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Russian Parliament clears bill offering immunity to Russian Presidents and their families

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In a move which is regarded as highly crucial, the Russian Parliament has cleared a bill, which offers immunity to Russian Presidents and their families.

The move has been questioned by numerous political activists. Renowned political activist Alexei Navalny has asked why does the Russian President need an immunity at this juncture.

The law implies even if Russian President Vladimir Putin steps down from the top post he cannot be prosecuted by the Russian government in any circumstance.

The bill is a part of the constitutional amendments which was approved by the Russian population few months before.

Mr. Putin at present has absolute control over the Russian Parliament. The Parliament is dominated by the supporters of the Russian President.

The Russian President is supposed to step down from the post in the year 2024. A new amendment allows him to contest in at least two more elections.

As the possibility of the emergence of a new Presidential figure is less, the possibility of the re-election of the Russian President to the top post is very high.    

Mr. Putin is not less than 68-year-old. He has been in power since the year 2000.

The new bill however has generated fresh speculations about the political future of the Russian dictator.  

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Moldovan Election: Opposition marks victory against incumbent

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Maia Sandu, the opposition candidate, has defeated Igor Dodon, the incumbent President, in the Moldovan Election.

The winner has secured as many as 57.7 per cent vote. At the same time, her opponent, Mr. Dodon failed to wrist more than 42.2 per cent vote.

The contest, though was between Ms. Sandu and Mr. Dodon, was actually between the European Union and the EU rebel of Russia.

The winner is a pro-European candidate. The looser is a pro-Russian candidate. The result implies that the country in the near future may move close to the faction led by France and Germany away from the one led by Russia.

Ms. Sandu, who is 48-year old financial expert, is a former World Bank economist.

As soon as the initial trend has become out, the opposition has gone to a celebration mood.

The final result is expected to be released in the near future itself.

It is clear that the final result will be a big blow to the faction led by Russia and may reduce the influence of the European rebel in the region where the former Soviet satellite is located.

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Pressure mounts over Armenian PM

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Protesters have demanded the resignation of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan for his decision to reach a deal to end the fighting with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh.

The Armenian PM has ignored an ultimatum by protesters.

The Armenian parliament is likely to hold an emergency session over the matter in the near future itself.

It is said that the deal has been reached at the behest of the European superpower of Russia.

 The deal permits Azerbaijan to keep the areas it has captured during its battle with Armenia.

Russia has deployed hundreds of peacekeepers in the disputed region.

The disputed region is actually a part of Azerbaijan. The region is at present controlled by the ethnic groups of Armenia.  

Turkey has joined hand with Russia to monitor the proper implementation of the agreement reached between Azerbaijan and Armenia at the behest of Turkey and Russia.

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Russian meat processing business tycoon Marugov murdered

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Vladimir Marugov, who owns a wealthy meat processing company, has been murdered by two unidentified youngsters.

The reason that led to the killing is unknown at this moment. An investigation is on. Police has booked one of the two who have committed the crime.

The girlfriend of the victim has narrowly escaped the attack. She is the one who has contacted the police at first.  

The brutal murder has been committed with a crossbar

The police have not yet revealed the identity of the murderers.

The businessman has been in his countryside estate with his partner, when he has been attacked by the unidentified people.

Local reports suggest that it has been a robbery attempt. The investigation team anyway will verify all possibilities.

It seems that misfortune is following the family of Mr. Marugov.

Last year, Alexander, the son of the businessman, was killed in a road accident in the Russian capital of Moscow.

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Europe: Daily Covid-19 death cases increases by around 40 per cent

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The continent of Europe has witnessed a sharp increase of forty per cent in the Covid-19 daily death case load compared to the daily case load the continent witnessed last week.

France, Spain, the UK, the Netherlands and Russia are the worst affected countries in this part of the world.

Some of these countries have already reintroduced certain strict measures necessary to bring down the daily death case load.

The increase has brought a severe stress to the hospital infrastructure of the continent of Europe – which is much more well equipped compared to the same elsewhere in the world.

The Covid-19 infection rate in Russia is alarmingly high. It is high time to find a solution to this crisis.

Italy is one of the first countries which have reintroduced certain tough measures to curb the spread of the dangerous virus.

