In Russia, free access to the internet is becoming increasingly restricted. Telecommunications regulator Roskomnadzor recently blocked some 56,000 websites for refusing to remove content Moscow considers extremist, Digital Development Minister Maksut Shadayev reported this week. At the same time, the minister defended a new controversial law that criminalises searching for such content. The law provides […]
In Russia, former Transport Minister Roman Starovoit was found dead in his car. According to the pro-government Russian press, he committed suicide. A few hours earlier, Starovoit was fired by President Vladimir Putin. The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, the main federal investigative authority in the country, confirmed reports in the Russian press that […]
The BRICS countries, including China, Brazil, Russia, South Africa and India, do not want a confrontation with US President Donald Trump on trade. This was stated by a spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs after Trump’s threat to impose an additional import duty of 10 percent on countries that join the BRICS’ “anti-American […]
