The Russian government has banned the organizers of information distribution (i.e. messenger applications) from disclosing information on collaboration with law enforcement authorities, as stated in a decree from January 18, published on Russia’s official legal information portal.

The decree introduces amendments to the rules on interaction between the organizers of online information distribution and the authorized state organs that carry out rapid tracing activity or provide security. …

The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Pavlo Klimkin, called Russian President Vladimir Putin’s proposal to transfer military equipment from Crimea to Ukraine “a trick”,  Ukrayinska Pravda reports.

“You all very well understand this trick of Russia. It seems to indicate that we have some kind of dialogue about the occupied Crimea. We do not have any dialogue on any issues relating to the status of the Crimea, and we will not do anything that could weaken our political or legal …

Russia will resist the attempts of the United States-led coalition to implement plans to change the regime in Syria, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

The minister drew attention to the fact that some Western countries are trying to inflate the “scandalous atmosphere” of the situation in Eastern Ghouta and Idlib, ignoring the concentration of militants and groups of the Al-Nusra Front.

“The U.S. and the coalition led by them are eager to spare the Al-Nusra Front, saving the group …