Turkish Deputy PM: Russia denied its involvement in attack against Turkish military
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister and Government press-secretary Numan Kurtulmuş made a statement during a break during the meeting of the Council of Ministers where he noted that the Turkish government had received confirmation that Russia was not involved in the attack against the Turkish military that occured on November 24th in Syrian city of al-Bab.
According to Kurtulmuş, this was personally confirmed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, TRT reported.
"They have all the evidence and …
Russian MFA: Moscow is ready to assist in reaching political solution in Libya
According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, Moscow is ready to assist in the process of reaching a political solution to the situation in Libya, RIA Novosti reported.
Following a meeting between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Khalifa Haftar, the commander of the armed forces loyal to the elected, internationally backed Libyan government, the Russian Foreign Ministry reported in a statement that “the conversation focused on the development of a military-political solution in Libya, …
Peskov: Russia and Syrian government are discussing the future of Aleppo
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated that discussions about the situation in Aleppo are being carried out on different levels and mostly with the Syrian government.
“As far as Aleppo is concerned, obviously, there is an exchange of opinions on different levels and, mostly, these discussions are being carried out with the legitimate government of Syria,” Peskov stated while answering a question about whether there are any discussions with western partners about the future of Aleppo, reports …
Canada puts more Russian officials on its sanctions list
Canada has imposed sanctions against 15 Russian officials, including six deputies of Russia’s State Duma (Russian Parliament) from the Crimea. This was reported in a press release published on the Canadian Government website.
“In order to maintain the necessary pressure on Russia until it fully complies with its international obligations with respect to Ukraine, the Special Economic Measures (Ukraine) Regulations have been amended to list 15 additional separatist individuals, including six …
Russia warns Kyiv that there will be a military response if Ukraine carries out scheduled missile tests
The Head of the Russian Federal Agency for CIS Countries and International Humanitarian Cooperation, Konstanin Kosachev, warned Ukraine over conducting the missile tests in “Russian airspace”.
“If it comes to the point that we have to use military response, this will, of course, be a most horrible and unpleasant scenario, which all of us have to prevent,“ Kosachev stated at the International Conference of Scientific Research Centers entitled “Crisis of world order, not only a Russian problem . …