While foreign social networks were losing their users in Russia in the blocking conditions, Telegram, a Russian-made messenger, was only increasing its audience. Forbes, a publishing company, with reference to various analytical sources, published summary data for 2022, where the figures were as follows. Over the past six months, Telegram’s audience has grown by 66%,…

Former Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon has denied any wrongdoing after being arrested by police and questioned on Sunday. Sturgeon was released without charge, amid a probe into alleged financial misconduct by the Scottish National Party (SNP).

The bloc’s envoys have refused to meet with Russia’s Sergey Lavrov, the foreign ministry has said Ambassadors from EU member states in Russia have “completely discredited themselves” and failed their own citizens, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said, accusing them of refusing to meet Moscow’s top diplomat Sergey Lavrov.