Ukrainian President Poroshenko: Russia continues to ignore its obligations
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said at a meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) that Russia's behavior towards Ukraine has not changed over the past three years, that Russia continues to ignore its commitments, and that it [Russia] does not intend to return to the international legal order, as reported on the President's website.
Poroshenko noted that, as a former Ukrainian Representative at PACE, he understands what responsibility lies on the shoulders of …
Russia: increasing cooperation between Georgia and NATO is a threat to security in the region
Russia, Abkhazia and South Ossetia consider Tbilisi’s continuing cooperation with NATO to be “a real threat” to regional security in Transcaucasia, as stated on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
Concerns among the delegations were caused by military exercises of NATO member countries in the territory of Georgia in the summer and autumn of 2017. “A record number of servicemen and heavy equipment was involved. The emissaries of individual NATO states who were present at the exercises …
Russia accuses U.S. of 'stealing its flags' from San Francisco Consulate
Russian flags have disappeared from the building of the Russian consulate in San Francisco, which was seized by U.S. authorities. This was reported by the Russian embassy on its Twitter page.
“This is another disgraceful event. In San Francisco, Russian flags were stolen from the consulate buildings. We demand that the U.S. authorities return our state symbols,” the message says.
The Russian embassy’s statement said that in connection with the incident a strong objection has been sent to the …
Russia accuses US of possible breach of truce in southern Syria, Pentagon denies accusations
On Wednesday, the Russian Defense Ministry accused the Pentagon of a possible breach of the peace agreement in the southern de-escalation zone in the Syrian province of Daraa.
This was elicited by what the Russian military considers “strange coincidences”.
The Russian Ministry of Defense claims that initially they identified vehicles with large-caliber weapons, resembling the vehicles used by the radical Islamists, near the American Al-Tanf base, and then they documented the unobstructed …
Daughter of Putin’s university teacher suggests that Latvia should impose sanctions on her father
Former top manager of PhosAgro, Igor Sychev, and the daughter of the rector of the St. Petersburg National Mineral Resources University, Vladimir Litvinenko and former Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, Olga Litvinenko, gave a speech to the Latvian Parliament (Saeima), as she indicated by Dozhd (Rain) TV.
Sychev and Litvinenko addressed the deputies of the Saeima and representatives of the Support for Russian Civil Society group. They discussed the methods that the Russian …