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Russian and Syrian war planes hit areas of Damascus using incendiary bombs
As a result of the airstrikes of Russian and Syrian air forces on the areas of Damascus controlled by the Syrian opposition there are multiple deaths of civilians, reports Turkish Andalu news agency citing sources in the Syrian Civil Defense.
The district of Harasta in the north east of Damascus came under heavy bombardment by the Assad forces. Three people were reportedly killed and 20 wounded as a result of these airstrikes. The wounded have been transported to field hospitals.
The …
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Montenegro stated that Russian nationalists planned to assassinate Prime Minister Dukanovic
Montenegrin authorities have said that “Russian nationalists” had planned to kill the country’s Prime Minister, Milo Đukanović, in order to give power to an opposition party. Reuters reported that this was stated by the country’s prosecutor, Milivoje Katnić.
“The organizers of this criminal group were Russian nationalists who were convinced that the current Government of Montenegro, led by Milo Đukanović, would not be changed in the elections and should therefore be overthrown by force,” Katnić …
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Bulgarian President accused Russia of cyber-attacks
Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev believes that Russia is trying to divide and destabilize Europe with the help of cyber-attacks.
According to him, the Kremlin is trying to influence the policy of his country and other European countries by financing political parties and spreading propaganda.
Plevneliev said that the hackers who attacked the Bulgarian Central Election Commission website and a number of government sites last year may belong to the same group as the organizers of the …
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Poroshenko’s advisor declared the need to update Minsk II
The Director of the Ukrainian National Institute for Strategic Studies (NISI) and advisor to the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Horbulin, announced the need to update the Minsk Agreements. Horbulin’s article for ZN.UA says that the current version is not completely acceptable for Ukraine.
"First of all, the agreements clearly (particularly in paragraphs 4, 9 and 11) lead to the violation of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine. This is contrary not only to the national …
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Amnesty International: Russia is persecuting dissidents in Crimea
Crimean Tatars and their leaders are being prosecuted in the Crimea as well as all dissident citizens, reported human rights researcher from Amnesty International in Moldova, Ukraine and Belarus, Krasimir Yankov, to Krym.Realii.
“The main trends remain unchanged: widespread restriction of the freedom of expression, freedom of peaceful assembly and association. Moreover, we are talking about criminal prosecution of nonconformists. And we emphasize this in particular because for us it’s quite …