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German Foreign Minister: the EU may loosen sanctions on Russia if it fulfills its obligations regarding the peacekeepers in Donbas
The European Union can ease sanctions if the Russian proposal for the deployment of peacekeepers to the Donbas is quickly implemented, said German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel, according to Der Spiegel magazine.
"If the deployment of peacekeepers is successful and if this can be quickly implemented, then of course we should also take action and ease sanctions," Gabriel said.
Gabriel added that it is necessary to "quickly begin negotiations in New York" about the deployment of the …
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Head of Kaspersky Lab agreed to testify before US Congress
Yevgeny Kaspersky, the head of the company that bears his name, agreed to speak before the US Congress at the invitation of US lawmakers, as reported by Reuters, citing a letter from Kaspersky.
"I appreciate and accept the invitation to testify before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and if I can get an expedited visa, I look forward to publicly addressing the allegations made against my company and its products," Kaspersky wrote.
The topic of …
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LPR: introduction of peacekeepers in the Donbas is a declaration of war
The representative of the so-called “Luhansk People’s Republic” (LPR), Vladyslav Deynego stated that the US State Department proposal to deploy UN peacekeepers throughout the Donbas region would mean "a declaration of war."
"Any attempt to promote the armed forces on the territory of another state is a declaration of war. Do they want to declare war? They will receive it," Deynego told RBC news agency.
Deynego has not ruled out that the US State Department would give orders to the UN …
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Ukrainian army will receive a new batch of Hummers from the USA
The next batch of army cars will arrive in Ukraine from the United States, said the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the US, Valeriy Chaly, during a broadcast of Radio Liberty.
"The same 'Humvee' cars - a new supply of new cars, of quality, including medical, is currently planned," he said.
However, when answering a question about lethal weapons, Chaly confirmed that there is support from the Pentagon and the State Department in this matter, and that the final …
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US has put two Ukrainian air carriers on sanctions list over ties with Iran
The US Department of Treasury has imposed economic sanctions against two Kyiv-based Ukrainian airlines, Dart Airlines and Khors Air, as reported on the department’s website.
Restrictive measures have been taken against Ukrainian air carriers as part of a new sanctions package against Iran, in particular, against 11 natural citizens and legal entities suspected of providing support to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and participating in cyber-enabled attacks against US banks.
The US …
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Ukraine and Poland continue collaboration on upgrading Polish MiG-29s
Ukraine and Poland are continuing their collaboration in the program to upgrade the aircraft weaponry of Poland’s MiG-29 aicraft, Interfax-Ukraine reported with reference to Ukraine’s state-run Spetstechnoexport.
During the international defense exhibition MSPO-2017, which took place at the start of September in Kielce (Poland), the Ukrainian company signed an agreement with Polish WB Electronics to develop further the bilateral consortium formed in 2016, as well as a new contract to produce …
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Mass evacuations in Moscow and St. Petersburg after phone calls about bomb threats
St. Petersburg has received no less than nine phone calls about mining, reports the news website Fontanka.
According to the publication, anonymous individuals have reported explosive devices in the following shopping centers: Galeria, Stockmann, Raduga, Miller, Atmosfera, Montpensier, June, Chkalovsky and Kosmos.Fontanka writes that evacuations are being carried out, but does not specify exactly where.
A source in emergency services told Rossiyskaya Gazeta that visitors and staff were being …
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Saakashvili talks of wiretapping, SBU denies
Former Odessa Governor Mikheil Saakashvili said that unknown persons intended to place a special listening device in his hotel room in Chernivtsi.
“Everything would have been fine if at first my bodyguard hadn’t stopped an attempted break-in – and my bodyguard is a professional… he is well versed in protection against such things – a break-in by people with suitcases specific to the Ukrainian SBU. When they came over, they said, as I recall, that they represent some agency. They tried to come …
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Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.S.: Ukraine negotiating with Washington on supply of defensive weapons
Ukraine is negotiating with the United States of America on the supply of defensive weapons, stated the Ukrainian ambassador to the United States, Valeriy Chaly during an interview with Radio Liberty.
“Yesterday there was a discussion. High-level experts of the United States suggested talking about defensive weapons. Anti-tank weapons, anti-mine weapons, communication equipment, anti-ballistic radar,” said Chaly.
According to him, in the near future, Ukraine expects to include the issue of …
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Media: Four EU countries will send complaint to OSCE about Ukrainian Law on Education
The foreign ministers of Bulgaria, Hungary, Greece and Romania signed a letter to the Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs, where they expressed concern over the new law on education adopted by the Verkhovna Rada, reported Bulgarian news agency BGNES, citing the Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zakharieva.
“We are certainly concerned, and it is not a coincidence that there is a joint initiative with colleagues from European countries that can be affected by this law. And today, the …