As early as February 26, the European Union suspended the simplified visa regime with Russia. Some countries have severely restricted the residents of the Russian Federation in this. In which countries is it now almost impossible for Russians to obtain a Schengen visa, RBC said. Embassies and visa centers of Belgium, Malta, the Netherlands, Latvia,…
On February 20, Valentina received a call from her son from the Russian army. His unit was "in training" near the border with Ukraine. Shortly after that, he stopped communicating. All this turned out to be a tragedy for Valya, and the authorities now and then keep silent about the information. More about this…
Taxi driver and father of four children, Ivan Skiba, at the beginning of the war, found himself defending one of the streets in the suburbs of Bucha and narrowly escaped death at the hands of Russian soldiers. All other Ukrainian men who were with him were less fortunate. BBC correspondent Fergal...
From July 1, 2022, Ukraine introduces a visa regime for Russian citizens. The Ukrainian government approved the relevant resolution. The BBC writes about it. “As part of countering unprecedented threats to national security, sovereignty and territorial integrity of our state, I suggested that the Cabinet of Ministers work out the issue of revising…
From the first days of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, social networks were filled with photographs of captured and killed Russian soldiers. The issue of exchanging the bodies of the dead was acute back in March - President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky asked the Russian authorities to take the dead. Although periodically body swaps occur, a single mechanism ...
US President Joe Biden has asked Congress to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to make it easier for highly educated Russians to obtain visas to work in the States. CNN writes about it. The request, if accepted, would allow Russians with a degree…
Back in the first Russian invasion of Ukraine, on February 24, the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (ChNPP) was captured by the invaders. It is located only 16 km from the border of Ukraine with Belarus, so the Russians managed to quickly and unexpectedly get there. How were the days in the occupation ...
Undocumented migrants from Russia and other former Soviet countries were smuggled into Key West, Florida on April 3, authorities said, according to TheWashingtonPost. This has raised concerns: the war in Ukraine is prompting refugees and others to seek new dangerous routes to the United…
The number of Russians and Ukrainians has noticeably increased in Kazakhstan. Why Kazakhstanis are concerned about the mass relocation, and above all citizens of the Russian Federation, the DW found out. Mostly those who previously lived here come to Kazakhstan, some even retained their citizenship. They said they planned...
It is already the third week of Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine, however, as even independent researchers note, more than half of Russian society (52%) actively support aggression, while only about 30% of Internet users are against the war. Meanwhile, in the first days after the invasion...