• Less than 20 companies expressed willingness to take part in the industrial park in Crimea

    A preliminary agreement on the organization of production in the industrial park of Sevastopol was signed by 17 Russian enterprises. The companies specialize in machinery, instrument making and glassware production, as stated by Nikolay Brusnikin, Head of the City Department for Priority Development Projects, RIA Crimea reports.

    "The Corporation for Development of Sevastopol, which oversees the industrial park project, had sent at least 100 appeals to Russian manufacturing companies. Half of …

  • Relatives of those killed in Russian Tu-134 crash on its way to Syria preparing a lawsuit

    Relatives of those killed in the Tu-154 crash in Sochi in December 2016 are preparing an appeal to the Moscow court, as stated by lawyer, Igor Trunov, TASS reports.

    "Today, I was approached by the relatives and friends of those killed in the Sochi air crash on December 25th, which killed 92 people. At the moment, agreements [with the relatives] have been signed and documents are being collected, as we are preparing a legal case to be sent to the court," he said.

    The lawyer explained that the …

  • Poland not satisfied with the Ukrainian assurances in the absence of anti-Polish sentiment

    Warsaw is pleased with the lack of anti-Polish sentiment in Ukraine, but the country still expects "specific proposals on historical issues” from Kyiv, as stated by the Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Witold Waszczykowski.

    "The statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine that there is no anti-Polish sentiment in Ukrainian society is very encouraging. However, in historical issues, we expect concrete steps,” Polish Radio quotes him as saying. At the same time, the diplomat noted …

  • Russian Ambassador speaks about 'delicate' lawsuit against US over diplomatic property

    Russia is carrying out "thorough and delicate" work to prepare a lawsuit against the US regarding the blocking by US authorities of access to Russian diplomatic property in the United States, Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov told RIA Novosti on the sidelines of the Russian-American Science Association (RASA-US) Conference,

    "We are working with the lawyers, thoroughly working on gathering documents. This is work that requires time," said Antonov.

    In late August, the US …

  • International investigation reveals that Ukrainian President set up an offshore company to avoid taxes and not to facilitate the sale of his chocolate business

    The purpose of creating an offshore corporation for Roshen, a confectionary business owned by President Petro Poroshenko, could be to minimize taxes rather than transferring the business into a blind trust for further sale, as indicated in an investigative report conducted by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), an independent investigative journalism community, and the Slidstvo-info investigative journalism outlet, reported Hromadske TV.

    According to the investigation, …

  • Ukraine to appeal to UNESCO over the damage to Bakhchysarai Khan Palace in the Russian-annexed Crimea

    The Ministry of Culture of Ukraine expresses its protest against the actions of Crimean authorities for carrying out illegal restoration work at the Bakhchysarai Museum-Reserve and appealed, in particular, to UNESCO with a request to once again call on the Russian Federation to comply with the norms of international legislation, as reported on the website of the Ministry of Culture.

    "The Ministry of Culture is outraged by the large-scale illegal restoration of the Khan Palace National Monument …

  • Russian Ambassador to the US: At the next meeting Trump and Putin will discuss Syria and North Korea

    Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump will meet on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit where they could discuss the fight against terrorism and conflicts in Syria and North Korea, as stated by Russia's ambassador to the US, Anatoly Antonov, RIA Novosti reports.

    According to Antonov, "You don't have to be a politician or a diplomat to understand that the main problem is the fight against international terrorism." Antonov believes that …

  • Poroshenko and Tillerson discussed peacekeeping mission in the Donbas

     Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s and United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson conducted a telephone conversation, as reported on the web site of the Ukrainian President.

    "Both sides expressed satisfaction with the implementation of the agreements reached between the presidents of Ukraine and the US during their meeting in New York. Poroshenko thanked Tillerson for Ukraine's support during the ongoing Russian aggression," the report says.

    The interlocutors coordinated further …

  • Russian Ambassador to U.S. complains that congressmen do not want to meet with him

    Russia’s ambassador to the U.S. Anatoly Antonov said that he regularly receives refusals to inquiries about meeting with congressmen, RIA Novosti reported.

    “I can tell you that all my requests to the Congress have been refused. I am very happy for Mr. Huntsman, (U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Huntsman) that our parliamentarians warmly welcomed him. They expressed their willingness to work with him. Perhaps movement from our side will be able to move the situation from dead center,” Antonov …

  • Russia considers restoring its military base in Cuba

    The Russian military base in Cuba must be reestablished so that Russia can protect itself against the hostile actions of NATO and the US, said Frants Klintsevich, First Deputy Chairperson of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security.

    “I believe that all efforts must be made, but our base – both naval and aviation – has to be in Cuba. This is a crucial aspect,” Interfax cites the senator as saying.

    Klintsevich called the deployment of US anti-missile defense systems around …