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Metro
2 days ago
- Politics
- Metro
Russia offers Elon Musk political asylum after his falling out with Donald Trump
Never one to miss an opportunity for political meddling, Russia has now offered Elon Musk asylum after his public feud with Donald Trump. Dmitry Novikov, the first deputy chai of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs Dmitry Novikov (CPRF), compared Musk to Edward Snowden, the whistleblower responsible for one of the most significant leaks in US political history. Novikov said: 'I think that Musk is playing a completely different game, that he will not need any political asylum, although if he did need it, Russia, of course, could provide it.' Got a story? Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@ Or you can submit your videos and pictures here. For more stories like this, check our news page. Follow on Twitter and Facebook for the latest news updates. You can now also get articles sent straight to your device. Sign up for our daily push alerts here. MORE: Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein's messy history amid fallout with Elon Musk MORE: Donald Trump and Elon Musk get bizarre reality TV offer after public spat MORE: Russia blames Britain for Ukraine's attack on airfields destroying 40 war planes
News18
29-04-2025
- Politics
- News18
Shaurya Chakra Awardee's Mother, CRPF Jawan's Wife, J&K Constable Among Possible Pakistan Deportees
Shamima Akhtar, mother of Shaurya Chakra awardee Mudasir Ahmad Shaikh, is among 60 women being deported to Pakistan after the Pahalgam terror attack. Mother of a Shaurya Chakdra awardee, wife of a CPRF jawan, and a Jammu and Kashmir Police constable are on the list of authorities who would be deported to Pakistan in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack. Shamima Akhtar, the mother of Shaurya Chakra winner police constable Mudasir Ahmad Shaikh, is one of the 60 people being deported to Pakistan. Shaikh died in May 2022 while fighting terrorists. He was posthumously awarded the Shaurya Chakra. A Pakistani national, who married a jawan of the Central Reserve Police Force, has been sent back from Jammu for deportation to Pakistan. On the list also include a police constable, Iftikhar Ali, who has been detained at the police station. In the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack last week, the Centre announced a slew of measures, including suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty, downgrading diplomatic relations with Islamabad, and ordering all Pakistanis on short-term visas to leave India by April 27 or face action. The 60 deportees comprise wives and children of ex-militants, who returned to the valley under the 2010 rehabilitation policy for former ultras. Of them, 36 had been living in Srinagar, nine each in Baramulla and Kupwara, four in Budgam, and two in Shopian district, officials said. First Published: April 29, 2025, 19:53 IST
Russia Today
27-03-2025
- Politics
- Russia Today
Russian communists want Stalingrad back
The leader of the Russian Communist Party (CPRF), Gennady Zyuganov, has called for the city of Volgograd to be renamed Stalingrad to properly mark the 80th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany in the Second World War. The city, which was known as Stalingrad from 1925 to 1961, became the venue for one of the fiercest battles of WWII, which historians believe changed the course of the conflict in the Soviet Union's favor and paved the way for the ultimate defeat of the Nazis. Addressing the Russian parliament on Wednesday, Zyuganov stressed that 'we have 80 years of victory ahead of us. I call on everyone once again' to make sure that Volgograd has its 'true name' returned to it. Read more First PHOTOS of Jude Law as Putin emerge If the city of 860,000 is not re-branded as Stalingrad before May 9, when Victory Day is celebrated in Russia, then MPs should fly there and make sure it happens, he insisted. During World War II, Soviet troops 'fought for Stalingrad and got their medals for it too,' the Communist leader explained. The Russian people 'will understand everything' if Stalingrad is back on the map, Zyuganov insisted. 'We must mark this holiday properly,' he added. Volgograd was originally called Tsaritsyn, taking its name from the island where Russian troops built a fort during the 16th century. Due to the name's association with the monarchy, the Bolshevik government rebranded the city in honor of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin in 1925. READ MORE: Zelensky speaks of 'hatred of Russians' The USSR's next leader, Nikita Khrushchev, changed the name to Volgograd after the nearby Volga river in 1961 as part of his 'de-Stalinization' campaign. Since 1991, multiple petitions have been launched to revert the name to either Tsaritsyn or Stalingrad. There have been at least two big campaigns to restore the name Stalingrad. One was spearheaded by the Communist Party in 2013, while another emerged in 2021 and was backed by the party 'A Just Russia – For Truth'. Over the past decade, Volgograd has used the name during events commemorating war victims as a token of respect. A 2023 study by state-owned pollster VTSIOM showed some 67% of the city's residents were skeptical of the name change and wanted to keep living in Volgograd.
