Kyiv: Purchasing coal in the USA is a justified step

In an interview with the television program Persha Spalta, Minister of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine Ihor Nasalik said that the purchase of coal from the United States of America is a justified step and it has nothing to do with corruption.  

“Regarding Pennsylvania - this is not a corruption scheme, this issue was worked out with the U.S. State Department, with the embassy, and at the presidential level. To say that there is some kind of corrupt scheme is ridiculous…The price that was …


Russia destroyed 17,000 tons of foreign food products over the last two years

In Russia, since August 6, 2015, about 17,000 tons of food products imported from countries that fell under Russia’s food embargo have been destroyed, the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor) reported.

The territorial offices in Bryansk, Smolensk, Tver and Pskov regions located on the administrative border with Belarus are the most active in identifying the sanction products because the main attempts to smuggle prohibited products go through those …


Former Russian ambassador says Russia will never abandon its diplomatic estate in the USA

Russia will seek access to its diplomatic residences in the United States and will not give up the right to them, stated the former Russian Ambassador to the United States, Sergey Kislyak on Russia 24 TV, RIA Novosti reports. "We are going to fight [for this property]; we will never give up our rights to this dacha. And we'll see what happens next," Kislyak said.

Kislyak accused the USA of violating international law. "They deprived us of access to our property. The Soviet state had paid a lot …


Americans to invest $100 million in gold mining in Ukraine

The American company, Avellana Gold, has developed a project to extract gold and gold-polymetallic ore in Transcarpathia (Zakarpattia Region of Ukraine), and will invest about $100 million in this project, as reported by the State Service of Ukraine on Geodesy, Cartography, and Cadastre.

The company plans to develop new infrastructure and a development strategy for the Muzhijevo deposit using modern equipment. The old infrastructure of the Muzhijevo deposit limited the capacity of the mine, …


Lavrov: Russia will respond to US sanctions

Russia intends to respond to all unfriendly actions of the US, as stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov following a meeting with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Manila, Russian Foreign Ministry reported.

The representatives of the Russian Federation and the United States discussed the crisis in relations at the meeting. In this regard, Lavrov said that “the US bill on sanctions against Russia had become another link in a chain of steps that are unfriendly and dangerous to …