Contents tagged with Russia
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Reporters Without Borders: Ukraine has improved its 'Press Freedom Index'
The international non-governmental organization, Reporters Without Borders, published the results of its Press Freedom Index, which assesses both freedom of speech and freedom of the press in 180 countries.
The freest media by continent, according to the report, is in Europe (19.8 points), followed by Africa with 36.9 points. This is the first time the African continent bypassed North America and South America (where the index is at 37.1 points). Asian countries scored 43.8 points. The …
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Moscow accuses the US of attempting to exert pressure on Russia in the Baltic Sea
The Russian representative to NATO, Oleksandr Grushko, after spending two years on the Russia-NATO Council, has accused the United States of trying to exert pressure on Moscow, sending a warning to Russia that they will respond if needed, Reuters reported.
In this statement, Grushko was referring to the U.S. Destroyer Donald Cook, which was sent to the Baltic Sea. "This is about attempts by the US to exercise military pressure on Russia. We will take all necessary measures to compensate for …
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Russian Ministry of Justice receives preliminary inquiry on prisoner exchange from Ukraine
The Russian Ministry of Justice has received the Ukrainian Ministry of Justice’s query on the provision of documents necessary for considering the transfer of Nadiya Savchenko to Ukraine, in order to continue serving her sentence there. The press service of the Russian Ministry reported this on April 20 in response to inquiries from Russian information agencies.
The report stated that the court will consider the transfer of the Ukrainian, who was sentenced to 22 years imprisonment in Russia …
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Stoltenberg: Deep divisions remain between Russia and NATO
Commenting on the results from the NATO-Russia Council meeting that took place on April 20, the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Jens Stoltenberg, stated that there are deep divisions between the Alliance and Russia and the meeting didn’t change the state of affairs. However, according to him, the discussion was sincere despite the different views of the parties.
In particular, Stoltenberg noted that Russia and NATO have different views on the conflict in the Donbas …
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Study: For the first time in 8 years, Russians spend more than a half of their income on food
For the first time since the 2008 economic crisis, Russians are spending more than 50 percent of their income on food. Both low-income and middle class families are forced to live in a more restrictive economy, as found by researchers from the Institute of Social Analysis and Forecasting of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration.
The reduction of consumer activity is the result of the worsening economy, the experts noted. In the report it is said that …
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Media: Hundreds of lawyers worked 'day and night' on appeals in the Yukos case
Les Echos newspaper reports that hundreds of legal experts, especially in France, worked day and night last year on the appeal that resulted in the Hague District Court’s ruling to overturn the decision for Russia to pay compensation in the amount of $50 billion to the former shareholders of Yukos Oil Company.
French journalists Valerie de Sennevil and Yves Burdiyon explained in their article "Billions and threats: Yukos story without an ending" that the Tribunal's decision does not mean the …
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Russia is the only state among the G20 countries that wishes for Trump to win US presidential race
Russia is the only country in the G20 that, according to YouGov, prefers Donald Trump as president. Most other respondents would like to see Hillary Clinton win the US presidential race.
Among the major developed countries of the world, Russia is the only one that would like US Republican and billionaire Donald Trump to win the presidential elections. This follows from the results of a poll, conducted by the research company YouGov among 20 thousand adult respondents, that was commissioned by …
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PACE: The 'hybrid annexation' of the Donbas has already occurred
The Parliamentary Assembly on the Council of Europe (PACE) believes that it is impossible to talk about the conduct of elections in the Donbas during the escalation of the conflict
PACE’s rapporteurs on the situation in Ukraine, Kristina Zelenkova and Marilouise Beck, reported that recent escalations of the conflict in Eastern Ukraine have made it impossible to even talk about holding the elections in the Donbas. They made the statement during session of the political and legal committees of …
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Polish Defense Minister: Russia is 'preparing aggression' against NATO
The Polish Defense Minister, Anthoni Macierewicz, believes that the incidents in the Baltic Sea indicate that Russia is preparing for aggressive actions. "All actions by Russia show a systematic preparation for further aggressive actions," the Polish Defense Minister, Anthoni Macierewicz, said in an interview with the Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita. The Defense Minister stressed that "the time has come to speak about it openly."
The head of the Defense Ministry of Poland commented on the …
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Russian-Crimean Prosecutor General wants to ban US-funded news site
The Prosecutor General of Russian-Crimea, Natalia Poklonskaya, stated in her comment to TASS that she is preparing to fully block Radio Free Europe's Krym.Realii project.
“We have gathered materials for the General Prosecutor’s Office of Russia and Roskomnadzor for the complete closure of the Krym.Realii information service,” she said.
The Prosecutor General’s official website also reported its initiative on the blocking of separate publications of Krym.Realii. “Content analysis of this …