Russia Today
20-02-2025
- Politics
- Russia Today
EU state blocks Communist Party website
Latvia has blocked access to the website of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) within its territory. The country's media watchdog has also restricted several Russian media outlets, citing security threats. Latvia's National Electronic Mass Media Council (NEPLP) justifies the decision by stating that the blocked sites distribute content that has been deemed 'contrary to the security and national security interests of the Latvian information space.' According to the official gazette of the Baltic state, Latvijas Vēstnesis, the affected websites also include the Vechernyaya Moskva newspaper, the Gorod 55 and Chelyabinsk Today publications, and the Donetsk News Agency, as well as the Saint Petersburg, Vesti GTRK Murmansk, and Krasnodar TV channels. The NEPLP claims that, while promoting a Russian perspective on global events, these outlets may create a 'false impression' of Russia's actions in the Ukraine conflict and justify the annexation of former Ukrainian territories. The Russian Communist Party has condemned the move as 'unacceptable,' arguing that it undermines freedom of speech and democratic values. Since the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in 2022, Latvian authorities have taken a number of measures to limit Russian media influence within its territory and restricted the use of the Russian language in nearly all spheres of life, despite it being the second-most spoken in the country. Moscow has repeatedly criticized Riga's de-russification policies, calling them a violation of Russian speakers' rights. Last year, Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova announced that Moscow has filed pre-trial claims against Latvia, as well as Lithuania and Estonia, for systemic discrimination against Russian compatriots, arguing that these practices violate the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. According to Zakharova, Russophobia 'has reached a qualitatively new level, particularly in the Baltics.' She vowed earlier that Moscow would seek to 'take proactive measures to hold states accountable that violate their international obligation to eliminate all forms of racial discrimination.'
Memri
10-02-2025
- Politics
- Memri
The People Of Russia Were Deprived Of A Choice Between Plague And Cholera
"In the name of the Benefactor..." "We," the dystopian novel written in 1920-1921 by Russian writer Yevgeny Zamyatin. "What a bad nation we have," was sung in a satirical song written a quarter of a century ago. [1] This is the true history of Russian democracy: The leaders were always dissatisfied with the people and tried to explain to them that they knew better who should rule (themselves, of course). The USSR, with its unbreakable bloc of communists and non-partisans, consistently giving 99 percent for a single candidate in elections, was comical, but obvious. The manuals given to propagandists for discussions with foreigners explained why a unanimous vote for the leader is the highest form of democracy. The dystopia was built in a single country, [2] because the leader was always a Benefactor – both with a small and a capital letter, just like in the dystopian novel "We," by the Russian writer Yevgeny Zamyatin, ("We" is a dystopian novel by Yevgeny Zamyatin, written in 1920. It was not published in the USSR until 1988, because it was considered "ideologically hostile" and "slanderous." It influenced the work of many famous writers of the 20th century, including Aldous Huxley, George Orwell, Ray Bradbury, Kurt Vonnegut, and Vladimir Nabokov). There, in this novel, the head of society – the executioner – was called a Benefactor. But okay, why are we talking about the old and gloomy times? Here it is – the new beautiful Russia, which Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin distorted and vulgarized with his dictatorship. Elvira Vikhareva "Russia, You've Gone Crazy" Anyone familiar with Russian history probably remembers the elections of the 90s, right? The famous slogan of those elections was "Russia, you've gone crazy." [3] The year was 1993: the LDPR (a political party in the USSR and Russian Federation founded on December 13, 1989) won the elections. And then, steadily, the CPRF (an officially registered party in Russia, founded in 1993) [wins the elections] – communists with a clown nose. [4] And the cherry on the electoral cake is Grandpa Yeltsin (a Soviet and Russian party, state and political figure, the first popularly elected