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Media: Latvia considers recognizing Russian TV channels as foreign agents
The Latvian Social Democratic Workers’ Party (LSDWP) has prepared a petition calling for the adoption of a law that would give the Russian TV channels in the country the status of foreign agents, reported Russian newspaper Izvestiya.
The request was registered by LSDWP board member Raymond Leijnieks-Puke. According to the news outlet, the document was placed on the official social initiatives platform, where citizens can collect the necessary 10,000 signatures for the document to be …
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Media: Russian air strikes leave dozens of victims in Syria
In Syria, as a result of the bombing that was carried out on December 3 by the Syrian military aircraft with the support of the Russian warplanes, at least 19 civilians were killed in the area of East Ghouta, located near the capital of Damascus, reports DW, citing as a source the Syrian Monitoring Center for Human Rights Observance.
According to observers, the air strikes were inflicted on several cities in Eastern Ghouta. Most of the victims of the bombings were in the city of Hammuria, …
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EU removes Russian-made fuel required for Mars expedition from sanctions list
The European Union has lifted part of the restrictions imposed on the Russian Federation, allowing the sale and purchase of hydrazine space rocket fuel needed for a Russian-European joint project, the ExoMars.
The November 30 decision on lifting the sanctions was published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Restrictions were lifted specifically on operations that provide technical support, financing or funding regarding the sale, supply, shipment, transfer, export and import, …
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US Ambassador to Russia: US will lift sanctions when Ukrainian issue is settled
The removal of sanctions from Russia depends to a large extent on the resolution of the situation in Ukraine, as stated by the US Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman Jr.
"Many sanctions were imposed not only by the United States, but also by Europe because of the situation with Ukraine. If we can resolve the issue with Ukraine, namely: if we come to the agreements that will be arranged for both sides, then we will get a positive outcome" he said in an interview to the TV channel "St. Petersburg". …
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Russia armed the Black Sea Fleet with more than 50 warships since annexation of Crimea
During an interview with the Interfax news agency, Aleksandr Vitko, Commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, stated that Moscow has transferred more than 50 new warships, boats and auxiliary vessels for "tasks in the Mediterranean and Black Seas” since 2014.
"Over the past three years, we have received more than 50 new warships, boats and auxiliary vessels, which without a long commissioning period immediately began realization of tasks ", Interfax quotes Vitko as saying.
According to Vitko, …