Russian President spoke about Poroshenko's factory in Lipetsk region
Russian President Vladimir Putin said the Roshen factory in the Lipetsk region that belongs to the President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, is working steadily, though, there are claims from the Russian tax authorities regarding it.
"We strive to respect the right of property. We are by no means always able to do that and we need to correct our practice; much remains to be done with the legislation, but we will always strive for this," the President said, speaking at a session of the Valdai …
Romania is concerned by the increase in Russian activity near NATO’s eastern borders
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania, Sebastian Neculăescu, stated during discussions within the Warsaw Security Forum that Romania is strengthening military cooperation with neighboring countries and NATO partners due to the increase in military activity near the eastern flank of the Alliance, as reported by Evropeyskaya Pravda.
“We see the greatest threats from the east and south, of course; the events that we had witnessed in the east are the major concern for Romania. The lack of …
Foreign Minister Klimkin excluded the possibility of holding elections in the Donbas
Even if all the security arrangements are fulfilled, elections will not be held in the so-called “grey zones,” which have been occupied by Donetsk and Luhansk separatists since September 2014. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Pavlo Klimkin, explained the matter on the Channel 24 TV program Levyi Bereg with Sonya Koshkina on the 27th of October, 2016.
"Even if we hold the elections according to all security conditions in all the gray zones that were occupied after September, 2014, …
Russian Foreign Ministry: Assumptions that aircraft carrier will be involved in attacks on Aleppo are 'absurd'
The Russian Foreign Ministry said that NATO’s assumptions that the Russian aircraft carrier group will take part in military operations in Aleppo are “absurd.” Andrei Kelin, Deputy Director of European Cooperation Department, told RIA Novosti that Russian aircraft have not approached a Syrian town for “the ninth day.”
Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg earlier expressed concern that the deployment of the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier in the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea …
Europe is concerned about Russia’s declared right to deploy nuclear weapons to Crimea
On the 27th of October, the European Parliament overwhelmingly adopted the Nuclear Safety and Non-Proliferation resolution during the plenary session in Strasbourg. In the text of the resolution, the European parliamentarians expressed concerns about threats to use nuclear weapons posed by Russia and called on nuclear-weapon states to reduce the number of nuclear weapons and the role of non-peaceful atomics in the military doctrine.
The European Parliament pointed out troubling examples such …