The vice-chairman of the European Commission, Vera Yousova, proposed to launch the Radio Free Russia project, designed to help the Russian independent media in their work. “I am convinced that we have a moral obligation to maintain democratic ideals in Russia. Not with a weapon, but in words. We must support those who are ready to go against the current and believe that the Russians should have a choice, ”Youra said during her speech in the Estonian Foreign Ministry.

Journalists discovered 14 Ukrainian orphans from Kherson in a Crimean orphanage with brutal conditions Yolochka Yolochka, a notorious orphanage in Simferopol, a city in the Russian-annexed Crimea Journalists at Verstka , an independent Russian outlet, are convinced that Russian authorities have moved at least 14 orphans from Kherson to an orphanage located in Russian-occupied Crimea.

Mstislav Chernov’s documentary film “20 Days in Mariupol,” which tells the story of the first days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, received the Audience Award at the American independent film festival Sundance. A total of 12 films were presented in the world documentary section. The main prize went to the film “Eternal Memory” directed by Maite Alberdi, which tells the story of a couple suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.

North Korea “will always be in the same trench with the service personnel and people of Russia” in the struggle against “the imperial forces” of the U.S. and the West, says Kim Yo-jong, sister of the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Kim Yo-jong criticized the American supply of tanks to Ukraine, saying that the U.S.

Shooting opened in the Jewish neighborhood of East Jerusalem, killing seven people and injuring 10 more. This was reported by The Jerusalem Post. Israeli media are calling the incident a terrorist attack. The Jerusalem Post writes that the attacker began shooting at people as they left the synagogue. He was killed by police officers while trying to escape from the crime scene. The identity of the attacker has not yet been precisely established.

Russia’s Justice Ministry has added several new people and organizations to its ever-expanding “foreign agent” list.

The Russian Ministry of Justice has expanded the list of "foreign agents".

North Korea “will always be in the same trench with the army and people of Russia,” which is fighting the “imperialist forces” of the United States and the West. This was stated in a statement by Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

Latvian Ambassador to Russia Māris Riekstiņš had planned to leave his diplomatic post on February 24 — the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — as part of Latvia’s commitment to stepping down diplomatic relations with Russia. Today, however, the Russian Interior Ministry announced that it’s not going to wait for Latvia’s deadline to downgrade relations, and gives the ambassador two weeks to leave Moscow.

In Ukraine, during 11 months of full-scale war, at least 307 religious buildings, including churches, mosques, synagogues, as well as administrative and educational buildings of religious communities, were damaged or destroyed. This was reported by the State Service of Ukraine for Ethnopolitics and Freedom of Conscience. According to the department, of the damaged religious buildings, five belonged to the Muslim community, and another five belonged to the Jewish community.

The Russian Embassy in Ottawa refused to receive Russian national Elena Pushkareva, who lives in Canada, because she subscribes to a Facebook group called “For the beautiful Russia of the future.” The Facebook group takes its name from the phrase “beautiful Russia of the future,” which jailed opposition leader Alexey Navalny and his team often use. Pushkareva reported the incident with the Russian Embassy to the Navalny team’s publication, Sirena.

The leader of the Danish far-right Hardline party, Rasmus Paludan, burned a Koran near a mosque in Copenhagen. Earlier, the politician held a similar action near the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm. The incident was reported by the Turkish Anadolu Agency. According to the agency, Paludan’s rally took place after Friday prayers in front of the local mosque. The politician was wearing a protective helmet and was under police protection.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. We discuss how very dangerous legislation on “undesirable” organizations is applied - and how it can threaten you personally (by the way, about Medusa there at a minimum) On January 26, the Prosecutor General of Russia assigned Medusa the status of an “unwanted organization”.

Latvian Ambassador Maris Riekstins was ordered to leave Russia within two weeks. This was reported by the Russian Foreign Ministry, which earlier on January 27 summoned Latvia's Charge d'Affaires in Russia Dace Rutka. The department said that Moscow officially expressed a “strong protest” in connection with Riga’s earlier decision to lower the level of diplomatic relations.

The European Union “strongly condemns” the Russian Prosecutor General’s decision to designate Meduza as an “undesirable organization,” as expressed in the official statement just published on the EU website: This is yet another serious politically motivated attack on media freedom in Russia.