Russian citizens living in Estonia should be barred from taking part in local elections regardless of their views on the Ukraine conflict, the Baltic state’s Prime Minister Kristen Michal has insisted. Russian speakers make up 20% of Estonia’s population of just under 1.4 million, according to the Estonian government, Under the …
Read More »Kremlin promises punishment for threats to kill Russians
Any persons threatening to kill Russians are enemies who should be and will be punished for doing so, Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov has warned. On Sunday, Peskov was asked by channel Rossyia 1 to comment on the words of Mikhail Podoliak, a top adviser to Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, …
Read More »Ukraine vows to keep killing Russians worldwide
Ukrainian intelligence chief General Kirill Budanov has told Yahoo News that his organization, the GUR, will continue its campaign of terrorism against Russians “anywhere on the face of this world.” The Kremlin has vowed that such attacks will “not be left unanswered.” Budanov – who heads the Main Directorate of …
Read More »Hate crimes against Russians rising in UK – Sky News
Russians in the UK have been subject to an increasing number of hate crimes, including violent assaults, abuse and vandalism, a Sky News investigation released on Friday found. In one region of the UK, the number of such offenses has more than doubled since the start of Russia’s military campaign …
Read More »Mozart Group trains Ukrainians to ‘kill Russians’ – founder
Despite its professed humanitarian mission in Ukraine, the Mozart Group is a private military company training Ukrainian soldiers to kill Russians, its founder and CEO told RT’s Afshin Rattansi on Saturday’s episode of ‘Going Underground.’ Founded by US citizens Andrew Milburn and Andrew Bain last March, the Mozart Group has …
Read More »Pope Francis makes racially charged comment against Russians
Chechens, Buryats and others who are “of Russia but are not of the Russian tradition” are acting with “cruelty” in Ukraine, the head of the Roman Catholic Church told the Jesuit magazine America in an interview published on Monday. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said such words go beyond …
Read More »Moscow reacts to CIA plan to recruit Russians
A CIA bid to recruit agents among Russian citizens is yet more proof that the US is seeking to undermine the country, Russia’s embassy in Washington said on Thursday, adding that these attempts would not succeed. The embassy was commenting on a recent Wall Street Journal report, which revealed that …
Read More »Liz Truss’ phone ‘hacked by Russians’ – media
The security breach was allegedly discovered back in summer when then Foreign Secretary Truss was fighting for the Tory leadership, and prompted former Prime Minister Boris Johnson to order a complete media blackout due to sensitivity of the matter, the Mail on Sunday reported citing unnamed security sources. The messages …
Read More »EU state denies ‘golden visas’ to Russians – media
A total of ten Russian citizens who applied for Portuguese “golden visas,” which provide residence permits in exchange for investment, have been turned down since late February, the Publico newspaper reported on Sunday. The nation introduced a complete ban on golden visas for Russians as part of EU sanctions imposed …
Read More »European Commission backs harsher visa rules for Russians
The European Commission has backed a proposal put out by EU foreign ministers to suspend an agreement with Moscow that allows Russian citizens to apply for EU visas under simplified procedures. In a statement put out on Tuesday, the commission said it hopes the EU Council will approve the move …
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