Lukashenko spoke that our peoples are no longer fraternal. What do his supporters and opponents think about this? Photo: Victor Drachev / TASS At the end of 2018, relations between Russia and Belarus were heated to the limit. Moscow, it seems, was tired of helping the Whiteorus brothers, not receiving anything in return, and she offered to tie economic assistance to more political integration. Lukashenko scored the alarm, publicly said that Russia wants Belarus to annex.

"Cultural opposition" to the Lukashenko regime is preparing to resist the Russian "Annexation" Against the backdrop of the next economic disagreement between Moscow and Minsk, not only the foreign policy rhetoric of the President of Belarus, but also Lukashenko’s attitude to the opposition, primarily “cultural”, changed. The Belarusian identity is increasingly in fashion. Obviously, her foundation is a language.

The Belarusian opposition about what is worse for her - "her bitch son" or "Big Brother" In 2015, in the election of the President of Belarus, the second became Tatyana Korotkevich with 4.42 %, in 2010 Andrei Sannikov received 2.43 %, in 2006, 6.2 %of voters voted for Alexander Milinkevich. These are the successes of the opposition in the last three presidential elections.

The High Qualifications Board of Judges of Russia dismissed the judge of the Krasnodar garrison military court Arsen Krikorov, who at the end of last year knocked down an 18-year-old student at a pedestrian crossing. TASS about this .

A former employee of British military intelligence-about how the program for protecting ex-agents works and whether the victims of poisoning in Salisbury have a chance of a normal life Salisbury. Skripals poisoning place.

The British media regulator Ofcom allowed the introduction of restrictions against the NTV Mir Baltic and NTV Mir Lithuania channels. This is stated on the website of the regulator. The reason given is the violation of the principle of impartiality in covering the poisoning of former GRU colonel Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia.

Riga Mayor Nil Ushakov remained in his post after an extraordinary meeting of the Riga City Council, which voted for his resignation. It is reported by the local portal Delfi. 20 deputies voted for Ushakov's resignation, 33 voted against. During the meeting, opposition deputies accused Ushakov of corruption scandals, as well as the inability of the Duma to reduce queues for kindergartens and effectively maintain the streets.

The Union of Journalists of St. Petersburg sent a request to the Investigative Committee and the prosecutor's office to check the actions of the employees of the apparatus of the Legislative Assembly of the city, which was refused to be allowed to the meeting of the correspondent of "Echo of Petersburg" Sergei Kagermazov, according to the website of the Union . “According to the Union of Journalists of St.

The net outflow of capital from Russia in January this year, according to preliminary estimates, amounted to $10.4 billion, which is almost 1.5 times more than in the same period last year. This is evidenced by the data of the Central Bank of Russia. It is noted that in January last year, this figure amounted to $7.1 billion.

A court in Estonia has sentenced Denis Metsavas, former officer of the Estonian Defense Forces headquarters, to 15.5 years in prison and his father, Petr Volin, to six years for spying for Russia, reported . Postimees “Metsavas and Volin worked for the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU), collecting and passing on Estonian state secrets, classified official and inside information,” the newspaper says. The court also ordered them to pay about 4,000 euros as a fine.

The Mi-8 helicopter, which crashed during a hard landing in November 2018 in the Tver region, was fitted with fake parts. This was reported on the website of the Moscow Interregional Transport Prosecutor's Office.

Pyongyang asked Moscow to organize the supply of 50,000 tons of wheat as humanitarian aid, told TASS. Konstantin Kosachev, head of the Federation Council committee on international affairs, According to him, North Korea needs this amount of wheat to cope with the damage from natural disasters that hit the country last year. This issue is under development. “Through the UN World Food Programme, our commitments amount to $8 million for past and current years.

The Ministry of Culture issued a reprimand to the general director of the Tretyakov Gallery, Zelfira Tregulova, because of the theft of the painting by the artist Arkhip Kuindzhi “Ai-Petri. Crimea". It is reported by RBC.

The Moscow District Military Court sentenced two natives of Tajikistan, Bakhtiyor Makhmudov and Zafarkhon Rakhmatov, to 15 years in a strict regime colony for plotting terrorist attacks on an electric train and a shopping center. It is reported by RIA Novosti. “They downloaded a video online on how to make an explosive device and intended to make an explosion at the Shelepikha MCC station and the Edelweiss shopping center in Balashikha. They had grenades and two machine guns.

The jury unanimously acquitted Alexander Rul, who was accused of detonating a grenade at a bus stop on Pokrovka Street in 2015, TASS reported , citing the press secretary of the Basmanny District Court. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty because they did not see the involvement of the accused in the crime, the spokeswoman said.