November was the deadliest month of the pandemic in COVID-19 in Russia, which deepens the demographic crisis that President Vladimir Putin has described as a threat to the future of the country. Last month, there was a record 87,527 deaths associated with the virus, according to data released by the Federal Statistical Service on Thursday […]
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The Russian NGO Memorial, chronicler of the repression from Stalin to Putin
For three decades, the iconic Memorial NGO has documented the purges of the Stalinist era and then the repression of contemporary Russia from Vladimir Putin, of which she herself has ended up being a victim. The Russian Supreme Court last Tuesday ordered the dissolution of Memorial for violating a controversial law on “foreign agents”, a […]
Biden and Putin, from threats to the US-Russia dialogue
US and Russian Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin will meet for the second time on Thursday night to address the Ukraine crisis, illustrating their willingness for dialogue after several months of rhetoric and threats. ‘Very aggressive rhetoric’ “I have clearly told President Putin, in a very different way than my predecessor (Donald Trump), that […]
International outrage with Russia after order to dissolve the NGO Memorial
The dissolution of the Memorial Human Rights Center ordered by the Russian justice this Wednesday provoked international condemnations, a day after the Supreme Court decided to ban the central structure of this emblematic organization. “We deeply regret the decision of the Supreme Court to close Memorial International, and the Moscow court to close its sister […]
Putin ends Russia’s last bastion of democratic dissent
The Russian Justice ended this Wednesday with the last bastion of dissent in this country, the Memorial Human Rights Center, a decision that reveals, according to activists, opponents and Western foreign ministries, the democratic involution that Russia has experienced in recent years. “This represents a turn of the regime of (President Vladimir) Putin towards a […]
Supreme Court of Russia liquidates Memorial, the country’s leading human rights organization
The Supreme Court of Russia ordered the liquidation of Memorial, the main human rights organization in this country and the voice of the Soviet reprisals. The ruling, which satisfies the request of the Prosecutor’s Office that accused the NGO of creating “a false image of the Soviet Union as a terrorist state,” dissolves both the […]
Russia says it has options if NATO does not meet its demands
Updated 12/26/2021 12:31 pm President Russian Vladimir Putin stated on Sunday that he has several options in case the OTAN do not meet their demands not to expand into Ukraine. Days ago the Russian government gave NATO a proposal according to which the alliance would not offer Ukraine or other former Soviet republics membership, and […]
The future of black caviar is here
No one expects the days of wild fishing for sturgeon to return in search of their precious roe. But black caviar You are safe. The new paradise is the ultramodern fish farms, where it is no longer necessary to sacrifice the prehistoric fish to satisfy the appetite of lovers of the “delicacy of the tsars”. […]
Russia announces end of maneuvers near Ukrainian border
Updated on 12/25/2021 11:58 am More than 10,000 Russian soldiers returned to their bases after a month of maneuvers in southern Russia, Near the border ukrainian, the center of tensions between the two countries, Moscow reported on Saturday. The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement that the “combat training” exercises took place in various […]
Russian justice imposes million-dollar fines on Google and Facebook’s parent company
Russia imposed large fines on the US companies Google and Meta (Facebook’s parent company) on Friday, of US $ 98 million and US $ 27 million respectively, for failing to remove “prohibited” content, another sign of the increasing pressure on this country on the digital giants. In a statement on its Telegram account, the press […]