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Russia’s largest newspaper doesn’t like the gay lifestyle in the U.K. A recent article describes Manchester, England as being full of ‘many fat people,’ and ‘disgusting gay couples.’ The articles recommends Moscow not follow England’s ‘frightening example.’ Alisa Titko, a columnist for tabloid Komsomolskaya Pravda, was shocked when she found…
Senate Periodical Press Gallery Director Justin Wilson announced today that Sputnik, the Russian government-owned media outlet that focuses on promoting Russian news internationally, has been denied a permanent press pass inside the U.S. Congressional area. According to the gallery rules members must not “act as an agent for, or be…
Terrorist snipers in Syria, are using sophisticated night vision equipment that have built-in Russian electronics. Kommersant.ru claims with reference to experts who have studied weapons of the fighters. “We found so called electronic optical converters, produced in Russia”, – implied the source of publication. However, how they got into…
The President of United States, Donald Trump, signed legislation that for the first time recognizes Georgian territories, Abkhazia and Tskhinvali, as regions occupied by Russia, reports the Georgian Minister of Foreign Affairs – Mikheil Janelidze. Mikheil Janelidze believes this is unprecedented support for Georgia’s territorial integrity and sovereignty from…
At a recent meeting of the U.N. the Ukrainian delegation to the United Nations discussed the situation in the occupied territories of Georgia (Abkhazia and South Ossetia). The permanent representative of Ukraine to the U.N. Volodymyr Yelchenko invited the members of Security Council to express the positions of their…
A Soviet monument in Kyiv, the Arch of the Friendship of Nations, was in the process of being painted the rainbow colors of the LGBT movement when conservative protestors showed up and halted the process. The event was supposed to highlight Ukraine’s new-found willingness to support EU priorities as it…
Russia Says Syrian Safe Zone To Go Into Effect At Midnight.