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Russian court bans Facebook and Instagram for ‘extremist activities’
The Tver court of Moscow banned Facebook and Instagram on Monday, classifying the social networks as “extremist”, TASS reported.
The Kremlin had already blocked Facebook and Instagram following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, claiming that they allowed social media users to “urge violence against Russians”.
Judge Olga Solopova announced she had ruled, “to satisfy the claims of the Prosecutor General’s Office to ban the activities of Meta.”
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) had reportedly …
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Kremlin considers canceling regional gubernatorial elections
The Kremlin is considering canceling the gubernatorial elections in September for some regions due to the country’s economic situation, Kommersant reported.
According to the newspaper, citing sources in the Kremlin, a number of regional governors have requested that such a move be made. Kommersant is owned by Alisher Usmanov, a pro-Kremlin oligarch with close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The newspaper argues that the governors have requested the cancellation due to the economic …
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France freezes Russian Central Bank’s assets
As part of the sanctions imposed against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, the French authorities have frozen 22 billion euros of the Russian Central Bank, as well as the accounts and real estate of individuals who fell under the sanctions, said on the air of the radio station RTL the French Minister of Economy and Finance, Bruno Le Maire.
According to him, real estate belonging to about 30 Russian oligarchs with a total value of half a billion euros has been seized.
Earlier, the Dutch …
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Russia: hypersonic missiles are being used to strike targets in Ukraine
The Russian Defense Ministry reported that Russian military allegedly used hypersonic missiles Kinzhal and a coastal missile system Bastion on targets in Ukraine.
The Ministry’s spokesperson, Major General Igor Konashenkov, said at the morning briefing that the Russian armed forces destroyed an underground ammunition depot in the Ivano-Frankivsk region using a hypersonic missile Kinzhal. According to him, the Bastion coastal missile system also destroyed electronic intelligence centers of the …
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During telephone conversation with Erdogan, Putin emphasizes his demands for ending invasion of Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in which he put forward his demands for a peace agreement with Ukraine, Erdogan’s the chief adviser Ibrahim Kalin told the BBC.
Kalin was present at the conversation between the Putin and Erdogan which was attended by a small group of Turkish officials. According to Erdogan's adviser, Russia's demands can be divided into two categories.
The first category, according to Kalin, is not too …