ShareOn February 24, on the orders of Vladimir Putin, the Russian Armed Forces began special military operation on the territory of Ukraine. The world responded to this with unprecedented sanctions, and foreign companies with their withdrawal from the Russian market. Every evening we inform you regarding the main events of the past day. Today we sum up the results on July 26th.
Russian governors come under British sanctions
The UK has expanded its list of anti-Russian sanctions to include Russian Justice Minister Konstantin Chuichenko, several dozen governors, a biathlete and a British journalist, among others.
ShareVideo blogger and stand-up comedian Danila Poperechny is being checked by the police. Application for it received by the Department of Internal Affairs for the Yaroslavl district of Moscowfrom whom is not specified. The statement states that Poperechny has repeatedly spoken negatively regarding the Russian special operation in Ukraine in his Instagram profile (the activity of the social network is prohibited in the Russian Federation).
The blogger advised the police to check at the same time his dance with Labrador Rocket
Danila Poperechny’s Instagram account (social network activity is prohibited in the Russian Federation)
Cross recorded a story in which he said that he would give only one comment on this matter.
“I have not discredited the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in any way and I firmly believe in it,” the comedian said, emphasizing that he was in Russia.
Russian Foreign Ministry: Russians may stop issuing Schengen visas
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs admitted that Russians would no longer be issued Schengen visas.
“We are already seeing a virtually complete suspension of visa processing for Russian citizens in the consular offices of Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the Czech Republic and Estonia located in Russia,” said Ivan Volynkin, director of the consular department of the Foreign Ministry, in an interview with TASS. – In the event of a radical degradation of consular ties with other countries – members of the Schengen Agreement, even seemingly improbable scenarios cannot be ruled out.
The diplomat added that Russia will not yet open the possibility of obtaining electronic visas to foreigners in connection with the unfriendly actions of Europe. At the same time, according to Volynkin, the Russian Foreign Ministry and the US State Department continue contacts on visa issues and the normalization of the work of diplomatic missions.
Ukraine is proposed to be recognized as a terrorist state
The Just Russia party has prepared a draft law on “terrorist states”. According to RIA Novosti, the document assumes that Russia will break off diplomatic relations with such countries and confiscate the property of their citizens to compensate for damage, and recognize the countries supplying weapons there as sponsors of terrorism. According to the publication, only Ukraine is included in the list of terrorist states attached to the bill. Earlier, Ukraine recognized Russia as a terrorist state.