President of the Russian Federation (1991-1999), who, being constantly inebriated with vodka, distributed the country among the coffers of his family and close oligarchs, and later practically handed the country over to Vladimir Putin. Was this already a triumph of democracy, or should we have waited a little longer [with this title] – until the current Grandpa, Putin? The problem with Russia is that it was simply not given a chance to breathe. And from the political vacuum of the USSR, the country was plunged into the heavy waters of the most riotous politics. Without experience of swimming even in regular water. If one asks the starving people and those who have only recently lost everything, for whom they will vote – the answer will be obvious. Firstly, [they will vote] for power, because it is a habit, and secondly, for those who will deceive more sweetly. Between these two poles, the "dear Russians" (Boris Yeltsin's favorite expression) rushed until the elections were over for them. There was no third option, because if there were any truly democratic parties with their European ideals in Russia, they could offer nothing but pain, tears, and humiliation for the next coming years. Moses, you know, did not tell the Jews how many (how many?!) years he would be leading them through the desert. Unlike our democrats, he was wise. What did we get in the end? – Putin. Who Will Outlive Whom Surely you have read The Brothers Karamazov, haven't you? You haven't? You should: Fyodor Mikhailovich wrote everything there in an accessible way, in a poem called "The Legend Of The Grand Inquisitor." He, the inquisitor, popularly explained to Christ that humanity does not need the choice that freedom gives. Freedom is a curse, choice is torture. Take away our freedom, but do not make us choose. For detailed explanations, artistic style and a detailed story about Satan's temptations, I will refer you to Dostoevsky, but for now I will simply state: Yes, Putin, as a small but quite real inquisitor, took away choice and freedom, got rid of them as a Benefactor. The people of Russia were deprived of a choice between plague and cholera: the Communist Party and power. Is it surprising, however, that everything ended in war? No, because all this logic about a painful and unnecessary choice, according to Dostoevsky, comes precisely from Satan. The question remains: Could the Russians back then, in the 90s, have made the right political choice? Well, we (my generation) certainly could not have; we were not mature enough. All we could do was watch on TV as our future was buried – in elections, in Chechen wars, in other "historical events." And what about our parents? – I doubt it. A jump from one type of state to another, without historical experience, without property, without levers of influence on the government could not be successful. The redistribution of property in Russia worked, but everything else did not. The economy ran ahead of politics and as expected, it has now stumbled on the rails of war. What to do next, after 25 years of dictatorship? Strangely enough, a generation has grown up that has managed to understand what elections are and is angry now that we do not have them, that these youth were not even asked. A well-fed generation, a generation tired of dictatorship. A generation that cannot yet break the dictatorship but understands what needs to be done when the regime disappears. There is only one question left: Who will outlive whom? Will we outlive the dictatorship, or will the dictatorship outlive us? *Elvira Vikhareva is a renowned Russian opposition politician based in Russia. In 2023, she was poisoned with heavy metal salts. [1] The author refers to "A Different Epoch (Listening Again to Galich)," a song by famous Russian satirical poet Timur Shaov. The phrase suggests that the economic growth of the 2000s did not affect large masses of people. Shaov satirically describes how people in a village complain about the lack of food, despite good "indicators" such as GDP growth. [2] The author mockingly refers to a theory about the possibility of building socialism in the USSR, first outlined in Lenin's article "On the Slogan United States of Europe," 1915. [3] "Russia, You've Gone Crazy" is a catchphrase of publicist Yuri Karyakin. Commenting on the LDPR's victory in the first Duma elections of 1993, he said: "Russia! Come to your senses, you've gone crazy." [4] The author refers to the victories of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation in the parliamentary elections of 1995 and 1999.
