Category: 1. Russia

All Czech visa application centers in Russia have stopped accepting visa requests, according to an official notice posted on the website of VFS Global, Czechia’s visa processing operator.

The last day applications were accepted was…

Russia’s annexation of Crimea and the outbreak of war in Donbas triggered chronic water shortages across Ukraine’s Donetsk region beginning in 2014. By the time Moscow launched its full-scale invasion in 2022, the infrastructure…

As Russia’s sweeping ban on anything connected to LGBTQ+ life drags on, officials and law enforcement have grown adept at finding the supposed promotion of “non-traditional relations” wherever it suits them. In their hunt for new…

Ukraine, as part of an agreement with Western countries to provide aid to Kiev, wants to receive $1 billion every month.

This was stated by Vladimir Zelenskyy in Telegram.

“Our goal is to provide $1 billion per…

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is concerned about his safety after the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, the Daily Mail newspaper writes, citing two sources.

According to them, the head of the…

Russia has extended its ban on gasoline exports and introduced new restrictions on diesel shipments until the end of 2025 in a bid to stabilize domestic fuel supplies, the government said Tuesday.

The new decree prolongs an existing…

Authorities in St. Petersburg are planning a major expansion and modernization of the city’s crematorium, a project that will make it the largest in Europe, the Pokhoronny Trast Telegram channel reported Tuesday.

Government…

The European Union is preparing to start work on the admission of Ukraine and Moldova to the union, despite the objections of Hungary, the Financial Times (FT) reported.

According to the newspaper, the European…