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Lithuania prohibits entry of Russian judges into the country
Kęstutis Vaškelevičius, the Press Secretary of Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, said during an interview with Deutsche Welle on December 6 that Lithuania decided to prohibit entry into the country of all judges from the Russian Federation’s Constitutional Court. The reason for this decision was their formalization of a number of decisions on Russia’s annexation of the Crimea, Deutsche Welle reported.
According to Vaškelevičius, Russian judges were informed of this decision in November …
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Number of Russians seeking asylum in the US rose drastically in 2016
In 2016, 1,912 Russian citizens asked for asylum in the U.S.A. Compared to 2015, this number increased by 31%, and since 2012, by 164%. The only time a greater number of Russians were seeking asylum in the U.S.A. was in 1994 when the American government received 2,127 applications from Russia.
Radio Free Europe reported that according to immigration lawyers, the reasons cited by Russians wishing to migrate are discrimination against the LGBTQ community, dissent concerning Vladimir Putin’s …
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Latvia and Estonia will build a new power transmission line in order to 'become less dependent on Russia'
Latvia and Estonia are launching a new and, according to their declaration, very important project for the countries’ energy security and energy market. Elering, an independent Estonian electricity and gas transmission system operator, has announced that they will be accepting proposals for the design and construction of a third high-voltage connection between the power systems of Latvia and Estonia, Delfi reports.
It was estimated that the project will cost 172 million euros. It will be …
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Japanese Ambassador to Ukraine assured that his country will maintain sanctions against Russia
Japan will continue sanctions against Russia due to its aggression in Ukraine, as stated by the Japanese Ambassador to Ukraine, Sumi Shigeki, during a visit by the President of Ukraine to the main military hospital, the President’s press service reported.
According to their report, Poroshenko visited the outpatient and endoscopic center for abdominal surgery, where the ambassador of Japan presented the Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Stepan Poltorak, a certificate for a new video endoscope …
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Russia accuses two Ukrainian officers of shelling its territory
A Russian Investigative Committee has identified officers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who are allegedly involved in shelling Russian territory from June to August 2014, the official website of the committee stated. It was reported that dozens of inspections of crime scenes and 140 forensic investigations were carried out and more than 1000 witnesses were interviewed.
“The results of these investigative actions have revealed that the Commander of the 72nd separate mechanized brigade of the …