A top Ukrainian diplomat called Russia a "terrorist state" on June 6 as he opened his country's case against Moscow at the United Nations' highest court, and lawyers argued that Russia bankrolled a "campaign of intimidation and terror" by separatists in eastern Ukraine in 2014.
The US Treasury imposed sanctions on seven Russians allegedly linked to Moscow’s intelligence services, accusing them of involvement in a plot to overthrow Moldova’s pro-Western government.
Irene Khan, UN special rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression, expressed concerns over the rise in hate speech in Serbia following two mass-killing incidents in the Balkan nation.