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Russia sets record for number of people willing to permanently leave the country
The proportion of Russians who want to emigrate has reached a new record since 2007. As the Gallup poll conducted at the end of last year shows, 20% of the population would prefer to leave the country for good.
In recent years, the number has more than doubled. In 2015, there were 10% potential emigrants and in 2016 - 9%.
The younger generation is thinking about emigration the most. Among respondents aged 15 to 29 years old, 44% expressed a desire to leave. In the middle-aged group, the …
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Russia leads by number of unfulfilled decisions of European Court of Human Rights
Russia continues to be the leader in noncompliance with judgments ruled by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). Moreover, most of the cases have to do with repeated violations of the European Convention or the “friendly settlement” of individual complaints brought by Russian citizens against the Russian government. This information can be found in the Council of Europe’s report on the implementation of decisions for 2018, writes Russian newspaper Kommersant.
According to the report, the …
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Media: Kremlin assisted German far-right candidate in the parliamentary elections
The Russian State Duma and the Russian Presidential Administration took part in developing a strategy for the candidate of Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany party (AfD), Markus Frohnmaier, in order to win German parliamentary elections.
BBC, ZDF, Der Spiegel and La Repubblica came to this conclusion after conducting an investigation based on the information of the Dossier Center, a non-commercial project project of the exiled Russian businessman, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, reported MBH- …
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US Senate Committee approves resolution to counter 'Russian aggression in the Black Sea'
The United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations has approved and recommended for approval a resolution calling for increased defense assistance to Ukraine and the cancellation of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. This information was posted to the Ukrainian Embassy in the United States’ Facebook page.
Senators are asking the US President to conduct an urgent joint operation with American allies to ensure freedom of navigation in the Black Sea. In so doing, the US aims to support …
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WTO rejects Kyiv’s complaint regarding Russian ban on Ukrainian goods transit
The World Trade Organization (WTO) for the first time stated its position on the governments’ rights to challenge trade restrictions imposed by other countries in connection with the need to protect their security. On Friday, April 5, the WTO dispute settlement body’s arbitration group published its resolution of Ukraine’s complaint regarding the Moscow-imposed restrictions on Ukrainian cargo transit imposed in 2016.
The organization’s arbitrators recognized that WTO had the authority to …