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Canadian Foreign Ministry calls for maintaining sanctions on Russia
Canadian Foreign Minister Stéphane Dion urged all countries that imposed sanctions against Russia because of its actions against Ukraine to be firm in this matter, and stated that Canada would not ease the sanctions as long as Moscow keeps its current position.
He stated this at a press conference in Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, according to Reuters.
“Russia’s behavior in Ukraine and Syria is problematic, to say the least. That is why it is important to be very frank in our relations with …
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Kremlin: Russia will never discuss the territorial jurisdiction of the Crimea
Russia will never discuss the issue of the Crimea’s territorial jurisdiction and is ready to wait until Europe and the USA realize it, as stated by Russian President Putin’s press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, during an interview with the Associated Press.
"No one in Russia will ever be ready to start any discussion on the Crimea", he said. As noted by the agency, during the interview, Peskov objected to Russia’s actions in the Crimea being called "annexation" and stated that this is a region of …
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Commander of Russian Mediterranean flotilla: Nobody dares to fly over us
According to the commander of the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, captain Sergey Artamonov, the naval strike group of the Russian Navy is maneuvering in the eastern part of the Mediterranean.
“The ships of the strike group have moved into the designated area in the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea, near the western shores of Syria,” said Artamonov in his interview with “Saturday News” on the Russia 1 TV channel.
The captain of the other ship of the flotilla, the Pyotr Velikiy battle …
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US Defense Secretary advises Trump against cooperating with Russia in Syria
US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter advised President-Elect Donald Trump not to cooperate with Russia in Syria, Rosbalt reported.
“The Russians said that they will fight against terrorism and help to remove Bashar al-Assad from power. Nothing has been done. Moreover, Moscow assists Damascus. It only fuels the civil war in the country,” Carter stated in an interview with CBS.
Carter opposes coordinating the actions of US and Russian forces in Syria. According to him, the US President should not …
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Kremlin spokesman: Russia and the US must cooperate to defeat international terrorism
According to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, neither the US nor Russia can defeat terrorism on its own, and it is necessary for the two countries to pursue cooperation, TASS reported.
During a visit to New York to attend the World Chess Championship, Peskov said, “It is impossible to defeat terrorism on your own. It requires cooperation and we have been denied this cooperation. This is the absurdity of the situation.”
Peskov pointed to the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013, saying, “Had the US …
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Putin: The Russian Army does not threaten anyone
Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his surprise regarding the reaction of some of Russia’s western partners to the military exercises of the Russian Army.
“Our Army does not threaten anyone. I would like to stress it again, so that everyone hears, and not only those present in this conference hall,” he stated on Saturday while talking with the workers of the Russian Avtodiesel plant, which is situated in the city of Yaroslavl and is a part of Russian GAZ company.
“But it [the Army] …
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Ukrainian Security Service accuses Russia of preparing provocations to prompt early parliamentary elections
Russia is preparing provocations in order to organize early parliamentary elections in Ukraine. This, as Urianian 112.UA news channel reports, was said during a briefing by the head of the Ukrainian Security Service (SSU), Anatoliy Dublyk.
According to him, another provocation is being prepared on the day of the EU-Ukraine summit with the intention of breaking the process of obtaining a visa-free regime with the European Union.
The SSU’s response to the inquiry of the Ukrayinska Pravda …
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Former US Ambassador in Moscow Michael McFaul banned from entering Russia
The former U.S. Ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul, has been banned from entering Russia, as the diplomat wrote on Friday, 11 November, on his Twitter account.
According to McFaul, the Kremlin has added him to the sanctions list because of his close affiliation with Obama. The Former Ambassador found out about his travel ban when he tried to get a visa to travel to Moscow next month.
"I hope that I am not banned from entering Russia forever. Since 1983, I've been living in and traveling to …
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Russia sets conditions for extending ceasefire around Aleppo
The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that its ready to consider extending the so-called “humanitarian pause” in Aleppo as soon as the UN representatives in Syria officially confirm their readiness and ability to deliver humanitarian aid to the city and and evacuate the injured, women and children.
“The main condition for extending the humanitarian pause in Aleppo is the readiness of the UN humanitarian mission in Syria to deliver the humanitarian aid to the eastern part of the city and also …
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US ambassador to the OSCE: Russia is building up its military power in Crimea
Russia continues to increase military force in the Crimea by expanding military bases and rebuilding the destroyed soviet infrastructure. This was announced on November 10 at the OSCE Permanent Council conference in Vienna by the US representative to the Organization, Ambassador Daniel Baer, the website of the US Mission to the OSCE reports.
"We once again draw the attention of the Permanent Council to the occupation and the attempts to annex the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea by Russia. Russia …