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Washington – Congress is stepping up pressure on the White House to confront Russia over allegations that it is cheating on a key nuclear arms treaty – a faceoff that could further strain US-Moscow relations and dampen President Barack Obama’s hopes to add deeper cuts in nuclear arsenals to his legacy. Butting heads with Russian President Vladimir Putin over compliance
Read moreThe revenue from exporting natural gas is no longer sufficient to subsidize Gazprom’s operation within Russia’s internal market, where the gas prices are one third of what they are in Europe, said Viktor Yatsenko, deputy head of Gazprom’s economic analysis and pricing department, at the Gas Russia 2019 forum. “Let’s be honest with each other and admit that this ‘junction’,
Read moreBy Igor Kossov. Published Dec. 11. Updated Dec. 11 at 5:49 pm The photo, released on Nov. 26, 2019, by the press office of the National Bank of Ukraine, shows new hryvnia banknotes. The hryvnia has been gaining in value throughout the fall season, defying earlier predictions by exporters and economists.Photo by Photo by Yelyzaveta Serhiienko/ Press office NBU The Ukrainian national currency,
Read moreUnited States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Foreign Affairs Minister of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov have discussed results of the meeting of the leaders of the Normandy Four (Ukraine, Germany, Russia and France). Censor.NET reports citing Russian media. Lavrov made a corresponding statement during his visit to Washington on December 10, where he met with US President Donald Trump
Read moreIt may take up to twelve months. Photo from UNIAN https://images.unian.net/photos/2019_12/1576075568-1533.jpg?0.5431240338664898 The Servant of the People parliamentary faction has announced it will draft a new bill on Donbas’ special status. Asked when this bill could be ready, First Deputy Chairman of the Servant of the People faction Oleksandr Korniyenko said: “It may be [ready] in more than six months, but
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Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC) reiterated on Wednesday that it was Russia, “not the Ukrainians,” who meddled in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, a comment that rebuked Republican-led conspiracy theories about Ukraine supposedly interfering in the race to help Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee to undermine the Trump campaign. “How the hell did this whole thing start? What
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Putin’s bodyguard received accreditation for closed negotiations as member of Russian delegation Russian President Vladimir Putin was at a closed meeting of the Normandy Four together with his armed guard, who received accreditation as a member of the Russian delegation. Gordon reports. It is worth noting that people with weapons and bodyguards are not allowed into the negotiation room. “One
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The Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said that Vladimir Putin does not agree with Ukrainian President Zelensky’s use of term “the occupied Donbas,” which he used during the negotiations at the Normandy Four meeting, reports TASS. “During the negotiations, speakers made such a remark every time. They were saying “occupied territories as you say, but we disagree with
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The children of victims of Stalin-era repressions have the right to receive state housing in the cities where their parents had been deported from, Russia’s Supreme Court has said in a landmark ruling Tuesday. Amendments to the 1991 law rehabilitating victims of Soviet-era political repressions adopted in 2005 contradict the Russian Constitution because they make it “impossible” for their children
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The United States planned in 2020 to conduct the largest military exercises in Europe since the end of the Cold War in order to “deter Russia.” American Major General Barre Seguin, who manages the operations of the allies from the NATO military headquarters in Belgium, told about the training, according to Reuters. 20,000 American troops will be deployed to Europe
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16:40, 11 December 2019 EU leaders will hear a report on the situation with the implementation of the Minsk Agreements at a summit in Brussels on December 12. Brussels-based RFE/RL journalist Rikard Jozwiak says the European Union will extend sectoral sanctions against Russia for another six months. “Sanctions on Russia expected to be extended by six months at the European
Read moreChief of the General Staff of the Belarusian Armed Forces Oleg Belokonev said in an interview with Nasha Niva newspaper that Minsk is negotiating with the North Atlantic Alliance on the format of joint military exercises. At the same time, Belokonev stressed that NATO “must realize that Belarus is an ally of Russia.” “Belarus is ready for joint exercises with
Read moreSwedish politician, diplomat, former Prime Minister Carl Bildt has warned Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky against the unjustified persecution of former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. He wrote this on his Twitter account. Bildt commented on a report that Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigation opened criminal proceedings against Poroshenko regarding the signing of the Minsk agreements on the basis of a statement
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The attempted shipment of a Vector 40G turbine from the U.S. to Russia was halted last Tuesday as American authorities caught suspicions that the installation was destined for use in the Russian Arctic, the Kommersant business daily reported. The $6.5 million turbine is produced by U.S. company Dresser-Rand. Its exportation to Russia would mean a violation of U.S. sanctions against the
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The head of Russia’s largest television channel has admitted that airing footage it erroneously claimed to prove Ukraine’s role in the downing of MH17 was a “mistake,” according to a book excerpt published by The New Yorker. Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down over territory controlled by Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, killing 298 people flying from Amsterdam to
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Turkish President Recep Erdogan said that he admires the presidents of the United States and the Russian Federation Donald trump and Vladimir Putin. In particular, Trump Erdogan praised for his frankness, Radio Liberty reports . “ Whether you like it or not, Mr. Trump is an important name. He has no hidden agenda. He tells me things clearly and openly, ”Erdogan said and added that Trump is reciprocated.
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Ukraine – and the importance of Ukraine’s sovereignty – was a “major” topic of his conversation with Lavrov. U.S. President Donald Trump claims he discussed election meddling with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during their closed-door Oval Office meeting Tuesday. Lavrov decried allegations of election meddling in 2016 as baseless during a press conference
Read moreMinister of Defense of Ukraine Andriy Zahorodniuk, commenting on the meeting of the leaders of the Normandy Four countries in Paris, has said that there is a high probability of disruption of agreements at any stage, but the main thing is that a progress has been achieved. “Ukraine has shown the whole world that it will fight for the return
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