Sadly, most of those countries which have reintroduced the restrictions have witnessed severe resistance from their local population.

It is clear that a section of society is tired of the restrictions, and are no way willing to tolerate another period of the restrictions.

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Russia promises to take neutral stand on Nagorno-Karabakh crisis

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The European country of Russia has promised to take a neutral stand on the ongoing crisis in connection with the Nagorno-Karabakh region.

Recently, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that as many as 5,000 people have lost their lives in the ongoing conflict seeking the ownership of the region.

The figure brought out by Russia is inconsistent with the figure brought out by the countries which are fighting with each other for the dominance in the said region.

Russia has also expressed its disagreement with the decision of Turkey to offer its support to Azerbaijan, which is engaging in a brutal fight with Armenia for the region.

The disputed region, though is internationally recognized as the part of Azerbaijan, is at present controlled by Armenia.

Russia has appealed for the intervention of the United Nations in the crisis.

It is high time to find a solution to the crisis.

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Russian hackers target Tokyo Olympics

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A group of UK officials has found that a group of Russian hackers targeted the Tokyo Olympics, which was scheduled to take place this year.

It has been identified that the said attack had been carried out just before the decision to postpone the event till the year 2021 was taken.

The officials have however have not publicised why the event was targeted by the Russian group.

It is not the first time such a charge has been levelled against Russia.

In the matters of the 2016 US Presidential election, the 2017 French Presidential election and the 2018 Winter Olympics, the country has faced allegations of similar nature.

Russia has not yet responded to the latest allegation levelled against the country by the UK-based group.

The European powerhouse is expected to dismiss this allegation also, like how it addressed the previous allegations.

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EU imposes sanctions on Russian officials over Novichok issue

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The European Union has imposed sanctions on as many as six Russian officials and a chemical research centre controlled by the country over the Novichok issue.

The action has been taken as the union has found evidence to believe that Alexei Navalny, the prime critic of Russia President Vladimir Putin, was poisoned at the behest of the Russian officials.

The involvement of the chemical research centre has also been detected by the European Union.

The action has been taken on the basis of the request made by the European countries of France and Germany.

Mr. Navalny was poisoned while travelling to Moscow in a flight.

He was initially admitted in a hospital based in Russia, which ruled out the possibility of poisoning.

Later, on the basis of the request made by the victim’s family members and friends, he was taken to Germany.

Anyway, Mr. Navalny has recovered from the condition.

The Russian government has not yet responded to the action taken by the European Union.

Russia is expected to retaliate with the same method.

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Russia-Norway relation hits new low

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The relation between Russia and Norway has hit a new low, after the latter alleged that the former attacked the email system of Norwegian parliament with the help of Russian cyber attackers.

Russia has denied the allegation levelled against the country by Norway. The European power has called the allegation provocative.

Meanwhile, Norway has criticized Russia with hard words. The country has termed the attack extremely serious.

Norway and Russia are not in a good relation with each other. Norway technically stands with the European Union. At the same time, Russia is technically out of the union.

The latest development is expected to widen the gap between the European Union and Russia, which is the successor of the erstwhile Soviet Socialist Republics of Russia.

It is important that the issue in the Eastern Europe is handled in a sensible manner. It is pertinent to note that the disturbance in the region can easily trigger a global crisis.

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Belarus gives free hand to police to deal with protest

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In a shocking move, the tainted leadership of Belarus has given free hand to the police force to handle with the protest – emerged in the country since the disputed election.

The police have been awarded the right to use lethal force against the protesters who has extended their support to the anti-government movement in the country.

The tainted election is the triggering point of the issue in the country.

The election, which was denounced as unfair by the opposition, awarded a huge victory to President Alexander Lukashenko.

Several human rights organisations have exposed the unfair attitude of the country towards the protesters. They have published reports on how much improperly the situation has been handled by the country. As per a report submitted by a human rights organisation, the protesters have even been threatened with serious violence by the police.

Many western countries have warned that they would impose severe sanction against the country, demanding that the country should pave way for a free and fair election as soon as possible.

The strength of the present Belarus leadership is the support it gets from Russia. Russia has extended enormous support to the tainted leadership of Belarus.

It is yet to be seen how the things will evolve.

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