Vladimir Putin’s approval rating has reached a six-month high as the Covid-19 situation improves in Russia and lockdowns are eased, hitting 66 percent – the highest figure since February. However, the result represents the Russian president’s worst August approval rating since 2013, Russia Today reports.
According to the Levada Center,...
While international commentators compare the ongoing unrest in Belarus with the 2014 Ukrainian Maidan, President Volodymyr Zelensky hopes his northern neighbor won't follow in Ukraine's footsteps, Russia Today informed.
“I wouldn't want them to have similar events to what we had in 2014,” Zelensky told France-based news network Euronews. “I...
Claims that Russian blogger Alexei Navalny has been poisoned are premature, the clinical picture does not correspond to the typical one in such situations, Head of the Bureau of Forensic Medical Examination of Moscow’s Health Department Sergey Shigeev told TASS on Tuesday.
"There is a lot of information in the...
Moscow notes that the Belarusian protesters’ actions do not lead to clashes with the law enforcement, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Monday, expressing hope that clashes will also be avoided in the future, TASS reported.
"So far, we note that no provocation from the protesters took place. We note that...
The case of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is “very worrying” and he must receive all necessary medical treatment, the UN human rights office said on Friday, Reuters reported.
Allies of Navalny accused Russian authorities of thwarting his medical evacuation to Germany on Friday, saying the decision placed his life in...
In a turnaround for the books, for once it was Russian President Vladimir Putin who was warning the West not to interfere in the internal politics of another country, during a telephone conversation with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the fraught situation in Belarus on August 18, bne Intellinews...
The European Union on Wednesday rejected the result of Belarus's disputed presidential election as strongman leader Alexander Lukashenko ordered his security forces to prevent any further unrest, The Moscow Times reported.
Following an emergency video conference on the elections, European Council chief Charles Michel said the EU would soon levy...
Dutch Charge d’Affaires in Moscow Dominique Kuhling-Bakker was summoned to Russia’s Foreign Ministry over the spy equipment found in the car of the Russian military attache in The Hague, the ministry said on Monday, TASS reports.
"Russia’s Foreign Ministry lodged a resolute protest to the Dutch ambassador over the surveillance...
Russia said on Sunday it had told Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko it was ready to offer military assistance if necessary as demonstrators held one of the biggest protests yet against Lukashenko’s contested re-election, Reuters reported.
The protest in Minsk attracted tens of thousands of people, despite the deaths of at...
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said during a session in Minsk on Saturday that he plans to discuss the situation in the country with his Russian colleague Vladimir Putin, as the events in the republic can affect the Union State, TASS reported.
"What I’m saying is practically there is a scenario...
