German Foreign Ministry: Unacceptable for UN to involve separatists in negotiations about peacekeepers in Donbas
It is unacceptable for the United Nations to involve separatists in the negotiation process on peacekeeping activity in the Donbas, said German Foreign Ministry spokesman Martin Schaefer, UNIAN reports.
“It is unacceptable and unheard of for the UN to involve separatists in the negotiation process on peacekeeping activity in any region,” Schaefer emphasized.
According to him, it is inappropriate to talk only about the contact line, since the separatists obstruct the OSCE SMM in all Eastern …
US ambassador to Russia affirms legitimacy of closing Russian diplomatic facilities in US
The United States Ambassador to Russia John Tefft said that all of Washington’s actions in closing the Russian consulate building in San Francisco and the trade mission offices in Washington and New York were done in accordance with legislation.
In a joint interview with Radio Svoboda and Voice of America, Tefft refuted the rumors that the Americans had used force to break into the consulate building and search it.
“Nobody broke down doors. Nobody put undue pressure on people. It was all done …
Russia begins command and staff exercises of the Black Sea Fleet
On Wednesday September 6, the military and supply vessels of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet went out to sea to work on ship group control tasks as part of planned command and staff exercises.
According to the press service of the Southern Military District of Russia’s Defense Ministry, during the first stage of the drills the soldiers practiced navigating ships behind mine-clearing equipment.
“At the fleet’s combat training facilities, they are operating the frigate ‘Admiral Grigorovich’, the …
Students in Russian Kuban region will have to memorize news from Russia’s Channel 1 as part of their homework
In Krasnodar Krai, schools will begin holding five-minute information sessions where children recite what they have seen on Channel One News. Kuban officials from the Ministry of Education, Science and Youth Policy say the measure will increase the "effectiveness of civic-patriotic education."
As reported by the Golos Kubani (Voice of Kuban) website, starting from September 1, 2017, all educational organizations of the Krasnodar Region are recommended to conduct weekly, five-minute …
Herashchenko: Ukraine knows the location of 88 prisoners out of 144 held captive by separatists
The representative of Ukraine in the humanitarian sub-group of the Tripartite Contact Group for the settlement of the situation in the Donbas, First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Iryna Herashchenko stated that Ukraine knows where 87 out of the 144 Ukrainian prisoners are held in the Donbas. However, according to her, the separatists have confirmed only 71 hostages, Radio Liberty reports.
"In the last year, the key theme of all the meetings of the humanitarian subgroup has …