President Vladimir Putin appointed the Head of the FSS Evgenyj Zinichev as the acting Governor of the Kaliningrad region, was stated in the text of the Decree on the Kremlin website.
"In connection with the statement of the Governor of the Kaliningrad region N. N. Tsukanov concerning early termination of <...> I resolve: to accept the resignation of the Governor of the Kaliningrad region N. N. Tsukanov at his own request; and appoint Zinichev Evgenyj Nikolayevich the Acting Governor of the Kaliningrad Region until the elected Governor of the Kaliningrad region will enter upon office."
Note, that Major General Yevgenyj Zinichev was appointed Head of the FSS Department for the Kaliningrad region in June 2015.
Material was prepared by the Centre of geopolitical studies referring to the article from“Новый Калининград.Ru”of 28 07 2016
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine filed a lawsuit in the UN International Court of Justice against Russia within the framework of the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, says the site of the Foreign Minister. This is done on the instructions of the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, issued on 16 January.
For effective complex defence of Latvia, the establishment of a permanent division of the National Armed Forces has started in Latgale, reported the official website of the Ministry of Defence.
On 13 January a concert "Together to the victory" was held in Lithuania, where the audience decided to support Ukraine's defence and donated 110 thousand Euros.
Alexander Lukashenko on 9 January signed a decree № 8 "On the establishment of visa-free entry and exit of foreign nationals." The document establishes visa-free entry to Belarus for a period not exceeding 5 days at the entrance through the checkpoint "National Airport Minsk" for citizens of 80 countries, - reported the press service of the President of Belarus.
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