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Russian woman Ekaterina Bikovtsova who has moved to Brussels with her husband and young daughter shared her experience of living in the heart of the European Union, Brussels. One of the most striking things that Bikovtsova has seen in Brussels is that the people are extremely tolerant. “People live a quiet peaceful life and are not used to shocks such as the terror attack that occurred in Brussels.” Before the attacks police were already on high alert and were rounding up illegal immigrants and those people who had expired visas. This was because Paris had been rocked by brutal terror attacks just a month earlier. © AFP 2016/ BENOIT DOPPAGNE / BELGA Brussels Airport to Partially Reopen on Sunday After Deadly Terror Attacks But despite the increased police presence in Brussels, the terror attacks were not stopped and the prime reason for that is that the attackers weren’t immigrants, but were born and raised in Brussels. Bikovtsova believes that this tolerance will be the downfall o

The head of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s department for Asian countries said that Daesh militant group is expanding in Afghanistan and wishes to use the country as a “springboard for a wider expansion”. Daesh militant group is expanding in Afghanistan and wishes to use the country as a “springboard for a wider expansion,” the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s department for Asian countries said. “[Daesh] exists [in Afghanistan]. It flourishes and expands. It just acts quietly and gather strength for decisive actions,” Zamir Kabulov, who is also the Russian presidential envoy for Afghanistan, told the Izvestiya newspaper in an interview released Wednesday. According to the official, Daesh has less militants than Taliban, but it does not spend its resources on fighting Afghan and US servicemen in the country. “They have other aims. They need Afghanistan as a springboard for a wider expansion,” Kabulov explained. Afghanistan is experiencing political, social and security instabilit