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Survey: Most Russians think the world fears their country
About 86% of Russian citizens believe that people in the world fear Russia and 75% of them believe that this is a good thing, Interfax reported, citing a survey conducted by the Russian Public Opinion Research Center.
Moreover, about 67% of respondents are convinced that Russia’s influence in the world in the recent years has increased and about 19% of them that it has decreased.
The respondents’ opinions regarding the world’s attitude towards Russia are divided. 48% of the respondents …
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Ukraine banned 38 Russian movies and TV shows in 2016
The Ukrainian State Film Agency announced the statistics for 2016, including how many Russian films were allowed to be shown in the country and how many were forbidden.
Based on the statistics, the Expert Committee on Distribution and Screening banned 38 Russian films and TV series in Ukraine, while it allowed the release of only only Russian films in movie theaters.
Among the banned films and TV series are The Master’s Last Secret, Lyutyy, Under Cover, Ladoga, The Way to A Man's Heart, The …
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Why Ukraine has banned Russia's most liberal TV channel, Dozhd
On January 12th the Ukrainian National Council on Television and Radio Broadcasting has required Ukrainian providers to stop broadcasting the Russian television channel Dozhd. What has caused this reaction, and why many were surprised by the reaction of the Russian authorities, who are not very friendly towards the TV channel?
Why was Dozhd banned
The National Council cited two reasons for the ban on broadcasting – their non-recognition of the territorial integrity of Ukraine (they show the …
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Flight tests of Russia's latest Satan ballistic missiles will begin in 2017
The Krasnoyarsk Machine Building Plant will begin flight and engineering tests of a modern RS-28 Sarmat liquid-fueled intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in 2017, as was reported by Russia's Interfax news agency citing sources in military industry.
"Krasmash and other enterprises engaged in the production of these ICBMs, are preparing them for testing which is expected to begin this year," the news agency’s interlocutor said. Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry stated that the Sarmat …
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Denmark to increase military spending due to 'Russian threat'
Denmark is planning to increase military spending due to Russia’s deployment of anti-ballistic missile systems in the Kaliningrad region, which is considered by the Danish Government as potential threat, as stated on Friday by the head of the Defense Ministry of the Kingdom, Claus Hjort Frederiksen.
"We can see today that the Russians are deploying new missiles in Kaliningrad which can reach Copenhagen. Of course, it is a serious threat,” the Minister said in an interview with the local …