Natalia Kosikhina, a senator from Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party, called for a ban on Halloween celebrations in all Russian schools on Thursday, denouncing the holiday as an unwelcome Western influence.
Russia’s parliament will consider a law on the confiscation of property from those deemed to have spread disinformation about the military.
In a rather suspiciously timed coincidence, several billboards reading “Alaska Is Ours” appeared in Siberia on Thursday, the day after State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin suggested Russia “take back” Alaska from the United States in retaliation for sanctions.
MOSCOW (AP) — YouTube has banned the channel of Russia’s lower house of parliament, the State Duma, prompting government officials to renew longtime threats against the platform.
