Russian authorities do not allow American diplomats to remove their belongings from the property seized by Russia
American diplomats in Russia could not get into the embassy house in the Serebryany Bor for two days, as stated by the US diplomatic mission, Interfax reports.
“That's right, we were denied access, both yesterday and today,” said Maria Olson, the Press Secretary of the Embassy in response to the request to confirm the messages that US representatives cannot get into the building.
She added that the diplomatic mission staff couldn’t get into the dacha to pick up their personal things left …
Pro-Russian separatist added Russian soldier captured by Ukrainian Army in Donbas to prisoner-exchange list
During a skype conference with the Minsk humanitarian subgroup, the DPR and LPR (officially - separate regions of Donetsk and Luhansk regions - ORDLO) demanded the release of the captured Russian military officer, Ageyev, as part of the prisoner exchange program. The DPR and LPR consider Ageyev to be a "soldier," as stated by the representative of Ukraine in the humanitarian subgroup of the Tripartite Contact Group, Iryna Herashchenko, on her Facebook page.
"Ukraine's position here is …
Ukraine prepares lawsuit against Russia for murder of 17 year-old Ukrainian by separatist commander
The Ukrainian government intends to file a lawsuit against Russia in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in connection with the murder of 17 year-old Stepan Chubenko, goalkeeper for the Avanhard Kramatorsk football club, in June 2014.
A statement to this effect was made by Deputy Prosecutor General Yevgeny Enin on Facebook, in a comment regarding Russia’s release of Vadim Pogodin, one of the murderers and commander of the illegal armed group “Kerch”.
“The Prosecutor General’s Office of …
German Foreign Minister calls new U.S. sanctions against Russia 'unlawful'
German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel hopes that U.S. President Donald Trump will prevent his country from imposing energy sanctions on Russia in their current form, reported German broadcasting company Deutsche Welle.
“We ... are happy that the American president has not yet decided what he is going to do. He has the opportunity to discuss these sanctions with us, considering European interests,” Gabriel said.
“I am in very close contact with my American counterpart,” the German foreign …
Ukraine signs first contract to import coal from US
On July 31, the state power generation company Centerenergo announced that it had made a contract to import American coal from the company Xcoal Energy and Resources.
As reported on Centrenergo’s website, the contract was signed as early as July 14, in keeping with the agreements between the presidents of Ukraine and the US which were achieved during Petro Poroshenko’s visit to the US.
According to the contract terms, Centrenergo is expecting to receive 700,000 tons of American coal by the …