• Biden: Nord Stream 2 is bad for Europe

    The Vice-President of the USA, Joe Biden, said that Washington is convinced that the construction of the Russian gas pipeline project "Nord Stream 2" is a bad thing for Europe.

    "This will allow Russia to destabilize Ukraine,” Biden said on the 25th of August, 2016 in Stockholm, adding that Europe needs to diversify its sources of gas supply. "No country should use energy as a weapon," Biden said appealing to Russia.

    Nord Stream 2 is a gas pipeline under construction that is intended to …

  • Russia's Black Sea Fleet begins naval exercises

    The Black Sea Fleet of Russia has started naval exercises. Their press service announced on Wednesday that the exercises would last until August 27th. According to their press release, “At the initial stage, Naval Forces will perform anti-submarine tasks, deploy anti-mine forces and carry out minefield operations.”

    Crews of the mine-sweepers Turbinist and Ivan Golubets will search and destroy minefields mainly by shooting at floating mines. The guard ship Admiral Grigorovich and small anti- …

  • Petition appears in Germany calling for accession of Saxony to Russia

    Stern, a German magazine, reported that a group of German activists has created a petition demanding the secession of Saxony from the Federal Republic of Germany and its accession to the Russian Federation. The petition, created two weeks ago by an organization called Pro Putin Partei (pro-Putin party), is available on the websites change.org and Openpetition.de and has already gained 603 votes.

    "We are constantly witnessing the fact that the dictatorship of the EU will stop at nothing! That …

  • Norway begins construction of wall along Russian border

    Norway has begun the construction of a wall along the Russian border. Polish Radio reports that the wall will be 200 meters long and three and a half meters high.

    The wall will be built at the Storskog border checkpoint. The goal is to protect the northern border of the Schengen area from an influx of refugees.

    Refugees are now using the route through Russia, along its border with the EU, more frequently due to the closure of the migration corridor that ran through the Balkans. Last year, the …

  • Ukrainian Ambassador to Latvia: The West shouldn't abandon its principles with regard to Russia

    Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Republic of Latvia Yevhen Perebiynis stated in his interview to Latvijas Avīzē that Europe shouldn’t abandon its principles or its sanctions against Russia in the name of short-term economic benefits.

     “We can’t fail to note that some EU countries, not without the influence of Russia, issued statements that sanctions could be lifted without implementation of the Minsk Agreements. We took care of this situation and clarified our …