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Telephony operators in Russia will be required to suspend communication services for certain subscribers at the request of the Federal Security Service (FSB). Amendments to the federal law “On Communications” have been drafted by the Ministry of Digital Development, and the government commission for legislative activity has approved them, according to the Vedomosti publication, which cites sources within the executive branch. According to the draft law, quoted by The Moscow Times, service providers will be required to suspend network access “to protect the security of citizens and the state against emerging threats”. The exact types of “threats” are not specified…
The spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Maria Zaharova, commented on the resignation of the Director-General of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Tim Davie, accusing him of fabricating materials about the Bucea massacre or Skripal’s poisoning. “They have nowhere to place the stigma. The Bucea forgery was ‘edited’ in the same way, but in fact, the information was fabricated by the BBC itself. They also invented incredible stories about Russian supporters ahead of the Sochi Olympics, fake news about Syria, they exaggerated absurd information about Skripal and much more,” declared the minister for the Russian…
A sudden increase in GPS interference at sea allows Russia’s “ghost fleet” to evade Western sanctions, according to a new report published by The Telegraph. The report shows that the number of ships affected by GPS jamming has increased by over 500% since January, while over 1,000 ships are now sailing under false flags, double the figure from nine months ago. When the West imposed restrictions on Russia’s oil exports following Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, a series of practices emerged to maintain global transports. After three years, things have escalated to a higher level. Russia’s oil shipments…
The Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council, former head of state Dmitry Medvedev, mocked the head of the American Executive, Donald Trump, stating that “nobody knows what he wanted to say when he referred to nuclear tests” and that, probably “he doesn’t even know” what he wanted to assert. Medvedev is referring to the statement of the American president, who last Wednesday claimed that the USA will immediately resume nuclear tests. Trump said he ordered the US Army to restart these tests after a 33-year break just a few hours before his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in…
Several websites and social media channels have distorted the content of a report by the Council of Europe (CE) on local autonomy in R. Moldova, turning a balanced document into a false message of harsh criticism against the Moldovan authorities.This is about the report on the monitoring of the implementation of the European Charter of Local Autonomy by R. Moldova, presented in Strasbourg on Thursday, October 30, by the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe.On the same day, the website telegraph.md published a news story titled “The Council of Europe has criticized the Republic of…
Several pro-Russian sources distributed on Tuesday and Wednesday a video with statements from the European Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, claiming that Marta Kos chastises the authorities of R. Moldova: “You are distancing the country even further from the EU. If you are serious about the EU, you should listen to your citizens and stop imprisoning opposition leaders and journalists – people who think differently from you. Then we can talk”. In reality, Marta Kos made these statements referring to the authorities in Georgia, as can be seen from the press statements on Tuesday, November 4th. The…
The President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, has signed laws that modify the procedure for recruiting citizens for military service. The documents were published on the official legal information portal, reports Meduza Live. The first law, signed by Putin, provides for the recruitment of citizens for military service throughout the calendar year – from January 1 to December 31. The rule will come into effect on January 1, 2026. After this date, military commissariats will be able to send summons to recruits, organize medical examinations, and convene recruitment commissions throughout the year. However, the actual dispatch of recruits to military units…
The leader of the PSRM, Igor Dodon, is upset that Russia and Belarus are not on the list of friends of the Republic of Moldova. According to him, this is the first time in the 34 years of independence that such a case has occurred, which he considers shameful. “In the list of parliamentary friendship groups with foreign countries proposed by the PAS parliamentary majority, there are missing such states as the Russian Federation and Belarus with which the Republic of Moldova has had diplomatic relations for decades and friendship relations for centuries. For the first time in the 34…
Ukraine will collaborate with European partners to introduce customs duties on Russian products that continue to be imported into the European Union, announced the Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Andrii Sibiga, during a meeting with President Volodimir Zelenski. *”The import of Russian products into the European Union is still ongoing. Currently, the import of products from Russia into the EU has decreased to 1.1% of the total import structure. At the beginning of the large-scale Russian aggression, this quota was 9.3%. So, a significant decrease, but imports still persist,” he said, according to The New Voice of Ukraine. “We will collaborate with…
The United States has decided to cancel the summit planned for this month in Budapest, between Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, following a memorandum sent by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Washington, reports The Insider, citing the Financial Times. The document sent by Moscow contained harsh demands for a ceasefire in Ukraine, including the cession of additional territories, a significant reduction of the Ukrainian armed forces, and guarantees that Ukraine will never join NATO. Russian President Vladimir Putin justified these conditions as being necessary to eliminate the “fundamental causes” of the invasion. However, Donald Trump advocates for…