Ukraine Sanctions Russian Banks Operating In-Country
Ukraine Sanctions Russian Banks Operating In-Country.
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Ukraine Sanctions Russian Banks Operating In-Country.
Russians are still divided about whether to finally lay Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known as Lenin, to rest after almost a century of his body being view on Red Square. The issue comes up from time to time and is one of the legacy issues from the former Soviet Union…
In a week in which much has occurred of geopolitical importance, the evolution of the domestic political situation in Belarus has not received as much attention as it should have. Belarus isn’t usually high on the list of countries the average American watches in terms of international news. Recent events…
On March 5 Abkhazia’s government announced that they decided to close number of border points between Abkhazia and Georgia. In order to control the border line it’s necessary to tighten border lines – says the governor of Abkhazia. This step triggered protests from Tbilisi, Washington, Brussels, and the…
Putin To Consolidate Power Over Georgia’s South Ossetia.
A firestorm erupted last year when the government of St. petersburg in Russia, formerly Leningrad during the Soviet Union, decided to transfer the iconic St. Isaac’s Cathedral from city hands to the Russian Orthodox Church. Citizen’s of Tsar Peter the Great’s signature city on the Baltic Sea, formerly the capital…
Putin Orders South Ossetian Soldiers Integrated Into Russian Army.
The opposition tent, put up in the main boulevard of Tirana, the capital of Albania, since 18 February, seems to have “shaded” from the ongoing sun four ministers of the current Rama government. Although the prime minister himself never admited that these moves were the outcome of opposition pressure, nevertheless,…
Russia’s czarist era, which ended a century ago, was marked by cruelty and oppression, and finished in a chaotic spasm of blood, anger and confusion. But there are those in the country today who believe the monarchist system should be restored. Some of them reflected on their views to The…