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Security Service of Ukraine detains separatist military official
For years the counterintelligence of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has been monitoring Sergey Semenchenko, leader of the missile and artillery weaponry service of one of the LPR (Luhansk People’s Republic) battalions. A citizen of Ukraine and resident of Luhansk, Semenchenko was involved in the distribution of ammunition for nearly two years, but later left the separatist-controlled territory for family reasons. According to TSN TV program, he is already in a pre-trial detention center …
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Media: Russia prepares to respond to demolition of Soviet monuments in Poland
Russia is preparing an “asymmetric” response in answer to the adoption by Polish authorities of a law on de-communization, which provides for the taking down of monuments to Soviet soldiers in the country, reports the newspaper Izvestia. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia said that the “unfriendly actions of Warsaw will, in any case, not remain without consequences.”
Several options are considered, including personal sanctions against Polish politicians involved in drafting of the law, …
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Russia bans internet anonymizers
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law banning the use of tools to bypass blocked internet access. The decree has been published on the official Internet portal for legal information.
The State Duma adopted the package of amendments on July 21, which was approved by the Federation Council on July 25. According to the document, the FSB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs will have the right to find so-called anonymizers – services through which an internet user can access sites that …
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Putin: 755 American diplomats must leave Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that the staff of the U.S. diplomatic mission in Russia will be reduced by 755 people.
The personnel of the American diplomatic mission in Russia will be reduced by 755 people. Thereafter, the number will be the same as the Russian diplomatic mission in America – 455 people. Putin said this in an interview, the text of which was published on the website Vesti.ru.
“As for other possible measures, or whether there are many or few, the diplomatic …
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Putin signs law on visitor's tax for the Crimea
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law that would impose a fee for the use of resort infrastructure in three regions of Russia and the annexed Crimea.
The corresponding document is published on the Russian Federation's portal for legal information.
It says that an "experiment on the development of resort infrastructure" will be carried out in these regions through December 31, 2022.
Payers of the fee will be physical persons who have reached the age of majority and who are living …