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Russian State Duma adopts new package of anti-terrorism laws
On Friday, the Russian State Duma (Parliament of Russia) tightened a number of laws, adopting amendments from the so-called "Yarovaya's Package.” Changes in the law include the articles on failure of an individual to report certain crimes, as well as inducement, recruitment or other involvement in the organization of mass disorder. In addition, the concept of "international terrorism" was introduced.
"Yarovaya's Package" lowers the age of criminal responsibility for terrorism. Now people as …
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Latvia reported presence of Russian submarine near its cost
The Armed Forces of Latvia detected a Russian submarine not far from the Latvian border once again.
"On April 30, a Russian Kilo class submarine together with the Victor Konetsky sea tug boat were detected in the exclusive economic zone at a distance of 8 nautical miles from the border of Latvia," informed the National Armed Forces of Latvia on their Twitter page.
As the relations between Russia and NATO continue to deteriorate, Russia has stepped up the activity of its fleet and aviation in …
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Klimkin disappointed by PACE decision to open dialogue with Russia
According to the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Facebook page, Foreign Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin expressed his disappointment with the declaration adopted by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on the abolition of sanctions against the Russian delegation in order to resume the dialogue with Russia."I’m extremely surprised and disappointed by today's declaration of the Bureau of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Though committed to …
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Putin denies Russian involvement in Brexit outcome
INTERFAX.RU reported on June 24th that Russia has never interfered and did not affect the voting process in the UK on leaving the EU, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
"We have never interfered, never spoken about this. We behaved, in my opinion, very properly and, of course, closely followed what was going on, but we did not influence this process and never even tried to do it," Putin told Russian journalists in Tashkent after the end of the SCO summit.
According to the Russian …
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Nuland met with Surkov in Moscow to discuss the Donbas
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State, Victoria Nuland and Russian presidential aide Vladislav Surkov discussed the Ukrainian question in Moscow. According to the U.S. Embassy, the talks were mainly dedicated to security issues in the Donbas. "The discussions were very detailed, thorough and constructive".
"Negotiators focused on the subject of maintaining security in the framework of the Minsk Agreements, implementation of the ceasefire, withdrawal of the heavy weaponry and ensuring an unimpeded …