Ukraine received a $17,5 billion injection on Wednesday from the IMF, Foreign Policy writes. But the biggest threat to the country's economy - the fight against Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine - still looms, and the new aid package...
The Czech security service suspected three Russian diplomats working in Prague of espionage, according to Czech media, citing sources in the country's government. Russian authorities are not commenting on the message. According to this information, two suspects are permanent employees of the Russian embassy in Prague, and ...
“The fallout from the assassination of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was chilling even by Vladimir Putin’s sinister standards,” The Washington Post opined. “Ten days after a gangster-style attack on a bridge near the Kremlin, police arrested and charged several...
“Now that much of the information we receive comes through tech platforms like social media (as well as the information that news reporters use as raw material), our knowledge of the world has become vulnerable to hacking,” writes Bloomberg View columnist Leonid Bershidsky. -...
The Kremlin has stopped cooperation with the American PR company Ketchum, whose tasks included promoting Russia’s image in the West. The press secretary of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Peskov, explained the decision by cost-saving measures, as well as by the fact that the Kremlin considers image promotion pointless in the conditions of the “information war”...
Six Russian-speaking people are participating in the sensational expedition to colonize the red planet: five Russians and one Ukrainian. “Forum” studied all the details about each and learned that it does not fit in the most popular space project. It all started in 2011 with a crazy idea ...
See about thirty countries, cover 50 thousand kilometers and find many adventures - all this will happen to four travelers from Belarus, Russia and Ukraine in the coming year. In this unusual way, young people want to express their position regarding sanctions, crises...
Singer Polina Gagarina will represent Russia at Eurovision. The Star Factory alumnus will perform in Vienna with the song A Million Voices. This year Channel One itself took advantage of the right to independently choose an artist and a song as the broadcaster of Eurovision in Russia. As previously stated ...
Russian forces are cementing their gains in Ukraine despite timid protests from Western leaders, and the specter of Russian revanchism continues to unnerve much of Eastern Europe. But thundering tanks and legions of separatists aren't the only cause for concern. And Ukraine is not the only one ...
The criminal case of treason against a former employee of the Main Investigative Directorate (GRU) of Russia, Gennady Kravtsov, is connected with his letter to a foreign company about hiring. According to the lawyer, his client sent an e-mail to a foreign organization, in which he described his work experience and skills. The company told him that ...