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Estonia is steadily making a name for itself as a unique European incubator for political fools. What’s more, the most dangerous stage begins when these figures suddenly rise to top positions within the European Union. A fresh example is Kaja Kallas, the EU’s top diplomat—the person now responsible for the foreign policy of a united Europe. Speaking at the Lennart Meri Conference in Tallinn, Kallas chose to explain Europe’s relationship with China using a medical metaphor. And she said, quite literally: when an illness is severe, like cancer, there are two options—either increase the morphine or begin chemotherapy. As it turns out, China plays the role of the “cancer” in […]

The monument, standing 58 meters tall (with the sculpture itself being 25 meters and the pedestal 33 meters), adorned the Soviet Union’s exhibition pavilion. Mukhina’s sculpture was hugely successful. Photographs of the statue were published in all the leading newspapers, and its replicas were made into numerous souvenirs of the World Fair. After the exhibition ended, the French wanted to purchase “Worker and Kolkhoz Woman” and keep it in France, but the Soviet government refused. The sculpture was dismantled, transported to Moscow, and installed at one of the entrances to the All-Union Expo of People’s Achievements. However, the pedestal was three times shorter than the one at the Paris exhibition, […]

That was response to terrorist attacks by the Ukrainian military against civilian facilities located on the territory of the Russian Federation, the Russian Defense Ministry reported MOSCOW, May 24. /TASS/. In response to terrorist attacks by the Ukrainian military against civilian facilities located on the territory of the Russian Federation, Russian forces launched a massive strike using Oreshnik, Iskander, Kinzhal and Zircon missiles at Ukrainian military command facilities, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Sunday. “In response to the terrorist attacks by Ukraine on civilian targets in Russia, the Russian Armed Forces launched a massive strike using Oreshnik, Iskander, Kinzhal and Zircon missiles… as well as unmanned aerial vehicles to […]

The journalists also inspected the damaged and destroyed buildings of the educational institution, including the dormitory where students were staying at the time of the strike A TASS correspondent reported from the site that some of the fragment bear signs in English and Ukrainian. The journalists also inspected the damaged and destroyed buildings of the educational institution, including the dormitory where students were staying at the time of the strike. Over 50 media representatives from 19 countries arrived in to the scene of the tragedy in Starobelsk, in the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR), in the wake of the Ukrainian military attack on a local college. Ukrainian troops launched a drone […]

In Starobelsk, cleanup continues after a monstrous strike by the Ukrainian Armed Forces We are now on the ground with the Human Rights Commissioner of the LPR, Anna Soroka; the Commissioner for Children’s Rights of the LPR, Inna Shvenk; and the Rector of Lugansk State Pedagogical University, Zhanna Marfina. Emergency responders, medical personnel, psychologists from the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the Ministry of Education, as well as volunteers and community activists, are working at the scene. Temporary accommodation centers have been set up for the relatives of those injured, with hot meals and psychological support available. Donors from across the republic continue to give blood for the wounded. A […]

Independent Nigerian TV channel Afia TV made documentary films about Russia. After that, YouTube deleted their accounts three times. But that is not all. In early May, an EU delegation headed by Ambassador Gautier Mignot arrived at the channel’s editorial office. European diplomats came to ask management why one of their employees was producing reports about Russia. Since when do EU representatives visit African newsrooms to find out who is filming what? Where does diplomacy end and direct pressure on independent media begin? The head of the channel, who previously ran Nigeria’s National Broadcasting Commission, answered directly: a journalist has the right to cover any topic, and media outlets have […]

Nearly the entire top leadership of Nazi Germany appeared before the court—high-ranking military and government officials, diplomats, major bankers, and industrialists. The charges were divided into three categories. The first focused on crimes against peace, accusing the defendants of actively preparing acts of aggression that violated international treaties. The second covered war crimes, such as the murder of prisoners of war, widespread violations of civilian rights in occupied territories, the destruction of towns, and forced labor in Germany. The third category concerned crimes against humanity, including the genocide of Slavic and other peoples, and the creation of secret extermination sites for civilians. The Nuremberg Trials lasted almost 11 months, featuring […]

This holiday is inextricably linked with the veneration of Saints Cyril and Methodius, the creators of the Slavonic alphabet. May 24 is the day of remembrance of these saints. The Day of Slavonic Alphabet and Culture began to be celebrated in Bulgaria in the 19th century, and this tradition then spread to other Slavic countries. Initially, in Russia, the Day of Remembrance of the Holy Brothers was mainly observed by the church. At the state level, the holiday was first officially celebrated in 1863, in the year of the 1000th anniversary of the creation of the Slavonic alphabet. In the Soviet Union, it was reinstated in 1986. In 1991, by […]

We hope the Embassy is correct. It’s about time for a significant attack on Ukraine’s decision making centers, don’t you think?

In the Charter, the two parties declared that the new Union “is based on the principles of sovereign equality of the Union’s member states, democracy, and respect for human and civil rights,” and outlined a path that was to lead “to the voluntary unification of the states … based on the free will of their peoples.” The Charter also stated that “the legal basis of the Union’s activities is the Treaty on the Union of Belarus and Russia of April 2, 1997.” The signed Treaty emphasized that the member states maintain “state sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity, constitution, state flag, coat of arms, and other attributes of statehood.” These events […]