President Vladimir Zelensky fired the Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States Valery Chaly, writes Ukrainskaya Pravda. “To release Valery Alekseevich Chaly from the post of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the United States of America, as well as from the posts of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Antigua and...
In Moscow, police detained activist Maxim Kondratyev, who went to Red Square with a one-man picket for freedom of speech and peaceful assembly. The activist held a blank sheet of paper in his hands, writes Present Tense. “I told them that I was just standing there with pure...
On July 21, elections to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine will take place. Six parties have a chance to overcome the five percent barrier. The BBC Russian service briefly explains who these people are. Half of the 450 deputies of the Ukrainian parliament are elected in single-member constituencies - in fact, elections will be held...
An emergency situation has been declared in the Irkutsk region of Russia due to flooding. The number of victims of the flood in the region is at least five, according to local authorities, the BBC Russian Service writes. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, almost 4,2 thousand residential buildings were flooded, in which ...
The political crisis is getting worse in Moldova. The Constitutional Court did not recognize the formation of a ruling coalition in parliament created by opponents of the previous ruling party as legal, and the prime minister announced early elections, writes RBC. How Moldova found itself on the brink of dual power More than three months ago, on February 24, in ...
In Kazakhstan, all polling stations where voting took place in the presidential elections were closed, RBC writes. The last to stop accepting voters was the commission in the western regions of the country: West Kazakhstan, Aktobe, Atyrau and Mangistau regions. High turnout According to the CEC of Kazakhstan, as of 20:00 ...
One of the worst tragedies in the history of sovereign Belarus happened 20 years ago. On May 30, 1999, a beer festival was held in the center of the Belarusian capital. The weather deteriorated sharply, a thunderstorm with hail began. Thousands of people rushed to the subway, there was a crush, writes Present ...
Pensioners of the Russian Federation from the so-called “Putin Squad” disgraced themselves with a new video message to citizens of the United States. The corresponding footage was published on the “Peskov’s Mustache” page on Facebook and on the YouTube channel “Putin’s Troops Soc Sprav.” “Oh, girls, I feel so sorry for the Americans. I really don’t know, poor things...
The author of this material, Olga Kaminka, knows well whether it is easy to be an emigrant: she lived in Denmark from 1992 to 1996, then returned to Moscow and outlined her experience of survival in the punk novel "My 90s". The fates of the emigrants of the 90s developed in different ways, but ...
About 10 cars were caught in an avalanche at a ski resort in the Elbrus region of Kabardino-Balkaria, RIA Novosti reported. This moment was captured on video, writes DailyMail. The footage shows how an avalanche rolls down the slope and covers the parked cars. In the background you can see skiers who ...