Tag: Foreign influence

Categories Russia

Russia further tightens restrictions on ‘foreign agent’ nonprofits: labelled groups must send annual reports to Justice Ministry

Posted on Posted onBy Editor

Russia has further tightened its law regarding organizations deemed to be ‘foreign agents,’ this time hugely increasing the annual reporting requirements for nonprofits that have been designated by the Ministry of Justice. … Read More >Russia further tightens restrictions on ‘foreign agent’ nonprofits: labelled groups must send annual reports to Justice Ministry

Categories Russia

LGBT, radical feminism & childfree movements should be recognized by government as extremist ideologies, Russian official suggests

Posted on Posted onBy Editor

Russia should expand its list of extremist ideologies to include movements such as radical feminism and LGBT in order to protect children from damaging material, a senior official at the country’s media regulator has suggested. … Read More >LGBT, radical feminism & childfree movements should be recognized by government as extremist ideologies, Russian official suggests

Categories Russia

News site founded by Pussy Riot & Golos election monitor among 24 new groups given ‘foreign agent’ status by Russian government

Posted on Posted onBy Editor

Two dozen Russian organizations and journalists have been added to a government list of ‘foreign agents’ with ties to overseas funding, requiring them to declare their status and abide by a series of financial disclosure rules. … Read More >News site founded by Pussy Riot & Golos election monitor among 24 new groups given ‘foreign agent’ status by Russian government

Categories Russia

Comrades in arms? West is cheering on Russia’s Communists, but heirs of Bolsheviks even more skeptical of US, EU & NATO than Putin

Posted on Posted onBy Editor

With voting having closed in Russia’s parliamentary elections, it appears that Russia’s ruling party may have lost a sizable share of its votes compared to 2016, potentially ending up with fewer than half of all ballots cast. … Read More >Comrades in arms? West is cheering on Russia’s Communists, but heirs of Bolsheviks even more skeptical of US, EU & NATO than Putin

Categories Russia

More than 20 foreign NGOs tried to interfere in Russia’s elections & should now be banned from country, top Moscow lawmakers claim

Posted on Posted onBy Editor

Nearly two dozen overseas organizations operating in Russia attempted to influence the results of the country’s parliamentary elections held over the weekend, a leading lawmaker has claimed, promising to take action against them. … Read More >More than 20 foreign NGOs tried to interfere in Russia’s elections & should now be banned from country, top Moscow lawmakers claim

Categories EU

‘No further powers to Brussels’: Hungary’s foreign minister calls for more sovereignty within the EU

Posted on Posted onBy Editor

Hungary’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto has called for limiting Brussels’ dominance over nations on the continent. Speaking to Swiss media, he accused the EU of “extortion” and questioned its authority. … Read More >‘No further powers to Brussels’: Hungary’s foreign minister calls for more sovereignty within the EU

Categories World

Former Australian PM accuses Scott Morrison of leading country into ‘cold war’ with China to become US’ ‘fawning acolyte’

Posted on Posted onBy Editor

Former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating has accused current leader Scott Morrison of pushing the country into a “cold war” with China and damaging relations with Beijing in a “fawning” effort to please Washington. … Read More >Former Australian PM accuses Scott Morrison of leading country into ‘cold war’ with China to become US’ ‘fawning acolyte’

Categories Russia

Moscow summons US ambassador over ‘meddling’ in Russian elections, accuses Americans of being ‘detached from reality’ in reaction

Posted on Posted onBy Editor

Moscow has “irrefutable evidence” of American tech giants breaking Russian law, the Russian Foreign Ministry said, on Friday, as it summoned the US Ambassador, John Sullivan, to tell him it won’t tolerate election interference. … Read More >Moscow summons US ambassador over ‘meddling’ in Russian elections, accuses Americans of being ‘detached from reality’ in reaction

Categories World

American intelligence financed Ukrainian spy sting against purported Russian mercenaries set up & detained in Belarus, CNN alleges

Posted on Posted onBy Editor

The dramatic arrest of more than two dozen Russian ‘mercenaries’ in Belarus, last year, came as the result of an elaborate Ukrainian intelligence operation secretly backed and financed by American spy agencies, CNN has reported. … Read More >American intelligence financed Ukrainian spy sting against purported Russian mercenaries set up & detained in Belarus, CNN alleges

Categories Russia

American efforts to stop Nord Stream 2 have failed & gas pipeline will be completed in next few days – Russian foreign minister

Posted on Posted onBy Editor

Years of economic sanctions and political efforts from Washington have come to nothing, and work on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is now nearing the final stages of completion, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. … Read More >American efforts to stop Nord Stream 2 have failed & gas pipeline will be completed in next few days – Russian foreign minister