• Venezuela to pay for Russian imports in local cryptocurrency

    Venezuela, which is suffering from depleted dollar reserves, hyperinflation and economic crisis, intends to pay for goods and services from Russia with its own cryptocurrency, the “petro”, Venezuelan Foreign Trade Minister José Vielma Mora announced. According to him, this arrangement was discussed during the session of the bilateral intergovernmental commission in Caracas.

    The first recipient of the Petro instead of dollars in Russia may be Russia’s truck manufacturer Kamaz, with whom …

  • Russia promises responding to Poland over demolition of Soviet monuments

    Russian ambassador to Poland, Sergey Andreyev, discussed the measures to be taken by Moscow against Warsaw in response to the demolition of Soviet-era monuments dedicated to soldiers and liberators, the Izvestia newspaper reports. According to Andreyev, the most appropriate response in this situation would be to raise the world's awareness about the policy and conduct of the Polish authorities.

    “This is the purpose of the protests which we bring on each occasion to Poland. We constantly bring …

  • European Parliament delegation to visit Ukraine to assess the progress of reforms

    The delegation of the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs will visit Ukraine to assess the progress of reforms and the use of EU financial assistance, the press office of the Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine reported.

    Parliamentarians will also discuss the implementation of the association agreement between the EU and Ukraine in the light of the report of the European Parliament, which will be made public soon.

    The delegates will also meet with Verkhovna Rada deputies, …

  • Stoltenberg: international coalition to stay in Syria until ISIS is destroyed

    The international coalition led by the United States will be in Syria for as long as it takes to completely destroy the militants of Islamic States, as stated by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg during a meeting with American students in Dallas. According to the Head of the North Atlantic Alliance, there are still traces of the terrorists’ presence in Iraq and Syria.

    "NATO units are not present in Syria ‘on the ground’ but the Alliance is part of the international coalition," …

  • Ukraine accuses Russia of organizing a terrorist attack in Kyiv

    The Security Service of Ukraine accused the General Staff of the Russian Federation of organizing terrorist attacks in Kyiv near Espreso TV, where the Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada, Ihor Mosiychuk was injured.

    Two people died and four were injured at an explosion at the building exit of the Espreso TV station in Kyiv at the end of October 2017. The deceased were former employee of the Ministry of Internal affairs Mykhailo Mormil, walking nearby and Police Staff Sergeant Ruslan Kushnir. …

  • Denmark is ready to join the boycott of 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia

    Representatives of the Danish authorities are likely to join the diplomatic boycott of the 2018 World Cup in Russia, DR Nyheder reports.

    Representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark Michael Aastrup Jensen said that members of the royal family and other government officials will join the UK and Iceland in not attending the matches of the world championship held in Russia.

    "It will be difficult for Danish officials to go to Russia for this football festival. I do not think we …

  • Media: Ukrainians bought thousands of FIFA World Cup 2018 tickets

    Football 24 news outlet reports that Ukrainian citizens purchased more than four thousand tickets for 2018 World Cup matches in Russia.

    According to the publication’s source, FIFA sold 2,053 tickets for tournament matches to Ukrainian fans during the second phase, which lasted from December 5, 2017 to April 3, 2018.

    The first phase lasted from September 14 to November 28, 2017. During this time, Ukrainian fans purchased 2,087 tickets. Thus, the total number of tickets at the moment is 4,140. …

  • Kremlin urges Washington to return Russian diplomatic property in the US

    At a meeting of the UN Security Council on Thursday, April 5, Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya, called on Washington to return diplomatic property it has seized from Russia.  

    "The United States has seized diplomatic property from Russia, including Russian property for the Permanent Mission to the United Nations here in New York, and has established a 25-mile zone of restriction on our diplomats. It does not extend nor issue American visas to them," Nebenzya said. …

  • European Commission: EU economy unharmed by Russian sanctions

    The EU’s economy is not harmed by placing sanctions on Russia, Russia does not have enough money to develop its economy, and Russian counter-sanctions against the EU do not work – the exportation of agricultural goods and food products from the EU to Russia have adjusted to the new realities and grown by 16%.

    According to LB.ua news outlet, this was the topic at a session of the NATO Permanent Representatives Committee on March 28, 2018, during discussion of the effect of EU sanctions on the …

  • Ukrainian Minister of Defense: Russia continues to build its military presence near Ukrainian border

    Russia is not going to agree to stop armed aggression in the east of Ukraine, Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak believes.

    In an interview with the Uriadovy Courier he stated that the probability of the escalation of the conflict in the Donbas into full-scale aggression with the backing of the Kremlin has not diminished.

    “We absolutely expect that the aggressive actions will continue in the east of Ukraine. Moreover, there is a possibility of the conflict escalating into full-scale aggression …