The London Metal Exchange (LME) will maintain temporary restrictions on the sale of aluminum by Rusal until procedures for determining the metal’s conformity to the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) General License 14 (GL-14) are determined, TASS news agency reports, citing the press representative of the Exchange.

"The LME has analyzed the implications of OFAC General License 14 (GL-14) for Rusal brand metal. The LME understands that there are concerns in the …

A vast majority of German delegates supported continuing sanctions against the Russian Federation during a vote on Sunday, May 13, at the Free Democratic Party (FDP) congress in Berlin, DW reports. Vice Chairman of the FDP, Wolfgang Kubicki, initiated the discussion after calling for a “critical review” of sanctions imposed by the West. This resulted in fierce debates within the party, and as a result, the majority of party members did not support Kubicki’s proposal.

During the debate, …

Russia positively assesses Egypt's decision not to send troops to Syria according to the proposal of the United States, stated Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at a joint press conference with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri following the talks between the Foreign and Defense Ministers of Russia and Egypt.

"We touched upon this topic in the context of the discussion of the situation in Syria, in the context of the discussion of the actions of the so-called external players, …

As stated by the International human rights organization Agora whose lawyers represent Telegram, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is ready to consider Telegram’s appeal concerning the Russian government blocking of the application.

"The Court was notified of the [Russian] court decision that authorized the blocking of Telegram and suggested to file a complaint about this in a separate application,” Agora Chairperson Pavel Chikov wrote on his Telegram Channel.

He stressed that this …

Russian border guards detained a small fishing boat in the Sea of Azov with two fishermen who, according to the Russian authorities, did not have proper documents, Interfax reported, referencing a statement by Russia’s Federal Security Border Service for Krasnodar Krai.

The Ukrainians were allegedly fishing for endangered sturgeon. The fishermen and their vessel were taken to the Russian port city of Yeysk.

On the morning of May 10, the fishermen went out to sea from a recreation center …

The US Embassy in Ukraine has urged Ukrainian law enforcement agencies to investigate recent attacks on Roma, the embassy's message on Twitter said.

"No one in Ukraine should live in fear because of who they are. We urge law enforcement to investigate recent attacks on Roma. Justice and tolerance for minority communities are keys to a new Ukraine," the embassy wrote.

The embassy also published a message from the website of the Ombudsman for Human Rights in Ukraine that mentions attacks on …

The anti-Russian sanctions will be maintained until the reason they were introduced is eliminated. A statement to this effect was made by German Minister of Economic Affairs and Energy Peter Altmeier in an interview with the German radio station Deutschlandfunk.

He drew attention to the fact that the sanction pressure on Russia was initiated following the Kremlin’s decision to annex the Crimean peninsula.

“After the annexation of Crimea, we Europeans introduced sanctions together with the US. …

Russia’s State Duma is moving firmly towards the adoption of a law that will make it a criminal offense to comply with US sanctions in Russia.

As RIA Novosti reported with reference to a source acquainted with the text of the bill, physical entities could face up to four years of prison time for this offense. Fines of up to 600,000 rubles and four years of correctional labor are also possible.

The offense in question involves action (or inaction) to implement sanctions introduced by foreign …