Vladimir Putin signed a decree dismissing the heads of several regional commanders of the Investigative Committee, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Federal Penitentiary Service, and the West Siberian Transport Prosecutor. The document is posted on the official Internet portal of legal information. Thus, the head of the…
It has been reported that one of administrators famous suicide game – BLUE Whale, Iliya Sidorov, has been detained. According to Mail Online, Sidorov was filmed sobbing as police interrogated about how he instructed a school girl to “jump under a metro train”. He was arrested and taken to Chelyabinsk…
South Ossetia’s role as a financial center for the Russian-backed separatists in Eastern Ukraine has been rising over the last two years – reports Eurasianet. In particular, South Ossetia facilitates Russian public funds going to the separatists through the International Clearance Bank based in Tskhinvali. In addition, a holding company…
In the early spring this year Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an order to begin the integration of South Ossetian military units into the Russian armed forces. Russia took the South Ossetian territory during the Russo-Georgian War of 2008 and has occupied the area ever since with Russian troops. Russia…
Ukrainian law enforcement agents detained 23 former high-ranking tax-administration official suspected of helping the government of ex-President Viktor Yanukovich to defraud 96 billion Hryvnas (approximately 4 billion dollars) in what authorities call the largest operation of its kind in the history of Ukraine. Interior Minister Arsen Avakov and…
German Tourist Kidnapped By Russians At Georgian Border.
Russia has appealed to the World Trade Organization to implement consultations over Ukraine’s sanctions against Moscow, which are active since 2014. “The Russian delegation in the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva sent a request to the WTO Dispute Settlement Body and the Government of Ukraine to hold consultations…
Volodymyr Groysman, the first Jewish Prime Minister of Ukraine, is in Israel for a multi day visit that includes meetings with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Reuven Rivlin and various ministers and Knesset members. It’s worth noticing that this visit holds high importance for both countries. After Ukraine supported…