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Kremlin: U.S. will try to block certification of Nord Stream 2 pipeline
Russia believes that the U.S. has abandoned the sanctions against the participants of North Stream-2 pipeline, but intend to try to block its certification, said Russia's Permanent Representative to the EU Vladimir Chizhov, RIA Novosti reports.
"The U.S. position is that the construction cannot be stopped. But after the construction comes the certification period. Here they can put some more sticks in our wheels," Chizhov said.
At the same time, Chizhov assured. that the Russian authorities …
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U.S. and EU demand suspending all air traffic over Belarus
Lukashenko’s special operation to force the landing of a Ryanair plane in Minsk using combat aviation risks turning into a tightening of Western sanctions against Belarus, including expulsion from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and ban on civil flights over its territory.
The operation, which resulted in the detention of Roman Protasevich, founder and former editor-in-chief of the Telegram channel NEXTA, is an act of "state terrorism," Manfred Weber, head of the European …
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U.S. decides not to impose sanctions against Nord Stream 2 AG and its CEO
Joseph Biden’s administration imposed and immediately suspended sanctions against the operator of the Nord Stream 2 project, Nord Stream 2 AG, and its CEO Matthias Warnig, according to the State Department’s report sent to Congress on Wednesday, May 19. U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Robert Menendez confirmed that the document had been received.
“I have determined that it is in the national interest of the United States to waive the application of sanctions on Nord Stream 2 …
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Ukraine provides list of military needs to U.S.
Ukraine has given the U.S. a list of the most urgent needs of its Armed Forces and expects to receive this assistance, said Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in an interview with Deutsche Welle.
"We gave the U.S. a list of the most urgent needs of the Ukrainian army. Some items on this list are easier to accomplish, others are harder. We don't expect to get everything at once, but we are making progress on these items, which can be obtained at the moment. I have no doubt that we will …
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Russia expels US embassy spokesperson
Russia expels Rebecca Ross, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Embassy in Moscow. According to the Russian newspaper Kommersant, she was one of ten American diplomats whom the Kremlin declared persona non grata in response to a similar move by the US authorities.
Ross was included in the list because the U.S. authorities have been preventing Moscow from filling the vacant position of Russian press secretary at the embassy in Washington for six months. Kommersant claims that the U.S. sent back the visa …
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Kyiv: U.S. expresses support for Ukraine joining NATO Membership Action Plan
During the meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the U.S. side fully supported Ukraine's admission to the NATO Membership Action Plan (MAP), said Head of the Presidential Administration Andriy Yermak.
"We received today another confirmation of the full support from the United States for Ukraine's admission to the MAP. But there are a lot of members in the Alliance, so the work continues. The U.S. once again confirmed that it is our …
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Kyiv asks U.S. to expand military training mission in Ukraine
Ukraine has asked the United States to expand the training mission for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on air of the TV channel 1+1, Interfax-Ukraine reports.
"We have it on the agenda. We have already announced this to the American side, and they have already started working on it. It is an expansion of the training mission of the U.S. Army for the Armed Forces of Ukraine," Kuleba said.
According to him, during the visit to Kyiv, U.S. Secretary of …
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Russia accuses U.S. of provoking arms race by strengthening its global anti-missile system
The U.S. is provoking an arms race by developing a global missile defense system, said the Russian Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova.
"The increase in the potential of the U.S. global missile defense system can and is already leading to serious security consequences. It disrupts the strategic balance of power in the world, and provokes an arms race, including missile," she said.
"Moscow has repeatedly drawn Washington's attention to the dangerous consequences of the unrestricted …
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Washington promises to continue supplying weapons to Ukraine under existing agreements
The U.S. administration is ready to supply some types of weapons to Ukraine in the future within the framework of existing agreements, Interfax-Ukraine quotes U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan as saying.
"We are ready to act within the existing framework. In the past, we have organized deliveries to Ukraine. And we will be ready in the future to consider its requests and supply some types of military products," Sullivan said at the online forum of the Aspen Institute.
He also noted …
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U.S. Embassy to stop issuing visas to Russians
The U.S. Embassy in Moscow is suspending the issuance of all non-immigrant visas with the exception of diplomatic visas starting May 12.
According to a statement published on the embassy's website, this decision was made “due to the Russian government’s April 23 notification of its intention to prohibit U.S. Mission Russia from employing foreign nationals in any capacity”.
Consular services provided by the embassy will be reduced “to include only emergency U.S. citizen services and a very …