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Ukraine’s representative to UN: The Russian delegation to the United Nations has dramatically changed its style
The new Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations, Vasily Nebenzya, does not have any negative emotions towards Ukraine, believes Ukrainian Permanent Representative to the UN Volodymyr Yelchenko.
"It is still too early to talk about changing tactics, [as] the new permanent representative of Russia has been working only a month. However, it is noticeable that the style has changed dramatically, and I would say for the better. This, of course, does not mean a change in Russia's …
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Putin’s aide Surkov turns down US request to relocate Donbas talks from Minsk to Belgrade
On August 21, during a meeting in Minsk with Russian President Vladimir Putin's aide, Vladislav Surkov, US Special Representative to Ukraine Kurt Volker suggested that Moscow consider relocating negotiations on the Donbas from Minsk to Belgrade, Novosti Donbassa (News of Donbass) news website reported, citing its own source.
Surkov refused, said the website’s source.
It is noted that the potential relocation of the negotiations to another city would be connected to the increase in cases of …
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Putin orders Russian government to provide pensions to former Ukrainian military in the Crimea
Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed the Russian government, in conjunction with the Ministry of Defense of the country and Kremlin-controlled executive bodies of the annexed Crimea and Sevastopol, to take action regarding pensions for Russian citizens who previously served in the Ukrainian armed forces.
As reported on the Kremlin's website, this order by Putin was among the items approved following his trip to the annexed Sevastopol on August 18-20.
In particular, Putin instructed …
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Best Buy stops selling Kaspersky software over possible connection to Russian government
Best Buy, one of the largest electronics retailers in the US, has refused to sell the program produced by Kaspersky Lab due to fears that the producer is influenced by the Russian government, The Verge reports.
A representative of Best Buy confirmed that the decision had been made to take Kaspersky products off the shelves, but did not offer any details.
The company has not conducted its own investigation, its decision to stop selling the products was based on media reports, statements of …
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Russians point weapons at Ukrainian ship as it inspects Ukraine’s marine economic zone
The marine protection ship Grigory Kuropyatnikov conducted a planned survey of Ukraine’s exclusive (marine) economic zone in the gas deposit region, during which it documented further violations by Russia, the Ukrainian State Border Services reported. The survey was done at all the active deposits in the northwest part of the Black Sea – Shtormove, Arkhangelsk, Golitsynsk and Odessa.
“The goal of the interdepartmental group was to verify the received information concerning the initiation of …