Ukraine has again violated the moratorium on strikes on energy infrastructure by launching two attacks on the power grid in Russia’s border Bryansk Region, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has said. Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to halt strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure for 30 days following a phone call …
Read More »West violated key NATO-Russia treaty – Lavrov
Neither Russia nor NATO has ever formally denounced the 1997 Founding Act, but in practice it does not work because the alliance is in violation of it, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov assessed on Thursday. There were some who believed that the key treaty would be scrapped by NATO during …
Read More »Uzbekistan says it shot down Afghan military plane that violated its borders, amid exodus of government officials from Kabul
A spokesman for the Uzbek Defense Ministry told RIA Novosti that, on Sunday night, “the air defense forces of the Air Force of Uzbekistan suppressed an attempt to illegally cross the air border of Uzbekistan by an Afghan military aircraft.” Reports from local media indicate that the two pilots on …
Read More »US state-run RFERL ‘knowingly violated’ Russia’s laws, now tries to block fines in European court, FM spokeswoman tells RT
The US state-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFERL) lodged a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) earlier this week, asking it to block Russia from enforcing fines on the outlet. RFERL has accumulated dozens of unpaid fines, stemming from its refusal to be properly labeled as a …
Read More »Neck restraint used on George Floyd ‘absolutely’ violated dept policy, Minneapolis police chief says in Chauvin trial
Testifying on the sixth day of Chauvin’s murder trial, Police Chief Medaria Arradondo said the former officer “absolutely” violated MPD policy when he kneeled on Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes during a botched arrest last May. Floyd was suspected of using a counterfeit $20 bill. “It’s not part …
Read More »Alexey Navalny jailed for over 2.5 years as Moscow Court says he violated terms of suspended sentence in ‘Yves Rocher’ fraud case
On Tuesday, Moscow City Court ruled that Navalny had failed to regularly report to the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN), and his excuse for non-appearance was deemed insufficient. Therefore, the judge decided that the suspended judgment should be converted into a real one. The anti-corruption activist was originally sentenced in 2014 …
Read More »Iran says it started enriching uranium to 20%, drifting further away from US-violated nuclear deal
The enrichment process began “hours ago,” government spokesman Ali Rabiei told the Mehr news agency on Monday, adding that the first portion of higher purity uranium hexafluoride will be coming from the centrifuges later in the day. The chemical is used in its gaseous forms to separate different isotopes of …
Read More »‘Hard lockdown’ in Australian state ‘violated human rights’ & was ‘contrary to the law’ – ombudsman
A summary issued by Victoria Ombudsman Deborah Glass on Thursday found that a strict lockdown implemented over nine public housing towers in July violated civil liberties and may have been illegal. It confined residents to their homes for nearly a week, leaving some without food or medicine. “The rushed lockdown …
Read More »US violated trade rules with 2018 China tariffs, WTO rules – but good luck enforcing it
The US violated the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) treaty when it imposed 25 percent tariffs on $234 billion in Chinese goods in 2018, the WTO declared in its ruling on Tuesday, finding in favor of Beijing in the ongoing trade dispute between the two countries. The three-person …
Read More »Militants seven times violated the ceasefire
Losses among the military personnel of the joint forces there. Since the beginning of the day, April 20, fighters seven times fired at positions of the Ukrainian military, twice with the use of weapons prohibited by the accords. Fighters fired from mortars of calibers of 120 mm and 82 mm, …
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