US prepares new sanctions against Russia because of Skripal poisoning
The US is starting the procedure of imposing a second round of sanctions on Russia for using chemical weapons, US State Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert announced on Tuesday.
November 6 was the deadline given to the Russian government to give international inspectors access to chemical facilities and to provide guarantees that the chemical weaponry would not be used again.
“Today, the department informed Congress we could not certify that the Russian Federation meets the conditions …
Kremlin: Russia and China may establish cross-border payment system in national currencies
Russia and China can create cross-border payment systems using national currency, according to the First Deputy Head of the Russian Government, Executive Office Sergei Prihodko, TASS reports. According to Prihodko, after the American sanctions, “new mechanisms for conducting reciprocal payment are needed.”
“We believe that shifting to payments in national currencies will significantly reduce sanctions risks and dependence of bilateral trade on the US dollar, to avoid exchange rate fluctuations …
Naftogaz claims Gazprom owes Ukraine more than $12 billion
Naftogaz of Ukraine’s new claims against Russian Gazprom under the Stockholm arbitration increased within four months, from $11.6 billion to over $12 billion, reported Interfax, citing Naftogaz CEO Yuriy Vitrenko.
“We shall recover all the money from Gazprom according to the previous decisions of the arbitration court. We have already recovered $2.1 billion in gas and $18 million in cash. We will also collect the remaining $2.6 billion,” emphasized Vitrenko.
On June 6, 2018, Naftogaz filed a …
Lavrov: Israel’s actions threaten the lives of Russian soldiers in Syria
On multiple occasions, Israel’s actions have put the lives of Russian soldiers in Syria at risk, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in an interview with the Spanish newspaper El Pais. He made the comment in response to a question about the Russian-Israeli agreements to cooperate in order to ensure the safety of flights over Syria.
The head of the Russian Foreign Ministry pointed out that the leaders of the two countries, Vladimir Putin and Benjamin Netanyahu, have only reached verbal …
Russian fighter jet flies dangerously close to US Navy surveillance aircraft over the Black Sea
The US Naval Forces Command announced that on Monday, November 5, a Russian Su-27 fighter plane carried out dangerous maneuvers in close proximity to an American EP-3 Aries II surveillance aircraft over the Black Sea.
"A U.S. EP-3 Aries aircraft flying in international airspace over the Black Sea was intercepted by a Russian SU-27. This interaction was determined to be unsafe due to the SU-27 conducting a high speed pass directly in front of the mission aircraft, putting at risk the pilots and …