Russian government has until September 1, 2017 to prepare the legal foundation for the assimilation of foreign migrants in the Russian federation. The framework must include “legal, organizational, social, and cultural foundations for the assimilation of foreign nationals and their integration into Russian society”. In addition, according to Putin’s decree,…
A gunman armed with a rifle opened fire on people in a restaurant located in the Finnish town of Imatra close to the Russian border in the vicinity of St. Petersburg. As a result of the fire, the mayor of the small town and two female journalists received gunshot wounds…
Interfax is reporting that the Eurovision 2017 organizing committee is considering moving the singing contest from Kiev to Russia. This is due to bureaucratic delays and lack of commitment on the part of the Ukrainian authorities for the preparation of the event, says the German periodical Bild. The contest last…
Russian news agency TASS quotes Cuba’s president Raul Castro as saying that his late brother and erstwhile Cuban dictator Fidel asked that no landmarks in Cuba be named after him and no statues erected in his honor. Raul Castro mentioned that this was in line with Fidel’s long-standing opposition to…
Is Ukrainian Soil Soaked With Too Much Blood?
Two homeless Russian women fell into an elevator shaft in a building that is under construction this afternoon. One died and another is hospitalized. It is important to note that the Russian winter this year has gotten off to its coldest start this century and the economic sanctions imposed by…
Ukrainian media are quoting Ukrainian President Piotr Poroshenko as saying that the Ukrainian people have experienced a real “high” from the recent firing exercise of anti-aircraft S-300 missiles by the Ukrainian armed forces in the vicinity of the Crimean Peninsula. According to Poroshenko, this was attested by the many phone…
A Russian citizen, Pavel Sergeev, was among those hurt in the ISIS-inspired attack on Ohio State University. The FBI has officially informed the Russian embassy in Washington DC of this fact earlier today. According to the FBI, Mr. Sergeev received several knife wounds and was hospitalized. He has since been…
A Russian vessel is being evacuated having run aground in strong on shore winds in the Sea of Marmara near the Turkish city of Istanbul. The vessel in question is named Volgodon – 203 and is designed to navigate rivers and coastal waters. Weather conditions for the rescue are challenging…
Ukrainian authorities are stating their intention to build a 150 meter (450 foot) telecommunications tower directly adjacent to the Crimean Peninsula for the purposes of enabling Ukrainian radio and TV transmissions into the territory. This was announced by the Ukrainian deputy communications minister Artyom Bidenko on his Facebook page.