• Report: $2 billion in offshore accounts linked to Putin

    Russian President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle has developed a network of secret offshore companies that possess at least $2 billion in funds that were withdrawn from Russia as stated in the Panama Papers investigation, published by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalism (ICIJ) on Sunday, April 3rd. The organization includes, among others, three German media outlets; Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper, NDR TV-channel and the magazine Stern.

    According to the journalists’ …

  • Over 20 tons of Polish apples destroyed in Tula region of Russia

    According to Russian authorities, on the federal highway between Moscow and Crimea, 1,450 boxes of apples weighing over 20 tons were found during an inspection of a vehicle coming from Belarus to Voronezh. “During the visual inspection of the regulated products, marked ‘Country of Origin – Poland’ was found,” the statement read.

    Products that are not permitted for entry into the Russian Federation were confiscated at the Tula training site.  

    Destruction of contraband is in accordance with …

  • Lawyer discloses details of mass arrest of 35 Crimean Tatars

    Crimean lawyer Emile Kurbedinov disclosed the details of the mass detention of 35 Crimean Tatars in the Crimean village Pioners'ke. According to him, the operation was carried out by masked gunmen who did not provide identification, Krym.Realii reported.

    The lawyer said that at about 10:30 pm on April 1st, armed men stormed the café Baghdad in the Crimean village.

    "All the visitors were put in a line facing the wall. The underage and individuals of Slavic appearance were almost immediately …

  • Media: Russian propagandist works for opponents of the Ukraine Association Agreement in the Netherlands

    The Russian propagandist, Sergey Markhel, is now working for the opponents of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement in the Netherlands, as outlined in the article, "We Don’t Care about Ukraine: a Report on the Last Days of Campaigning in the Netherlands", published in Evropeyskaya Pravda. In the past, Markhel was often involved in organizing events for Russian Embassies in European Union countries.

    He is now involved in the campaign against the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement in the …

  • Kobyakov: Belarus is dissatisfied with the quality of Russian oil

    The quality of Russian oil supplied to Belarus has recently deteriorated, said Belarusian Prime Minister Andrei Kobyakov, in an interview with RIA Novosti. He noted that there is a constant discussion between Moscow and Minsk on issues related to the supply of raw materials. According to Kobyakov, both parties are generally on the same page, but disagreements do arise, Rosbalt reported.

    "For example, we would want for the oil that arrives in Belarus through the pipeline to be of higher quality, …