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Kremlin: Ukraine is part of ‘Russian world’
Ukraine is part of the "Russian world," said Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for the Russian president, RBC news agency reports.
"It would be extremely stupid to deny cultural ties, historical ties, common roots of Ukraine and Russia," Peskov said. According to him, "Ukraine goes in the direction of denying this unity”. "And we don't like it," Peskov said.
Responding to a question how Russia plans to protect the "Russian world," Peskov said that Moscow intends to use "soft power" to do so. Peskov …
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Latvia bans RTR Rossiya TV channel over hate speech against Ukraine
The National Electronic Mass Media Council of Latvia (NEPLP) has decided to ban the broadcast of the TV channel "RTR Rossiya" on the territory of the country for a year. The decision will come into force on February 15.
"We have protected, defended and will defend our information space," said NEPLP ‘s chairman Ivars Āboliņš, Delfi reports.
Last summer, NEPLP noticed incitement of hatred in the program "60 Minutes" on "RTR Rossiya" and began the restriction process.
When talking about Ukraine, …
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Stockholm arbitration court rejects Kolomoisky's $6 billion lawsuit against Ukrainian government
Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce rejected a $6 billion lawsuit of minority shareholders of the Ukrainian oil and gas company, Ukrnafta, controlled by Igor Kolomoisky’s Privat group, against the Ukrainian government.
"Mr. Kolomoisky and Bogolyubov wanted to recover from Ukraine more than $6 billion U.S. dollars and filed a lawsuit in the Stockholm arbitration. After almost six years of litigation, today, arbitration denied the claim. It was rejected in its entirety," …
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Kyiv closes all cases against Biden and Poroshenko
Court cases against U.S. President Joe Biden and former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, which were opened on January 22, have already been closed, said Poroshenko's lawyer Ilya Novikov during a press conference.
"According to our information, these cases, which recently were hastily opened, have already been canceled. We see that when this turns into investigations that can harm the interests of the country, and also into investigations that become personally dangerous and inconvenient …
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Ukrainian President Zelensky shuts down pro-Russian TV channels defying Putin
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky exercised the resolution of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC), imposing a 5-year ban on the work of three Ukrainian TV channels: ZIK, NewsOne and "112 Ukraine." On paper these channels belong to the MP Taras Kozak. In reality, they are controlled by a close associate of Russian President Putin, Viktor Medvedchuk. Zelensky insist the actions were necessary to counter anti-Ukrainian propaganda, which is financed by Moscow.
In the end, the …