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US Representative for Ukraine Volker: Negotiations with Russia put on pause
US State Department Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker announced that the next meeting with Russian Presidential Advisor Vladislav Surkov on bringing an end to the war in the Donbas will not take place before December. Until this time, the parties are pausing, following the lack of success of the previous negotiations. Volker spoke about this in an interview with LB.ua, recorded for the VIII National Expert Forum.
“During the first two meetings, I had the feeling that we were …
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Moscow court rejects Seimens’ request to seize turbines in Crimea
A Moscow arbitration court refused to impound four gas turbines which were manufactured by Siemens and sent by Technopromexport to the annexed Crimea in violation of sanctions,TASS reported, referring to the court’s decision.
“The court refuses to approve the application of Siemens Gas Turbine Technologies (a Siemens subsidiary),” TASS quoted the court as saying.
The Siemens subsidiary demanded the seizure of the gas turbines and wanted Technopromexport and other parties to be prohibited from …
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Russian authorities recommend that local schools in Krasnoyarsk prepare themselves to operate in wartime conditions
The Ministry of Education of the Krasnoyarsk Territory (Russia) has sent out guidelines to regional schools for operation "during mobilization, in wartime, and under martial law", reported Govorit Moskva radio station.
The document refers to bringing "subordinate institutions into readiness for operation during mobilization, in wartime, and under martial law."
The radio station further specified that a photograph of the document was published the day before, on the Internet. Its authenticity …
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Kremlin: Polish scholar was expelled from Russia in response to deportation of Russian historian from Poland
The Russian Foreign Ministry said that Polish historian, Henryk Glebocki, was expelled from the country in response to Warsaw’s "unfriendly act,” as stated in a comment by the Press Secretary of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, and posted on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
"We would like to remind that on October 11th, Polish authorities expelled a Russian historian from Poland, who was engaged in teaching there, on absurd charges, and the measures taken against …
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Russia concerned by unemployment rates in Crimea
The Russian Ministry of Labor and Social Protection released information on November 27 listing the annexed Crimea among regions with an increase in the number of unemployed citizens.
At the same time, the Russian Ministry did not release exact data on the Crimea. It did note that the education, industry, construction, agriculture, and healthcare industries have the greatest staffing demand.The Kremlin-controlled Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Crimea did not directly report on …