A preliminary agreement between Russian and Japanese Foreign Ministers in January 2012 concerning the facilitation of visa regime between the two countries has been approved by the Prime Minister.

Russia's Foreign Ministry says the USAID is forced to cease its activity in Russia because the agency tried to affect political situation in the country.

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will stop operating in Russia, the U.S. Department of State reported.

Google's refusal to take down the trailer to a controversial film, The Innocence of Muslims, may lead to YouTube's getting blacklisted in Russia according to the new law regulating the Internet content. vK.com has also been warned.

The Prosecutor General’s Office has declared the film “Innocence of Muslims” extremist and plans to ban the scandalous video in Russia.

According to an agreement between Russia and Peru, two hundred Peruvian servicemen will study in Russia’s universities.

British Home Secretary Teresa May has sent a list of 60 officials barred from entering the country in connection with Sergei Magnitsky case, The Sunday Times reported. The Russian ambassador in the UK is currently awaiting explanation from the British side.

U.S. embassy reports reduction of the fees for issuing visas to Russians, as well as extension of a stay in the country.