The platform lacks transparency and is filled with “Russian activities,” Ukraine’s culture minister has alleged Ukraine needs to introduce a kind of “regulatory” mechanism for Telegram, Culture Minister Alexander Tkachenko has said. The minister made the remarks in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine published on Friday.

Ambassador Lynne Tracy’s public statements have drawn sharp rebukes from the Kremlin US ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy has argued that the Kremlin shouldn’t use the term “Anglo-Saxons” to describe American and British leadership, as the US is “enriched” by immigrants. Tracy’s tenure in Moscow has already proven contentious, with Russia’s Foreign Ministry accusing her…

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