Igor Pimenov News Today

Russian police officer Igor Pimenov has confessed that he and his "colleagues" from the occupation police of Kherson Oblast tortured 27-year-old resident of Hornostayivka Ruslan Rusnak to death, ​​the Russian Telegram channel Astra reported on Feb. 16.

20,000 Latvian residents are subject to an immigration law adopted after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that requires Russian citizens to prove a proficiency in Latvian in order to extend their residency. The policy is part of a host of controversial “de-Russification” measures sweeping the Baltics.