Category: Politics

All-Ukrainian and regional print media must be published in Ukrainian. The corresponding 25th article of the law “On” ensuring the functioning of the Ukrainian language as a state language” entered into force on 16 January. Editions may also be published in other languages, provided their circulation is simultaneously published in national. “A circulation in Ukrainian must be made, and legal copies must be sent in accordance with legislation, even if, apart from legal copies, no more one copy in Ukrainian can distribute   — noted in the press service of the State Committee for Television and Radio Broadcasting (quote from UNIAN). An exception in Article 25 is made for English and Crimean Tatar, languages ​​of other indigenous peoples of Ukraine and official languages ​​of the EU. Russian was not included in this list. Publications in Russian can be issued if subscribers are given the opportunity to subscribe and in the state language. According to the law, all language versions of print media must be published under the same name, “correspond

“We want the United States and their allies to understand: the principle of equal and indivisible security enshrined in  the Helsinki Final Act of 1975 and the Istanbul Charter of 1999 should be reinstated. It should not apply only to NATO countries. No state has the right to strengthen its security at the expense of others, — Antonov told Newsweek magazine (the ambassador's answers are posted on the diplomatic mission's Facebook). It must be admitted that the discussions held last week with the United States and NATO have not yet yielded a significant result. We expect written responses from Washington and Brussels to our draft agreements. On their basis, we will make a decision on the advisability of further joint work. We are also ready to discuss counter proposals.Anatoly AntonovZelensky invited Biden to hold trilateral talks with Putin”As on the situation in Ukraine, this issue was not on the agenda of the Russian-American talks in Geneva, but was only mentioned as a secondary topic in consultations with NATO in Brussels   —      

On January 12, Kadyrov addressed the Ingush people and asked to bring reasonable charges against him within three days  “Today at 17.30 three days have passed, no one declared a blood feud, no appeal to the elders of my family, to the Mufti of Chechnya and I thank the Almighty for this. This shows that we brothers. I want to the whole world, in particular, to the citizens of Russia, that we have no problems with Ingushetia, in particular, concerning me personally, Ramzan Kadyrov», —    Kadyrov said. He stressed that he is not an enemy of Ingushetia, and the Chechens and Ingush were and remain brothers. In September 2018, the heads of Ingushetia and Chechnya signed an agreement on the definition of the border between the regions, providing for an equal exchange territories. Because of this, protest actions began in Ingushetia. The issue was considered by the Constitutional Court of Russia, and the recognized the agreement as consistent with the Constitution. But  some representatives of the Ingush society do not agree

“I think died a long time ago. Long dead and buried. Muslims bury on the same day. So quietly hide, say nothing and be alive? This is excluded, — Zhirinovsky explained his words. He also added that the former chairman of the State Security Committee (KNB) Karim Maksimov was immediately arrested. The politician noted that such a development of events “is in the order of things in the East.” Since the people opposed Nazarbayev en masse, they could simply get rid of the ex-president. shared political scientist, head of the Political Expert Group Konstantin Kalachev. According to him, the silence of the first president of Kazakhstan, Nazarbayev, against the backdrop of the crisis in the country, indicates that he is already dead or incapacitated. The expert noted that the message about the death of the politician is even more would destabilize the situation in the country. Kalachev suggested that the issue of Nazarbayev's condition will be resolved in the near

“I'm not  going to pre-reveal 18 different scenarios. <…> I simply say that we allies are prepared to inflict sharp pain very quickly if Russia takes this [aggressive] step in any form   — she said. At the same time, the deputy secretary of state added that from the US point of view, “the door for a diplomatic solution is still open,” and Washington continues to work on a written response to the proposed security guarantees to Russian officials.  We feel we can de-escalate tensions and make some progress on some of these issues with the help of diplomacy   — Nuland emphasized. Since the autumn of 2021, Western media have been reporting a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russia denied all accusations. The Kremlin noted that movements of troops across the territory of the country — this is her internal affair. Russian President Vladimir Putin, in turn, spoke about increasing NATO activity along Russian borders. In in mid-December, the Russian Foreign Ministry sent proposals on security guarantees to           ; They contained a clause on non-expansion of the alliance to the

“Over the past time, the Investigative Committee has proved its effectiveness, has become one of the most important, key parts of the domestic law enforcement system. Preserving and  developing the traditions that have developed in  the department, you are at the forefront of the fight crime and corruption, firmly defend the interests of the state, the rights and freedoms of the citizens of Russia  — said in the telegram. Putin stressed that this responsible work requires exceptional competence, adherence to principles, loyalty to official duty, as their professional and personal qualities largely depend on the successful solution of the challenges facing  department of tasks, people's faith in the triumph of law and justice.

According to the State Department on Friday, the USA and NATO are ready to hold a new meeting with Russia. “Secretary of State Anthony Blinken spoke today with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to discuss the next steps after the meeting of the Russia Council — NATO 12 January. The United States and NATO are ready to meet again with Russia and committed to continuing diplomatic engagement and reciprocal dialogue  — noted in a written statement by U.S. Foreign Office spokesman Ned Price.

Proceedings in this case began with the fact that Russian political emigrants living in Portugal discovered in the middle of last year that that the mayor's office handed over personal data to the Russian embassy — names, addresses,  phone numbers — the organizers of the action in support of Alexei Navalny. The Portuguese Data Protection Commission conducted an investigation and found out that the city authorities under the leadership of the then socialist mayor Fernando Medina in 2018—2021 violated the law 225 times, by transferring the personal data of the participants of 52 different actions to the embassies of Russia, Cuba, Venezuela, Angola, Israel and other countries. The mayor's office transmitted data to the embassies and until 2018, but at then time it is not yet  ;was a violation of the law: the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force in May 2018. The report of Data Protection commission says that for  ;Some of the cases could fine 20 million euros for each but the commission took pity on the mayor's office, taking into attention its financial difficulties due to pandemic. The mayor's office,

“Units of Russian peacekeepers from the composition of the Collective Peacekeeping Forces of the CSTO in Kazakhstan loaded military equipment into aircrafts of VTA Il- 76 and An-124 and departed from Alma-Ata», — the message says. Fifteen Il-76s and three An-124s will deliver personnel and equipment of airborne units to airfields in Ivanovo and Moscow regions. Then the peacekeepers will return to points of permanent deployment. For assistance to CSTO “in overcoming the terrorist threat” President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev asked on January 5 after riots broke out in the country amid protests against a doubling of prices for liquefied gas. According to the UN, about 1,000 people were injured during the protests in Kazakhstan. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic, 17 Kazakh security officials were killed, more than 1.3 thousand were injured. The CSTO Collective Security Council decided to send collective peacekeeping forces to Kazakhstan to normalize the situation in the country. Military personnel from Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan took

The publication notes that the there the United States can do little in the UN Security Council against Russia, which has veto power there, in order to force it to abandon the supposedly planned invasion of the territory of Ukraine. However, American leader Joe Biden hopes to attract the attention of the world community to the problem at the expense of the authority of the organization by entering into a confrontation. The US President intends to “demonstrate the diplomatic isolation of Russia” and, if possible, drive a wedge between Russia and her most powerful ally — China”, which stands for the sovereignty and inviolability of the territorial integrity of the states of the world. The publication reports, with a high-ranking American official, that the United States has already informed its allies in Europe and the Security Council The UN and prepare for public confrontation.      the U.S. stressed that potential Russian interference in the affairs of Ukraine strikes at the heart heart of the UN Charter, so Washington intends to draw attention to the crisis situation and demonstrate Russia's isolation on the