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reported. He said that almost 75% of citizens voted against the use of Russian as the second state language in a 2012 referendum.
Estonia to bar entry to Russians with Estonian-issued Schengen visas. According to the Estonian government, the rule doesn’t affect permanent residents, employees directly involved in the transportation of goods and passengers, Russian embassy employees and their family members, and people visiting close relatives. The decision will enter into effect on Aug. 18.
Scholz opposes the idea of an EU-wide entry ban for Russians. "This is (Vladimir) Putin's war. And that's why I have a hard time with this idea," German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Aug. 11. Scholz said that punitive measures should be aimed at people who make decisions in Moscow rather than all Russians. Contrary, the Estonian government announced that it would not allow most Russians with Estonian-issued Schengen visas to enter the country starting on Aug. 18.
Medvedev's account calls for occupying Georgia, Kazakhstan, aide claims it's been hacked. Russian media reported that Dmitry Medvedev, an ex-president and deputy chairman of Russia' Security Council, had published a post on social network VK saying that Georgia should be merged into Russia. He also said that Kazakhstan is an artificial state, accusing it of launching a "genocide" against Russians and adding that order will be restored there only when Russia interferes. The post was deleted from Medvedev’s account shortly after it was published. Later a Medvedev aide said the account had been hacked.
US imposes sanctions on Putin's alleged mistress Kabaeva, Russian proxies. The U.S. Department of the Treasury has expanded the list of sanctioned individuals, targeting Alina Kabaeva, a former gymnast and Russian President Vladimir Putin's alleged mistress. Among another 12 new sanctioned people are Russia's proxies in occupied Kherson Oblast Volodymyr Saldo and Kirill Stremousov, as well as Russian proxy in occupied Mariupol Kostyantyn Ivashchenko.
Multiple explosions reported at Russian military airbase in occupied Crimea. A series of loud blasts were heard from the direction of a Russian military airbase in the western part of occupied Crimea in late afternoon on Aug. 9, according to multiple media reports. Shortly after the explosions took place, videos of black smoke rising above what is believed to be Russia's Saki Air Base in Novofedorivka captured from a nearby beach began appearing on the internet.
The Kremlin claims explosions in Crimean airfield were caused by munitions detonation. Following reports of explosions in Russian-occupied
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