• Ukrainian TV channel began broadcasting in the Tatar language to the Crimea

    UATV Channel, which provides Ukraine’s international broadcasting abroad, began broadcasting in the Crimean Tatar language abroad and in the Crimea.

    This was reported by a member of the National Council of Television and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine, Serhiy Kostinsky.

    "Ukrainian news in the Crimean Tatar language appeared on UATV for the Crimean Tatar diaspora. It is the first time the state prioritized Crimean Tatar as the language of public broadcasting to foreign countries,” he said. …

  • Lukashenko: It is not practical to build a Russian air base in Belarus

    The President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, believes that it is not practical to build a Russian air base in his country, as he stated during the "Big Conversation with the President", Interfax reported.

    "They say, a military base ... Oh, come on, who needs these 10 aircraft, which Russia wanted to station... in Bobruisk. I said to Putin: it is necessary to rebuild the airfield, it's is already half-dismantled. Why 10 aircraft? Give us 20 aircraft, we have great pilots, great school, you …

  • Belarus files lawsuit against Russia over oil and gas dispute

    Belarusian authorities have filed a lawsuit against Russia due to the reduction in oil supplies to the country.

    "The controversy was initially on gas only, but they [Russia]  began to cut oil supplies. Of course, we appealed to the court to uphold our agreements," Alexander Lukashenko said on Friday, February 3.

    The Belarusian leader has regarded the oil and gas dispute between Moscow and Minsk as a mockery. "Some kind of a foot-dragging has already begun. Yesterday they agreed to work …

  • Norwegian special services accused Russian group of hacking emails

    Hacker attacks on nine email addresses belonging to state service employees have been recorded in Norway. According to law enforcement officials, the hacking attempts were made by hackers of the APT29 group allegedly related to Russian military and civil intelligence.

    In particular, the email of Norwegian security employees, members of the Labor party, employees of the Foreign Ministry, and Military Academy employees were attacked.

    A Representative of the police service of Norway, Martin …

  • Mogherini to Lavrov: The fighting in Ukraine should be stopped

    During a telephone conversation with the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, stressed the need to stop the fighting in eastern Ukraine immediately, the European External Action Service reported.

    "Mogherini and Lavrov discussed the escalation of violence in the east of Ukraine in detail. The High Representative – Vice-President of the European Commission stressed the need to stop the fighting …