Speaker of Ukrainian Parliament: Nord Stream 2 pipeline is Russia’s tool for putting pressure on EU

During the international conference devoted to the discussion of the international security issues, the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Andriy Parubiy stated that Russia is promoting the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project to put political pressure on the EU, to disseminate corruption schemes and to weaken the European countries.

"Twice, even when it was extremely cold, the Russian Federation stopped supplying gas to Ukraine, demanding political impact on the situation in our country. …


Head of DPR Zakharchenko threatens to open fire on the UN mission

If the UN mission is deployed in the Donbas without consent of the DPR authorities,  the DPR military will have to open fire on the UN peacekeepers , said the head of Donetsk People’s Republic, Alexander Zakharchenko.

 “The UN mission will not enter here without the consent of the DPR. Otherwise… they will become targets. We will just have one more enemy. The more enemies we have, the easier it is to shoot; no need to aim,” he stated.

 During recent meetings in the Normandy format, consensus …


EU summit calls on Russia to accept responsibility for downing of flight MH17

The leaders of 28 EU member states called on Russia to accept responsibility for downing Malaysian Boeing 777 flight MH17, which was shot down in the skies over the Donetsk region on July 17, 2014.

The EU Council published a statement on their website outlining conclusions of the first day of the summit held in Brussels, attended by EU heads of state and government. “The European Council reiterates its full support for the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 2166 concerning the …


Warsaw: Poland is far from a joint historical declaration with Ukraine

The common historical declaration between Ukraine and Poland "is not even visible on the horizon,” Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland Bartosz Cichocki said, the Polish edition of Wpolityce reported.

"In a dialogue with Ukraine, we got stuck on the issue of an administrative ban on conducting search and exhumation. This prohibition shows how different our views are on historical truth," he says.According to Cichocki, the question of a common historical declaration is not being …


Russia threatens to close France 24 TV channel

Russia's state media regulator Roskomnadzor threatened to stop broadcasting France 24 TV chanel the day after the French Superior Council of Audiovisual (CSA) issued a warning to the Russian channel RT France for inaccurate reporting on Syria.

Roskomnadzor stated that the French channel violated Russian legislation, Russian media reported.

Roskomnadzor employees allegedly found that the editorial activity of France 24 is directed by a foreign legal entity. This violates Russian law on the …