Russian Channel Planeta TV is facing restrictions on broadcasting in Lithuania due to the incitement of inter-ethnic discord and calls for war, the DELFI news portal reported. The Lithuanian Radio and Television Commission began investigating violations of the law on the Russian TV talk show, Duel. The program by Vladimir Solovyov was broadcast on the 16th of October by RTR-Planeta.

The Chairman of the Lithuanian Radio and Television Commission, Edmundas Vaitiekunas, reported that the …

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law suspending the U.S.-Russian agreement on plutonium disposal, TASS reported.

The law was passed by Russia’s lower parliament, the State Duma, on October 19th, and by the upper parliament, the Federation Council, on October 26th.

Earlier, Putin set forth a list of conditions under which Moscow would consider resuming the plutonium disposal agreement, including an end to U.S. sanctions against Russia, compensation for the sanctions, and a reduction …

On October 30, TASS reported that the third submarine of Project 11356 Admiral Makarov, which is being built on the Yantar shipyard in Kaliningrad, will be transferred to the navy in December. This was reported by Navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Vladimir Korolev.

“In December another nuclear submarine of strategic project Borey for the submarine forces of the Russian navy will be laid on the enterprise Sevmash, and a frigate of Project 11356 Admiral Makarov will be commissioned to the navy,” …

Over 2.5 million Russian military pensioners will not receive a lump-sum payment of RUB 5,000 (USD 79.00). Military pensioners are not subject to the law on lump-sum payments following authorities’ decision to replace the indexation of pensions in 2016, RBC news agency reports.

"The payment is charged only to recipients of pensions from the Pension Fund," the relevant draft bill reads. The draft has been sent through a first reading in the State Duma and is being prepared for the second. …

According to the representative from the National Prosecutor’s Office press service, Eva Bialik, the Polish National Prosecutor’s Office has initiated an investigation into the lack of autopsies after the Smolensk tragedy in Poland, Polish Radio reports.

The office is investigating why some autopsies were not carried out in Poland and who is responsible.

According to Bialik, six years ago in Poland autopsy reports were accepted from Moscow, but examinations from Wroclaw Medical University …

Poland was able to reconstruct e-mails concerning the planning of the visit of the late President, Lech Kaczynski, to Katyn. These materials will now be published, the Foreign Minister, Witold Waszczykowski, said.

In September he indicated that this information would be published in a few days, however, just before the publishing date, he relayed on Polish radio that it would be delayed due to the appearance of new documents.

"At the time, there were only paper documents found in the archives, …

The Ministry of Justice of Ukraine demands that Russia provide copies of documents confirming Russian citizenship for Ukrainians Oleg Sentsov and Olexander Kolchenko, who were jailed in Russia. The Deputy Minister of Justice, Sergiy Petukhov, posted a photo of the said request on his Facebook page.

“The Moscow kingdom resumed serfdom. Crimeans were captured with land like serfs. When a neighbor’s head is filled with a medieval mindset, it is difficult to talk about European values. We believe …

Lithuanians have been handed a 75-page manual telling them what to do in the event of a Russian invasion. As reported by СNN, the guide on what to do if the country is invaded is entitled, "Prepare to Survive Emergencies and War."

“Attention needs to be paid to Russia’s actions," the manual says. “This country does not hesitate to use military force against its neighbors, and at this moment it continues military aggression against Ukraine.”

Postimees news agency indicates that it is the third …