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The Kremlin's decision to recognize 'passports' issued in the separatists republics is another attempt of Russia to destabilize the situation in Ukraine
Author: Dmytro Snegiryov, Head of Prava Sprava public initiative.
The temporary recognition of passports issued by the separatist republics is being used by Russia to exert political pressure specifically on Ukraine and not on our Western partners. By stressing the temporary character of the recognition of these documents, Putin is trying to accuse Ukraine of violating its commitments laid out in the Minsk Agreements: the elections, an all-inclusive amnesty, and a special status for these …
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Russia to rearm 949A Antey submarines with nuclear-capable Kalibr cruise missiles
Russia’s Project 949A Antey nuclear-powered submarines will be rearmed with nuclear-capable Kalibr cruise missiles, as stated by Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov, TASS reported.
"The Zvezda shipyard is carrying out profound modernization of Project 949A nuclear submarines, including the replacement of armament with the Kalibr missile complex and also the replacement of navigation, life support and other systems," Borisov said.
A total of 11 such submarines were constructed beginning in …
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Media: Russian soldier killed in Syria
It has been reported that for the second time in one week, a member of the Russian military has been killed in Syria.
Artem Gorbunov, 24, was killed during an attack on Palmyra, according to a post by his wife Sofia on her page on the social media site Vkontakte.
“My husband was killed on March 2nd in Syria. They were caught in an ambush…he was the first one killed,” she wrote in one of her posts, which was accompanied by a photo of her husband in military uniform.
It is known that the young …
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The Hague started to review Ukraine’s lawsuit against Russia
On the 6th of March the International Court of Justice in the Hague held the first hearings in Ukraine’s lawsuit against Russia, which Kyiv filed in the middle of January 2017. Ukraine is accusing Russia of violating two conventions – the Terrorist Financing Convention and the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. The hearings will take place between the 6th and the 9th of March. They have started with a presentation by the Ukrainian side.
In the lawsuit, Ukraine claims that …
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Ukrainian journalist: thousands of Russian mercenaries are held in prisons in separatist republics
Thousands of people are currently in prisons in the separatist republics. The majority of these prisoners are separatist fighters or civilians or the civilians. Journalist Denis Kazansky provides this this statistics citing a Russian national, Anastasia Mikhailovskaya, who identifies herself as a human rights activist and representative of the late Doctor Liza, the renowned Russian humanitarian worker and charity activist.
Mikhailovskaya recently raised the issue about the real number of …