The Embassy of Russia in Bulgaria has banned the laying of flowers in memory of murdered politician Boris Nemtsov anywhere near the diplomatic mission building. Journalist Natalia Novozhilova wrote about the development on her Facebook page, where she shared a post from an eyewitness named Tsvetan Kristev.

According to the Bulgarian eyewitness, he wanted to honor the memory of Nemtsov on the anniversary of his death, but the Embassy told him that Russia would regard such an act "as a threat." …

Russia should be prepared to live under the sanctions regime for the indefinite future, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview with TV channel Russia 1.

According to him, the United States and the EU are trying to “perpetuate” their legislation.

“We must be prepared to live under sanctions for the indefinite future. Just look at what our friends overseas and in Europe are doing! They are enshrining these sanctions in law, they are codifying them. They are initiating a great deal …

For the past 38 years, there has not been “much nuclear rhetoric, like it is heard now: even at the height of the Cold War no one so lightly threatened the use of nuclear weapons,” wrote Julian Hans for the German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung.

“Recently, Russian leadership let the genie out of the bottle and now it is causing Russian authorities difficulties,” the author wrote.

Recently, a documentary on a Russian TV state channel portrayed the Russian leader as the “general director” of …