The Crimea can be returned to Ukraine only if Russia ceases to exist, Vladimir Dzhabarov, deputy chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs, said in an interview with RT. The senator’s remarks came in response to the recent statement from Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, who said that the the Crimea would definitely return […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin released a statement about the termination of the Treaty on the Elimination of Short and Medium-Range Missiles (INF Treaty). “Regretfully, Russia has to affirm that USA’s unilateral, on a far-fetched pretext, withdrawal from the INF Treaty, the demise of one of the fundamental documents in the field of arms control, have […]
Moscow does not intend to offer the United States any guarantees for not deploying weapons after the Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles (INF) has been terminated. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that Russia was interested in conducting negotiations on the subject of the INF Treaty, albeit “not more than […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin lifted sanctions against Eritrea that the Russian Federation imposed nine years ago. The decree, which was published on July 22, 2019, says that the restrictions against the African country were lifted in connection with Resolution 2444 of the UN Security Council from November 14, 2018. The decree imposing sanctions against Eritrea […]
Russia will continue issuing passports to residents of self-proclaimed People’s Republics of Donetsk and Luhansk, who were deprived of the right to protection and social support in Ukraine. “We will continue issuing passports. This is a sovereign right of Russia and a voluntary desire of citizens of DNR and LNR (Russian initials to People’s Republics […]
Vladimir Zhirinovsky, a State Duma deputy, the leader of the LDPR party (Liberal and Democratic Party of Russia) believes that the President of Ukraine, Vladimir Zelensky, will rule the country for no more than two years. Afterwards, Zhirinovsky believes, Ukraine will plunge into chaos again. In a message posted on his Telegram channel, Zhirinovsky compared […]
One phone call that EU leaders can make to Kiev may help resolve the crisis in the Donbass, Konstantin Kosachev, the head of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs wrote on his Facebook page. According to Kosachev, a call from the EU will push the Ukrainian leadership to dialogue with the other side. However, […]
The USA is not likely to approve the law to ban the purchase of the Russian debt, Nordea Bank analyst Gregory Zhernov believes. According to him, the Americans make good money on Russian federal bonds (known for the Russian initials as OFZ – federal loan bonds). The House of Representatives supported the initiative to include […]
Russia Adding a New Super-Weapon to its Arsenal Exceeding the Best in the West by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Russian super-weapons technologically outmatch the Pentagon’s best, developed at a small fraction of the cost, using its resources efficiently. Despite pouring countless trillions of dollars down a black hole of waste, fraud and abuse, […]
The Ministry for Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation has decided to terminate the prosecution of journalist Ivan Golunov as it has been impossible to establish his guilt, the head of the ministry, Vladimir Kolokoltsev said. The charges against Golunov have been dropped, he will be released from house arrest on June 11, the head […]