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Bulgarian President: Russia finances anti-European parties and media in the EU
The Russian Federation conducts an organized policy and uses alternative methods to destabilize the situation in the European Union, including maintaining ultranationalist forces, as stated by President of Bulgaria Rosen Plevneliev in an interview with Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung, dsnews.ua reported.
"It is no secret now that this policy is organized and carried out with a clear purpose: to destabilize the EU,” Plevneliev said.
He is sure that Russia wants to undermine the EU from within, …
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Blacklisted artists will be unable to attend Eurovision in Kyiv
Russian artists that were added to the Ukrainian black list of cultural workers will not be able to participate in Eurovision held in Kyiv in 2017, as stated in an interview with Liga.net by the Deputy Director General of the National Television Company of Ukraine, the executive producer of Eurovision-2017, Oleksandr Kharebin.
According to him, today, Russia is an official participant of Eurovision-2017. However, artists that are banned from entering Ukraine will not be able to participate in …
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Moscow’s Dorogomilovsky Court recognizes Maidan as a 'coup'
On the 27th of December, the Dorogomilovsky Court of Moscow recognized the events of February 2014 in Ukraine as a coup. According to the court, the cessation of human rights in the country resulted in a coup d’état. As a result, the residents of the Crimea held a referendum to reunify with the Russian Federation, due to their spiritual origins, inextricable relationship with Russia, and alienation from Ukraine, Russia's Interfax news agency reported.
The former Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada, …
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Separatists stated that two thousand Russians are kept in Donetsk detention facility
A Russian writer, who supports the activity of the Luhansk and Donetsk People’s Republics, Natalya Makeeva, stated that about 2,000 Russians are being held in a Donetsk detention facility. It is reported that they came to the Donbas in 2014 to join the illegally armed groups. According to Makeeva, she deals with issues related to prisoners of war in separatist-controlled areas and the territory controlled by Ukrainian Government.
Natalya Makeeva claims that the detained Russians came to the …
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European Commissioner for Climate: The Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline project should be stopped
The European Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy, Miguel Arias Cañete, stated that the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline project should be stopped, EUobserver reported. According to Cañete, the European Commission failed to prevent the construction of the gas pipeline on legal grounds. Miguel Arias Cañete noted that there is no reason to develop infrastructure for fossil fuels, when the European Union strives to switch to renewable energy after 2050.
In September, a group of European gas …