• Kremlin bans anonymous use of internet messengers in Russia

    On May 5, the decree of the Russian government prohibiting the anonymous use of internet messengers came into force, reports TASS.

    According to the decree, the administrations of messengers are required to identify their users by their mobile phone numbers.

    "Now, the messengers should check the information about the registration of the user's phone number with the mobile operator. The mobile operator, in turn, must provide the requested information within 20 minutes. If the operator did not …

  • Kremlin: Russia opposes Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Treaty

    Russia believes that the idea of nuclear disarmament is still premature. The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) at the moment would only provoke a conflict between the nuclear powers, stated the Russian delegation at the meeting of the committee for conference preparation on The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), reports  Gazeta.ru.

    According to Russian representatives, the disarmament process must be approached “realistically and in several stages”. At …

  • Head of Belarusian national telecommunications company detained in Minsk

    The General Director of the leading telecommunications company Beltelecom, Sergey Sivoedov, was detained and taken into custody in Belarus. He was arrested for allegedly receiving a 15 thousand euros bribe from an unnamed Russian citizen, who was also arrested. According to the Radio Liberty, in the press release of the country’s Committee for State Security (KGB), the arrested Russian national is marked with the letter “K”.

    The investigators believe that Sivoedov received a bribe from a …

  • Zelensky claims he prepares several possible responses to Russia’s passport aggression

    Ukrainian President-elect Volodymyr Zelensky said that he is working on several possible responses to Russia’s initiative to issue passports to residents of the occupied parts of the Donbas.

    “We are preparing. Let’s just say we have several approaches. In this regard, we need to be creative, we need to be quick, clever, what we are – young. And so for now we will make preparations, and later we will show you,” Zelensky told reporters when asked whether he had any suggestions for parliament …

  • Former Lukashenko's security chief accused of accepting a bribe from Russian company

    Investigation Department of the KGB of Belarus charged with taking a bribe the former Deputy Secretary of the Security Council, Andrei Vtyurin. He was detained on May 3, according to the KGB’s website.

    "The day before he was caught red-handed when receiving 148 600 US dollars from the representative of the Russian commercial structure "G" for assistance in promoting its interests in the Republic of Belarus", — said in a statement.

    The KGB said that the representative of the Russian company …