• EU: Germany is the main target of Russian disinformation campaign

    Germany has become the target of Russian disinformation campaigns more often than other EU countries, said the European External Action Service (EEAS) in a report.

    The report was prepared by the working group on strategic communications "East StratCom" created to counter disinformation from Russia.

    "No other EU Member State is attacked more fiercely through disinformation than Germany," the report says. According to EEAS, this is a campaign both at the political level and in the pro-Kremlin …

  • Kremlin: Russia will not join its armed forces with Belarusian army

    Russia is not going to join its army with the Belarusian army, said the Russian ambassador to Belarus, Dmitry Mezentsev.

    According to Mezentsev, the joint army is a "good fantasy", but there is no need for it yet.

    The ambassador reminded that the armies of Russia and Belarus cooperate within the framework of the Collective Security Treaty Organization and this is enough to protect the borders of the countries.

    At the same time, Mezentsev stressed that the cooperation between the Russian and …

  • Russian government websites inaccessible after Kremlin attempts to slow down traffic to Twitter

    From March 10, the speed of the internet traffic to Twitter will be slowed down for Russian users, announced the Russian media watchdog, Roskomnadzor. According to Roskomnadzor the "slowdown in the speed of service" was a measure intended to force Twitter to comply with Russian law and protect Russians from "influence of illegal content."

    In the first stage, access to Twitter will be slowed down from half of computers in Russia and from all mobile devices. Roskomnadzor threatened that if …

  • Kyiv: U.S. sanctions against Kolomoisky may be just the beginning

    U.S. Sanctions against oligarch Igor Kolomoisky are just the beginning, said the press secretary of the Ukrainian President Yulia Mendel in an interview with the editor-in-chief of the online publication Gordon, Alesia Batsman.

    "Less than two years have passed since the election of Volodymyr Zelensky. We have witnessed a blow to three very famous people representing huge financial groups, who have made their fortune using the state budget, taxes, things that should support well-being of …

  • Ukrainian President says he is ready to meet separately with Putin, Merkel and Macron to discuss Donbas

    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is ready to meet with each of the leaders of the "Normandy Four" if negotiations on the Donbas are postponed, Zelensky said at the forum "Ukraine 30. Culture, media, tourism" in Kyiv, UNIAN reports.

    He said that Kyiv is now "in any case" preparing for a meeting in the "Normandy format" with the leaders of Russia, Germany and France. But, according to him, if this does not happen, he is ready to personally talk with each of the leaders.

    "If, as they say, " …