Buses are the last transport between Belarus and Lithuania. What is behind a sharp reduction in flights? Cars are in line at the border crossing in Sumskas between Lithuania and Belarus, on August 12, 2023. Photo: Petras Malukas / AFP / Scanpix / Leta The restriction of the bus message is a small fragment of the global process, which can be called lowering the iron curtain 2.0. So far, most of all, this affected ordinary people who, due to life circumstances, are sent in both directions.

Photo: vladimir smirnov / epa The authorities of the Russian Federation are discussing the possibility of increasing VAT from 20 to 22% with exceptions for socially important categories of goods due to budget deficit against the background of military spending, writes The Bell with reference to sources close to the Kremlin and the government. One of the interlocutors of journalists noted that “taxes will definitely raise” and are now the last discussions on this issue.

Promotions against “hard savings” turned into clashes with the police and the detention of almost 700 people. A tear gas was used against protesters Protest rally in Montpellier, France, September 10, 2025. Photo: Guillaume Horcajuelo / EPA In France on September 10, almost 700 people were detained at mass protests against the policy of “rigid economy”, more than half of them were arrested.

Pashkovsky airport in Krasnodar, closed after the outbreak of war in Ukraine in 2022, resumed work. This was reported in the Ministry of Transport and the Federal Air Transport Agency . “Flights of civil aircraft can be performed daily from 09:00 to 19:00 Moscow time, starting from September 11. The flight intensity is not more than five runways per hour, ”the Federal Air Transport Agency said.

Polish police investigators collecting debris from a Russian drone in the village of Olesno, northern Poland, 10 September 2025. Photo: EPA / ANDRZEJ JACKOWSKI Poland has restricted nighttime civilian air traffic near the Ukrainian and Belarusian borders, the operational command of the Polish Armed Forces reported on Thursday, adding that the restrictions would be in effect from 10 September to 9 December.

Photo: "New Gazeta" In the Izmailovsky court, Moscow postponed the process in the VKontakte public Antifa United, where the ideas of anti-fascism and equality were promoted, because of the death of one of the defendants-Matvey Ostrovsky, writes New Gazeta. The cause of death is unknown, the death certificate has not yet entered the court.

Later Statkevich returned back to Belarus Photo: Human Rights Center "Vasna" Alexander Lukashenko, after a meeting with the representative of US President John Cole in Minsk, pardoned 52 political prisoners. This was announced by Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauceda. “I am deeply grateful to the United States and personally to President Trump for their incessant efforts to liberate political prisoners. 52 is a lot. So many.

US envoy John Cole meets with Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk, 11 September 2025. Photo: Belarus Presidential Administration Fifty-two political prisoners including opposition figures, journalists, and anti-government protesters have been released from jails in Belarus, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda announced on X on Thursday.

Meeting Alexander Lukashenko with John Cole. Photo: Lukashenko press service Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk met with the representative of US President Donald Trump John Cole. This was reported in the press service of Lukashenko. The meeting lasted about five hours. The Belarusian politician suggested that Cole "Global deal" on political prisoners. “We are absolutely not supporters of these people in correctional colonies. Moreover, they are not convicted for politics.

Alexey Gorinov in court on 29 November 2024. Photo: SOTAvision A jailed Moscow politician who suffers from both tuberculosis and acute bronchitis has been given a fourth successive two-week term in a punishment cell inside the penal colony where he is serving his sentence, his support group said on Thursday.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk during a visit to the country’s 32nd Tactical Air Base in Lask, Poland, 11 September 2025. Photo: EPA / MARIAN ZUBRZYCKI Following the massive breach of its airspace by Russian drones on Wednesday, Poland has requested the delivery of additional air defence systems from its allies, as well as an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council.

Who Charlie Kirk was - an influential ultra -right activist, shot at a performance at the university Charlie Kirk during an event at the University of Uta Valley, USA, September 10, 2025. Photo: Tess Crowley / The Deseret News / Ap Photo / Scanpix / Leta Conservative political activist Charlie Kirk was killed in Utah during a speech in front of students. The sniper bullet hit his neck, the moment of the shot was captured by numerous eyewitnesses.

Photo: Maxim Shipenkov / EPA In 2019, Yandex agreed with the FSB plan for installing equipment for monitoring users and partially installed it at least by the beginning of 2022. This is evidenced by the relevant decisions of the courts, writes "Agency". In March 2022, the court fined Yandex for 10 thousand rubles for failure to comply with the order to provide round -the -clock access to his system. At the same time, the defense claimed that this access has already been issued.

Police officers on the campus of Utah Valley University following the shooting of Charlie Kirk in Orem, Utah, USA, 10 September 2025. Photo: EPA / MARIELLE SCOTT Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has blamed the murder of prominent US conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Utah on Wednesday on “left-wing liberal scum” who support Ukraine.

The head of Chechnya, who repeatedly violated the instructions of doctors and engaged in self -medication, is forced to redraw his schedule and change habits On September 1, the telegram channel of the Cheka-OGPU published a fragment of the official survey of visiting the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, Grozny Education Center and accompanied the following commentary: “According to our source, he [Kadyrov] could not walk. At all. It was not possible to take exactly a few steps.