The Ukrainian bill on mobilization was returned to revision after violent discussions. What does it mean? Ukrainian troops entered the carriage of trains in Pokrovsk, Ukraine, January 8, 2024. Photo: Ignacio Marin / Anadolu / Getty images I must say right away that lawmaking in this direction turned out to be violent. Five versions of the document were registered in parliament: one from the government and four - deputy authorship. They can be considered alternative rather formally.

The main events of January 11 President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky and President of Latvia Edgar Rinkevich. Photo: Vladimir Zelensky / X ** The security forces detained the coordinator of the “Left Front” by Sergei Udaltsov in the case of “justification of terrorism”. Priest Alexei Uminsky, who was opposed to the war in Ukraine, was repeatedly summoned to the church court for refusing to read the prayer for “Holy Rus'”.

The leader of the Left Front, Sergei Udaltsov, was detained on charges of “justifying terrorism.” This was reported by his lawyer Violetta Volkova. According to her, the case was initiated on December 15, 2023 under Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code. The maximum penalty for this charge is up to seven years in prison. On January 12, the Basmanny Court of Moscow will choose a preventive measure against Udaltsov. Volkova said that the lawyers signed a non-disclosure agreement.

Когда отец Алексей Уминский лишится сана за антивоенную позицию Archpriest Alexei Uminsky. Photo: Alexander Miridonov / Kommersant / Sipa USA / Vida Press The church-"Sudest process over the Moscow Archpriest Alexei Uminsky, who opposed the war, began on January 11 with the failure to appear the accused. Why Patriarch Kirill wants to quickly complete this stage of reprisals over. Alexei, says New Gazeta Europe.

In 2023, Russia purchased at least a third of the goods needed for the war from the West, thanks in part to the practice of companies from the United States and its allies to locate their production in countries with weak export controls. This is reported by the Financial Times with reference to data from the Kiev School of Economics (KSE).

Photo: Petar Martic’s Instagram Serbian musician Petar Martic has been deported from Russia after a Moscow court ruled the drug references in his lyrics were tantamount to “narcotic propaganda”, the official Moscow court Telegram channel announced on Wednesday. Martic’s song INSECT , released with rapper Boulevard Depo in June 2023, was deemed by the court to contain “propaganda” of drug use, Russia’s state-owned media agency TASS reported on Thursday.

Why the West no longer awaits Zelensky's victory The meeting of Vladimir Zelensky with Joseph Bayden in Kyiv in February 2023. Photo: Office of the President of Ukraine At his December press conference, Putin said that the purpose of his war is denazification, demilitarization and non-block status of Ukraine. These are the same conditions that sounded in 2022 at negotiations in Istanbul.

The founder of Get Lost, a project that helps Russian men to avoid or escape military service, discusses the rising number of deserters and where it’s safe for them to go A Russian soldier walking by an IL-2 monument dedicated to the defenders of Leningrad during WWII, in the village of Lebyazhye, near St. Petersburg.

The White House National Security Council is “in principle” backing a bill that would confiscate frozen Russian assets in the US and reallocate them to fund Ukraine’s war effort, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday citing an NSC memo from November. “The bill would provide the authority needed for the executive branch to seize Russian sovereign assets for the benefit of Ukraine,” the memo said.

The building belonged to the Moscow government The Diet of Latvia adopted a bill on the transfer of the building of the Moscow Cultural and Foreign Center in Riga in the property of the state. This is stated on the site of the Sejm. Moscow House in Riga. Photo: Karel291 “The Sejm in the final reading adopted a draft law on the transfer of the so -called Moscow House in Riga to the property of the Latvian state.

How Belgorod survives under shelling On December 29, Russia inflicted one of the largest strikes in Ukraine lately. The next day, Ukraine responded with blows to Belgorod. Twenty -five people died, more than a hundred suffered. Since then, the shelling of Belgorod has become more frequent and continues. The new newspaper Europe talked with the Belgorodians about how the city lives under fire and what the locals think about the situation.

Hotel struck by shelling in Kharkiv. Photo: Kharkiv Department for Emergency Situations Hotel struck by shelling in Kharkiv. Photo: Kharkiv Department for Emergency Situations Russian missiles struck a hotel in the centre of Ukraine’s second city Kharkiv late on Wednesday, Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov wrote on his Telegram channel early on Thursday. “Two missiles hit a hotel in the centre of Kharkiv.

The White House National Security Council “in principle” supported the idea of ​​confiscating some of the frozen Russian funds in the United States, Bloomberg reports , citing a November council memorandum. “The bill would provide the powers necessary for the executive branch to confiscate Russian sovereign assets for the benefit of Ukraine,” the memorandum says. Bloomberg clarifies that in total about $300 billion of Russian assets are blocked in the United States.

What role does Putin's favorite educational organization play in the Kremlin propaganda system The final of the All -Russian contest "Knowledge", December 12, 2023. Photo: Evgeny Biyatov / RIA Novosti / Russia.ru A hall lit by cold light from giant screens. Spectators are predominantly very young people.

A selection of "New-Europe" The fired hotel in Kharkov, photo: the Main Directorate of the State Service of Ukraine for Emergency Situations in the Kharkov Region The fired hotel in Kharkov, photo: the Main Directorate of the State Service of Ukraine for Emergency Situations in the Kharkov Region The war in Ukraine is the 687th day. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on the destruction of drones over the Tula, Rostov and Kaluga regions.