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Volker slams Russia’s suggestion for Donbas peacekeepers
The draft resolution on the international peacekeeping mission in the Donbas proposed by Russia is unacceptable to the US and the UN, US Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker told ‘112 Ukraine’ TV channel in an interview.Volker noted that Moscow proposed that the peacekeepers be deployed only on the demarcation line, to ensure the safety of OSCE observers.
Russia does not agree to give the mission the right to control the Ukrainian-Russian border.
Volker is convinced that the absence …
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Denmark increases military spending because of Russia
Denmark’s parliament decided on Sunday, January 28 to increase the country’s military expenditure by 12.8 billion crowns or USD 2.14 billion over the next six years. "The threat posed by Russia is real and increasing, so we must show determination in strengthening our defense capacity, and we are determined," said Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Reuters reports.
The budget will be used for the fight against cyber threats and for financing Denmark's international operations. …
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Under sanctions, Russia continues to export rocket engines to U.S.
Despite sanctions, Russia and the U.S. will not curtail cooperation in the space sector said Russia’s Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, speaking about RD-180 rocket engines, Interfax reports.
“We are conducting ourselves properly in relation to other countries and will carry out the obligations to which we have agreed. I don’t think we need to stop delivery of these engines. I think we’ll continue to ship them,” said the security official.
When the very first sanctions against …
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PACE delegation to visit Moscow after Russian elections
A delegation from the presidential committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is ready to visit Moscow after Russia’s presidential elections on March 18, Dutch Senator Tiny Kox, a member of the committee, told RBC news agency.
“I suppose that we will not be able to go before the presidential elections, because we do not want to interfere in the electoral process,” Kox noted.
As part of the winter session of the PACE which took place between January 22 and 26 an …
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US Ambassador urges Russia to evaluate the ‘Kremlin report’ objectively
US Ambassador to Russia John Huntsman called on Moscow to perceive the so-called "Kremlin report" based on its "real, not contrived meaning and without emotions." Relations between the two countries are far from being exhausted by this legal act, he told Interfax.
Huntsman reminded that six months ago, Congress voted to strengthen sanctions against Russia by a majority vote, so there will be no surprises on January 29. He added that this is the implementation of the results of the vote, which …