It is unknown at this time whether these sanctions, developed by EU experts, will be finally approved during a meeting of EU leaders on 22 June.EU experts agree on economic sanctions against Belarus / photo by REUTERS The European Union has agreed on economic sanctions against Belarus in response to the Ryanair incident and the arrest of blogger Roman Protasevich . This

Occupied Kerch and Yalta have been hit by floods over the past few days.Danilov reacted to the floods in the Crimea / Photo UNIAN, Vyacheslav Ratinsky Commenting on the Security Council’s climate initiatives, Oleksiy Danilov, Secretary of the National Security Council of Ukraine, drew attention to the  flood in the occupied Crimea. This was discussed at a briefing following a meeting of the

Moscow reported its highest-ever number of new coronavirus infections Friday, as the city’s health authorities warned “new, aggressive mutations” of the virus were spreading at an alarming pace. Russia’s national coronavirus task force confirmed 9,056 new Covid-19 cases in Moscow over the last 24 hours — a 46% surge on the previous day. Mayor Sergei Sobyanin moved Friday to extend a limited

Over the past two days, an increase in mortality associated with COVID-19 has been recorded in Russia. Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova said this, as Interfax reports. In the last two days, we have recorded a rise in mortality by 14%. If before that we recorded a decrease in mortality rates for the entire period, starting from December last year, until the

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba speaks during an interview in Kyiv, Ukraine, June 17, 2021. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich KYIV, June 17 (Reuters) – Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Thursday he welcomed U.S. President Joe Biden’s tough messaging when he met President Vladimir Putin this week and said now was the time to make Russia withdraw from Ukraine. In the

America is heading for default, according to Oleg Deripaska, a billionaire and a key shareholder of the holding companies En+ and the Gaz Group. According to the businessman, the impending default of the world’s largest economy is evidenced by the “fall in popularity of the dollar.” “The dollar is still the world’s top reserve currency, but its popularity has already

REUTERS The National Security and Defense Council imposed sanctions on Dmytro Firtash and Pavel Fuchs. This was announced at a briefing by Secretary of the Security Council Alexei Danilov. (C)UNIAN 2021

Update:  One person died during a heavy rainstorm in Yalta, said the head of Crimea, Sergei Aksenov. In Yalta, which was flooded due to torrential rains, the water supply is turned off, TASS reports with reference to the mayor of the city Yanina Pavlenko. In Yalta, schedules for supplying water to the population will be formed, Pavlenko said, urging residents to

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said in an interview with Channel One that 89.3% of Muscovites infected with COVID-19 had a strain of the delta coronavirus . The latest data that we received, 89.3% of patients fell ill with a mutated coronavirus, the so-called delta, this is an Indian strain. And he turned out to be more aggressive, which spreads faster. And the most unpleasant thing

The Moscow Department of Health said that it temporarily “for the safety of patients” banned the provision of routine medical care , for example, operations, to people who had not been vaccinated against coronavirus before hospitalization. The new rules do not affect patients with oncological and hematological diseases, as well as patients with contraindications for vaccination. (C)MEDUZA 2021

   French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian says there are currently no conditions for Ukraine’s accession to NATO. “No, because at the moment the conditions for this have not yet been created,” Le Drian said on the air of BFM TV channel when asked about his position on Ukraine, which “wants to join NATO.” At the same time, he stressed

Nile Gardiner. 17th June 2021 President Biden’s summit with Vladimir Putin in Geneva was hyped in advance by the Biden team as a demonstration of American leadership on the world stage. In the end, it was a display of weakness rather than strength, offering the Russian dictator a global media opportunity to defend his tyranny and destructive foreign policy. Biden

The situation in Moscow is rapidly deteriorating. The dynamics are unexpected. 60% of Muscovites either got sick or were vaccinated – we expected not an increase, but a decrease in the incidence. Most likely, we are faced with new, more aggressive strains. In a matter of days, the number of cases increased from three thousand to seven, and tomorrow it will be nine thousand. This

EU: Russia bears responsibility for so-called ‘republics’ and is party to conflict in eastern Ukraine 17.06.2021 10:34In the communication of the High Representative of the EU and the European Commission on further relations with Russia, the European side explicitly calls the Kremlin a party to the conflict in Donbas and expresses concern over Moscow’s attempts to present itself as a

Kravchuk says that Khrushchev was met in 1954 by Russians in the Crimea with a call to take them away.Kravchuk called the real amount, which cost Ukraine a “gift” from the Communists / photo UNIAN The first president, Leonid Kravchuk, denied rumors that USSR Secretary General Nikita Khrushchev allegedly “gave” Crimea to Ukraine in 1954. According to him, the peninsula cost Kyiv more

The Moscow Mayor’s Office allowed companies to suspend employees who refused to be vaccinated against coronavirus from work without paying salaries. According to TASS, this was announced by Sergey Mironov, authorized in the sphere of restaurant business in the capital. “We discussed [with the mayor’s office] the situation with the workers: can we remove them if they refuse to be vaccinated. We

At 3pm CET Ukraine will face Macedonia. A managable task in my opinion.   At 6pm my Danes will face the proxy-hollanders from Belgium. A more difficile task concerning Lukaku. But we have the best team. We qualified with 9:0 points and 14:0 goals in our group. So, i wish both teams all of luck and two classic games for

14.6.2021. Halya Coynash Servet Gaziev during the attack in court on 10 June 2021 Photo Crimean Solidarity  Prison staff pumped 61-year Servet Gaziev up with painkillers on 10 June, before sending the gravely ill Crimean Tatar political prisoner to the latest hearing in Russia’s trial of 25 Crimean Tatar civic activists and journalists.  The prosecutor and court needed to be