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Bulgarian President accused Russia of cyber-attacks
Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev believes that Russia is trying to divide and destabilize Europe with the help of cyber-attacks.
According to him, the Kremlin is trying to influence the policy of his country and other European countries by financing political parties and spreading propaganda.
Plevneliev said that the hackers who attacked the Bulgarian Central Election Commission website and a number of government sites last year may belong to the same group as the organizers of the …
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Poroshenko’s advisor declared the need to update Minsk II
The Director of the Ukrainian National Institute for Strategic Studies (NISI) and advisor to the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Horbulin, announced the need to update the Minsk Agreements. Horbulin’s article for ZN.UA says that the current version is not completely acceptable for Ukraine.
"First of all, the agreements clearly (particularly in paragraphs 4, 9 and 11) lead to the violation of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine. This is contrary not only to the national …
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Amnesty International: Russia is persecuting dissidents in Crimea
Crimean Tatars and their leaders are being prosecuted in the Crimea as well as all dissident citizens, reported human rights researcher from Amnesty International in Moldova, Ukraine and Belarus, Krasimir Yankov, to Krym.Realii.
“The main trends remain unchanged: widespread restriction of the freedom of expression, freedom of peaceful assembly and association. Moreover, we are talking about criminal prosecution of nonconformists. And we emphasize this in particular because for us it’s quite …
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Medvedev: The delivery of S-300 missile systems to Iran isn’t contrary to good relations between Russia and Israel
The Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Medvedev, stated that the delivery of S-300 missile systems to Iran by Russia aren’t contrary to good relations between Russia and Israel. Russia isn’t interested in aggravating tensions and thus acts within current realities.
”No, they aren’t contrary. We have warm relations with Israel and intend to further develop them. For this, I’m going to Israel,” Medvedev stated in his interview with Israeli Channel 2, in response to the question of …
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Ukraine's Security Service bans entry of 140 Russian cultural figures
The Security Service of Ukraine has denied entry to 140 Russian cultural figures, as stated in an official reply from the Security Service, which the Verkhovna Rada Deputy from the Petro Poroshenko Bloc, Olga Chervakova, cited in a social network.
The punitive measure is a result of activities and statements by the Russian artists that are contrary to the interests of its neighboring country.
"The Security Service of Ukraine has banned about 140 Russian cultural figures from entering the …