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Image by Elekes Andor The European Commission of the European Union initiated a legal ‘infringement action’ against the Eastern European nation of Poland over laws passed covering judicial reform, placing selection of judges under the executive and legislative branches, rather than an outside body that the Polish government believes is…
One Ukrainian Soldier Dead, 9 Wounded In Donbass.
Image by NVO In response to the sanctions bill against Russia which is moving through the US Congress, Russia has ordered 755 diplomats to leave, to match the number of Russian diplomats currently allowed in the United States. “The American side has made a move which, it is important to…
Kadyrov Says He Will Quit Job As Leader Of Chechnya To Guard al-Aqsa Mosque For “Rest Of His Life”.
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Rogozin To Meet Moldovan President Dodon In Iran After Romania Denies Overflight.
Image by Uk-Kamelot Not many Westerners realize that Russia and the Russian Orthodox Church started to the south with Russia’s slav brothers, the Ukrainians. Kyivan Rus was a medieval empire, based in Kyiv, until overrun and destroyed by the Mongolian hordes from the Siberian steppes. Kyiv Three Years After Euromaidan…A…
Romania Refuses To Allow Russian Diplomats Overflight To Moldova.
The former president of Georgia, and governor of Odessa in Ukraine, Mikheil Saakashvili, has vowed to return to Kyiv and rebuild his political movement after Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko revoked his Ukrainian citizenship. The two had a nasty falling out of Saakashvili’s accusations of corruption against the Ukrainian government. Saakashvili…
EU Court Orders Poland To Stop Logging In Bialowieza Forest.
Russia retaliated against American diplomatic interests in Russia today after threatening to do so for weeks. The Kremlin ordered a dacha used by U.S. diplomats as a retreat seized as well as a warehouse used by the American embassy in Moscow. In addition, the Kremlin reduced the number of diplomats…