Russian embassy accuses US of 'double standards' with RT
In a statement on the Facebook, the Russian embassy accused the US of “double standards” due to Washington’s demand that the Russian TV channel RT register as a foreign agent.
“Our signals have been ignored. The RT affiliates in the US have still been given an ultimatum to register as foreign agents by November 13… The RT team’s journalistic work in the US has already been disrupted” the diplomats’ statement reads. In their opinion, the American authorities have “set a dangerous precedent”. …
IMF refuses loan to Belarus
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has advised Belarus to abolish the so-called "tax on parasitism".
Based on the outcomes of the Fund's mission in Minsk, the IMF also proposed that the Belarusian authorities abolish the target for the monthly salary, which should be reached by the end of 2017. Instead, the IMF recommends for Belarus "to allow enterprises to adjust their salaries based on labor productivity."
The head of the IMF mission, Peter Dolman, also reported on the suspension of …
US Congress approved allocation of $350 million of military assistance to Ukraine
The draft of the US defense budget for the 2018 fiscal year assumes that $350 million will be allocated to provide security assistance to Ukraine. The details of the document approved by the Senate and House of Representatives Armed Services Committees are posted on the Senate Committee’s website.
"The NDAA ( National Defense Authorization Act) authorizes $350 million to provide security assistance to Ukraine, including defensive lethal assistance. The legislation restricts half of these funds …
Poland denies entry to Ukrainian historian
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland barred entry into the country for the Director of the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance, Volodymyr Viatrovych, as reported by dziennik.pl.
A few days ago, the head of the Polish Foreign Ministry, Witold Waszczykowski announced that Poland had begun the procedure for imposing a ban on entry on an official who blocked the exhumation of Polish victims killed in Volhynia.
The Polish edition confirms that the ban was precisely for Viatrovych. …
Poland agreed to hold Presidential Consultation Committee with Ukraine
Chief of the Cabinet of the President of Poland, Krzysztof Szczerski, agreed to Ukraine’s proposal to hold a meeting of the Consultative Committee of the President of Poland and Ukraine in the near future, as reported by Polskie Radio.
It was noted that Poland is ready to accept the Ukrainian delegation "to clarify the state of Polish-Ukrainian relations." According to the presidential office, it will be "one more opportunity, after visits to Ukraine by the First Deputy Prime Minister, Piotr …