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Russian govt backs bill allowing use of geolocation data to search for missing kids
The Russian government has supported a bill that would allow police and rescuers to quickly access geolocation data on the phones of missing children in emergency situations.
US repeatedly rejected Russian offer of mutual non-interventionism pact – diplomat
Russia has proposed mutual guarantees to the US on non-involvement in each other’s sovereign affairs, but Washington continues to reject the offer, a senior Russian diplomat has told reporters.
Russian ombudsman wants nationwide block on AliExpress over fears for kids’ health
The Russian ombudsman for children’s rights has proposed developing a procedure for blocking AliExpress and similar e-trading platforms, as they can bypass regulations to sell goods that are dangerous for children.
‘We won’t pay for thin air’: Moscow responds to Council of Europe expulsion threats
Russian officials have replied to the Council of Europe’s demands for payment with a promise to suspend its membership unless it introduces anti-discrimination amendments to its parliamentary assembly (PACE) regulations.
Kadyrov apologizes for hooligan, summons him to Grozny for telling off
The head of the Chechen Republic has personally apologized for a young man who was caught on video making trouble while shouting the name of the Chechen sports club Akhmat. The delinquent has issued his own apology.
Top managers of failed banks should be banned from leaving Russia – Duma speaker
The Russian lower house speaker has supported the proposal to pass a law that would ban top managers from failed banks to leave Russia for the period when their organizations are being rescued by the government.
Half of all Russians and Ukrainians want friendship & open borders between two nations, poll shows
About a half of Ukrainian and Russian people want their countries to remain independent but friendly, with open borders and mutual visa-free regimes for citizens, according to a joint poll by Russian and Ukrainian think tanks.
No PACE cooperation in 2019 due to ‘anti-Russian hysteria’ – snr lawmaker
As Russia will most likely not return to PACE in 2019 because the group had postponed the discussion of national delegations’ rights following the lead of Russophobic minority, a senior State Duma MP has said.
Pro-Putin activists say warning system should prevent extremist reposts on the web
Experts have proposed creating a system to find extremist text and pictures on the web and social networks and mark them with special warning, to avoid unwitting reposts from users.
‘Ukrainian president’s statements of Russian plans to rig elections lack proof:’ Experts to RT
Several politicians and experts told RT that the Ukrainian president’s fears of Russian meddling in future elections were completely unfounded and simply imitated the demagogic tactics used previously by Western nations.
