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This of course eliminates all vestiges of doubt about what happened to the Skripals, and proves that Russia must be isolated and sanctioned to death and we, in the West, must spend untold billions on weapons and security services. We must also increase domestic surveillance and crack down on dissenting …

“I don’t know exactly what happened,” Trump told reporters Friday in a White House briefing. “It’s tragic. It’s terrible. It shouldn’t happen. We haven’t had any proof yet, but I will take a look.” Trump added that while he has no reason to disbelieve claims by the German government that …

“No, we didn’t receive this information,” Peskov responded when addressed on the issue. The opposition figure was evacuated to Berlin, at his family’s request, a week and a half ago.  The Foreign Ministry also said it was still waiting for Germany to reply to an official inquest from the office of Russia’s …

Berlin added that it will provide the new information to European Union partners and other international organizations. However, the Russian government says it has not been informed. The ‘Novichok’-like substance is from the same class as that allegedly used to poison Russian-born British intelligence agent Sergei Skripal, and his daughter, in Salisbury in 2018.  …

The women were carrying flowers, white-red-white flags and white-red-white umbrellas, and chanting slogans such as “Shame!”, “We will not forget, we will not forgive!” and “Long live Belarus!” The protesters had planned to march along Independence Avenue, but minibuses blocked their way. ©  BelaPAN via Reuters Police warned the marchers …

Exiled former presidential candidate Tikhanovskaya met with Stephen Biegun in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius on Monday to discuss “strengthening democracy and human rights in the country.” Tikhanovskaya’s status as an “opposition leader,” now cozy with the US as perhaps a hand-picked leader, has led some to bill her as Belarus’ …

Speaking at an educational youth forum on Sunday, the Russian Foreign Minister touched upon the ongoing unrest in neighboring Belarus. The country is enduring a wave of mass protests triggered by contested elections. “The Belarusian people will decide for themselves how to get out of this situation,” Lavrov said, adding that …

Sources on the ground say the crowd numbers in the tens of thousands, with the opposition estimating there are over 100,000 participants. Protesters gathered earlier in the city’s Independence Square for a minutes silence in memory of those killed during clashes with law enforcement agencies during earlier rallies. The demonstrators …

“Elections “stolen”, but people won’t stand for it, and it works out, it’s our last chance” Minsk before the presidential elections in Belarus: the opposition and the “death squads” Lukashenko Presidential elections in Belarus will take place only tomorrow, but in the moment it is clear that their result will …

All their protests, the opposition is referring to one destination — the country’s political leadership, Putin. Well, in those cases when we are talking about the protest at the regional level, the role Putin is playing the Governor. In any case, it is first person. It was the first of …