-
Russia restricts the entry of trucks at Ukrainian border
Russia has restricted the entry of trucks through the checkpoints in the Belgorod and Voronezh regions at the border with Ukraine due to software failure, State Border Guard Service of Ukraine reports.
As a result, "a backlog of freight vehicles" is recorded. There were 45 trucks at the checkpoint in the Kharkiv region, and in the Sumy region, there were 35 trucks.
A similar incident occurred in mid-February. At that time, more than a hundred trucks accumulated at the border of Russia’s …
-
Russia says UK authorities 'staged' poisoning of Skripal
The Russian Ministry of the Interior said that UK authorities themselves may have “staged” the attack on former intelligence agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, who were poisoned in Salisbury.
This was stated by the director of the Department for Nonproliferation and Arms Control of the Russian Foreign Ministry Vladimir Ermakov, reported Nastoyashaya Vremya.
“Here, elementary logic suggests only two possible options: the British authorities either are not able to provide protection …
-
Russia's Gazprom to file new case in arbitration court over Ukraine’s seizure of its assets
Gazprom considers the arrest of its Ukrainian assets to be an attempt to illegally seize its property under the pretext of implementing the ruling made by the Anti-Monopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMKU) in 2016.
“Gazprom does not recognize the legitimacy of the fine, and considers Ukraine’s actions to be an infringement of its rights,” the company’s report states.
The Russian gas company intends to file a new case at an international arbitration court in connection with the Ukrainian …
-
Russian and US army chiefs of staff discuss situation in Syria
Russian Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces General Valery Gerasimov and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the U.S. Armed Forces General Joseph Dunford discussed Syria in a telephone conversation and agreed to continue contact, reported the Russian Defense Ministry.
“On March 21, a telephone conversation took place between the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia, the First Deputy Defense Minister of the Russian Federation, General of the Army Valery …
-
Lukashenko: Russia is afraid of 'losing Belarus'
Russia will be the first to give a helping hand to Belarus because “they are still afraid of losing Belarus,” stated Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko during a youth meeting, BelTA news agency reports.
Lukashenko spoke about the history of Belarus, particularly the hundredth anniversary of the creation of the Belarusian People’s Republic that lasted less than a year. “A strong desire to make Belarus independent could push them even to Kaiser, or God knows who else. There were such …