Trump stops the fight against disposable plastic utensils, ecologists against. We figure out who is right Photo: DWI Anoraganingrum / Future Imag / Action Press / Vida Press US President Donald Trump promised to return plastic tubes to use. So he commented on the initiative to combat plastic waste launched in 2024. There was no federal ban on tubes in the country, but restrictions were in force in several states, including California and New York.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, photo: Shawh Thew / Epa-EFE Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, photo: Shawh Thew / Epa-EFE The Israeli army will resume hostilities in the gas sector if the Hamas leadership does not free the hostages until February 15. This was stated by Prime Minister of the Republic of Benjamin Netanyahu.

Photo: Novaya Gazeta Europe Photo: Novaya Gazeta Europe The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on Tuesday that Russian laws rushed through in the early days of the war in Ukraine that prohibit the “discrediting” of the Russian army and the dissemination of “false information” were illegal and violated the right to freedom of expression.

An anti-war demonstration in Berlin on 17 November, led by prominent members of the Russian opposition in exile. Photo: EPA-EFE/FILIP SINGER Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service claimed in a statement released on Tuesday that Ukraine’s intelligence services were planning “a series of high-profile anti-Russian provocations” including attacks on Russian nationals abroad.

The results of the February elections in a partially recognized republic will strengthen instability in the region, and are unlikely to help resolve the main political conflict in the Western Balkans The voter votes in the parliamentary elections in Grachanitsa, Kosovo, February 9, 2025.

Russian policemen walk at the Red Square outside the Kremlin during a cloudy day in Moscow, Russia, 20 November 2024. Photo: EPA-EFE/MAXIM SHIPENKOV The speaker of Russia’s State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin has suggested that Russian politicians, activists and journalists in exile who have been recipients of grants from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) should “publicly confess and repent on Red Square”, RIA Novosti reported on Tuesday.

Will the authorities of the Vologda region be able to increase the birth rate by depriving women of choice? The sociologist answers Photo: Alexander Avilov / AGN "Moscow" Since the beginning of the year, some Russian regions began to introduce measures that, in their opinion, will help stimulate the birth rate. For example, they announced that now young girls will pay 100 thousand rubles for pregnancy or allow free travel in public transport.

Supporters of Ukraine wave US and Ukrainian flags outside the US Capitol as the Senate passed the Ukraine aid bill on 23 April 2024. Photo: EPA-EFE/MICHAEL REYNOLDS US President Donald Trump doubled down on his recent demand that Kyiv supply the US with rare earth metals in return for its continued military support on Monday, saying that he intended to negotiate a deal with Ukraine that would see the transfer of metals worth $500 billion to Washington.

Farida Kurbangaleyeva. Photo: Facebook Russia’s Prosecutor General’s Office has made a formal request to the Czech authorities for the extradition of a former Russian state TV news anchor who resigned from her role in protest over the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea and subsequently went into exile.

In support of the businessman, the Vice Speaker of the State Duma, Vladislav Davankov and Z-bloggers Yuri Uskov. Photo: Vladislav Davankov / Telegram In Yoshkar-Ola, the founder of the IT-ISPRING IT company Yuri Up was detained. He is charged with an article on large -scale fraud (part 4 of article 159 of the Criminal Code), Forbes said .

On the morning of February 11, the Gulfstream G650er business jet landed at the Moscow Airport, which may belong to the specialized US president in the Middle East, Steve Willian. This was reported by Russian pro-government telegram channels and the monitoring project of Osintdefender . Osintdefender did not provide evidence that the board belongs to Whitkoff. Other details about the flight are not given.

Kiev playwright Irina Serebryakova writes about the war, mobilization in Ukraine and the female resistance of Russian aggression. We talked with her "Contextual echoes of civil stability." Photo by Alexandra Kononchenko In December 2024 in the Berlin Theater.

Photo: "New Gazeta Europe" The European Court of Human Rights recognized the illegal blocking of new newspaper and rain sites after the outbreak of war in Ukraine. The resolution is published on the website of the ECHR. In total, 162 complaints are included in it - from Novaya Gazeta, the Rain TV channel and 178 Russians who went to court in connection with media blocking and persecution under articles on “discrediting” by the Russian army and military “fakes”.

Photo: official website of Lolita The Ministry of Culture of Udmuria refused to cancel the concert of singer Lolita in Izhevsk, since it is not in the "Register of undesirable artists." The statement of the department drew attention to “7x7”. On February 5, the Providing Organization of the Council of the Fathers of Udmurtia demanded that the regional authorities cancel the concert of singer Lolita, planned for April 21 in Izhevsk in the Aksion recreation center.

The 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index map. Photo: Transparency International Russia has been ranked joint 154th place alongside Azerbaijan, Honduras and Lebanon in the 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), global anti-corruption NGO Transparency International announced on Tuesday. Scoring just 22 of a possible 100 points, Russia’s worst ever result saw it drop even further down the rankings, after scoring 26 points to take 141st place alongside Guinea, Kyrgyzstan and Uganda last year.