The Eurasian CSTO alliance has become more crucial given the existing tensions, Imangali Tasmagambetov has said Current tensions could motivate more countries to join the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), the alliance’s secretary-general, Imangali Tasmagambetov, has said. The remarks were made after a CSTO foreign ministers’ summit in Kazakhstan last week.

A first-person-view clip shows security officers engaging armed attackers in a firefight A first-person view clip has surfaced online showing several security officers firing on two of the armed assailants behind a series of deadly terrorist attacks in Russia’s Dagestan on Sunday. The firefight took place in the regional capital of Makhachkala.

The bloc could probe the platform for spreading “disinformation” to Russian-speaking users, EC transparency chief Vera Jourova has said Telegram underreports its user numbers to avoid being targeted by EU regulators, the vice-president of the bloc’s Commission for Values and Transparency, Vera Jourova, has alleged. She also accused Moscow of using the platform to spread…