscow and Warsaw in the 19th to 20th centuries, was expelled from Russia.
The institute's statement says that on November 24, 2017, the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation detained Dr. Glebocki, who is a research fellow at the Jagiellonian University, in Moscow. The detainee was told that, according to the FSB decision from November 21, he must …
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Russian airstrikes kill 34 civilians including 15 children in Syria
On the morning of Sunday, November 26, Russian Air Forces and forces of the Syrian government conducted an air raid and struck the village of al-Shafah in the province of Deir ez-Zor in Syria, reports the news agency Deutsche Welle.
“The planes hit base stations and militants gathered in the Euphrates Valley,” said a statement released by the Russian Ministry of Defense.
However, civilians were also killed during these air raids. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), 34 …
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Military expert: change of power in separatist LPR is a result of internal struggle between Russian special services and Russian military
The removal of so-called head of the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR), Igor Plotnisky, from his position is the result of internecine power struggles between Russian proxies in the separatist-controlled Donbas. Recent events in the LPR indicate that Russian military won in a confrontation with Russian security services, military expert Oleg Zhdanov told Apostrof news agency.
The events in Luhansk are actually inner fight among the Russian special services. Most likely, Russia wants to create …
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NATO: 60% of Russian-speaking Twitter users who write about the Alliance in the Baltic States are bots
NATO's Strategic Communications Center of Excellence reports that 60% of Russian-speaking Twitter users are bots, according to the Center, which was founded in Riga, Latvia, The Voice of America reports.
"Russian-speaking bots create about 70% of all Russian NATO reports in the Baltic States and Poland. In general, 60% of active Russian-speaking accounts are automated. In comparison, 39% of account tweeting in English are bots,” the report notes.
The research notes that its conclusions are …