Venezuela and Russia ban the messaging application Signal. The application is the most popular choice for encrypted messaging and circumventing government censorship, and the ban is part of a crackdown on dissidents within both countries. According to MSNBC, the ban in Venezuela was imposed following the controversial results of last month’s presidential election, which led to protests and arrests. Internet…
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Moscow: Russia and China have signed an agreement to build an international station on the moon. According to media reports, the agreement was signed between Russia’s State Corporation for Space Activities Roscosmos and the Chinese National Space Administration. The purpose of the agreement is to provide an organizational and legal basis for mutual cooperation between the parties in specific areas…
Moscow: A 24-year-old Russian woman recently received the biggest shock of her life when she found out that she has been married since 2022 to an Egyptian national whom she has never met. According to media reports, the unidentified Russian woman, a resident of St. Petersburg, lost her passport in 2021 but never felt the need to reissue her travel…
Russia has accused the United States of rigging its expected presidential election and warned that if this happens, then the action will be considered blasphemy. According to the report of the French news agency ‘AFP’, Russia’s intelligence service (SVR Foreign) has claimed that US President Joe Biden has completed preparations to interfere in the Russian presidential election. The Russian intelligence…
Navalny died mysteriously in prison last month – Photo: Reuters Canada: Canada has announced further sanctions against Russia following the death in prison of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. According to the Reuters news agency, Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said in a statement that the announced sanctions include senior officials and top officials of the Russian judiciary, six Russian…