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Lithuania blocks Russian TVCi channel over ‘incitement of war’
Lithuania suspended the retransmission of the Russian TV channel TVCi Lithuania for six months for inciting war and hatred, as reported by Delfi news agency. The station is owned by the Russian State TV company, TV Center.
According to Delfi, the Lithuanian Radio and TV Commission (LRTC) decided to suspend the retransmission two weeks ago, stating that the channel has repeated violations and the sanctions imposed earlier have not yielded any results. This decision by the commission was upheld …
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Mogherini: EU counter-propaganda group reveals over 3000 cases of disinformation by Russian-speaking media over two years
The EU’s operational working group for strategic communications, called the East StratCom Team, has identified more than 3000 cases of disinformation from Russian-language media over two years, said EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini.
"It is important for us to analyze, predict and react to disinformation. For this reason we created the first working group on strategic communications within the framework of the European External Action Service ( …
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Media: Internet traffic from North Korea goes through Russia
The Russian company Trans Telecom (TTK) has established an Internet connection with North Korea, reported the website 38 North, with reference to the database of Internet routing. The Reuters news agency also drew attention to this. The portal refers to the data of the Dyn Research Company, which studies the state of the Internet around the world and analyzes and compares the connections of individual networks and providers with each other. According to the data, the connection from TTK was …
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Kremlin decided not to relocate back to Russia companies operating abroad
The government of Russia has decided not to transfer large businesses from abroad to the jurisdiction of the country.
Previously, it was proposed that 'deoffshorization' would be compulsory for backbone Russian companies.
Interfax, referring to a source in the Cabinet, reported that the bill was voted down. Officials came to the conclusion that “compulsory measures of transferring a wide range of systemically important organizations to the jurisdiction of the Russian Federation will create …
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Russia intends to establish second military base in Kyrgyzstan
A second Russian Federation military base may be deployed In Kyrgyzstan, stated the country’s Prime Minister, Sapar Isakov.
“Consultations were held on this issue at the level of the relevant ministries. The Kyrgyz Republic believes that to ensure security not only in Kyrgyzstan, but also in the region as a whole, it is necessary to deploy a military base in the south," Isakov said in an interview with RIA Novosti.
At the same time, Sapar Isakov noted that a final decision on this issue has …