Contents tagged with Germany
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Germany's representative to the OSCE: The conflict in the Donbas will allow Russia to prevent Ukraine from joining the EU
The "frozen" conflict in the Donbas will enable Russia to influence political processes in Ukraine, which will prevent Ukraine from joining the EU or NATO, as stated by the Special Representative of the Federal Government of Germany for the OSCE Chairmanship, Gernot Erler in an interview with Evropeyskaya Pravda.
According to him, that's why Russia seeks to create a "frozen conflict" in the East of Ukraine. "The frozen conflict in the Donbas would give Russia levers of influence over the …
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Germany to give Ukraine €52 million to construct housing for migrants
German state bank KfW will provide a loan amounting to 52 million euros for the plan to construct social housing for migrants in Ukraine.
The Ministry of Temporarily Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons and KfW agreed on the terms of the program’s implementation.
The construction of social housing for internally displaced persons according to the “Restoration and Renewal of Municipal Infrastructure in Eastern Ukraine” program is meant to start in 2018, the ministry’s website …
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Talk between Putin, Merkel and Hollande: Putin demands lifting of trade blockade from the separatist republics
On April 4, a telephone conversation took place between three of the four participants in the "Normandy Format" of negotiations regarding the settlement of the situation in the uncontrolled territories of the Donbas. Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande attended. The negotiators discussed the situation in the Donbas, the continuation of the "Minsk process" [another format of negotiations on the same topic], and the "Easter" …
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German military will create a Cybernetic and Information Command
In Germany, a Cybernetic and Information Command will come into existence in early April, as reported by Reuters.
The new facility will be located in Bonn. Its initial size will be 260 people, but it is planned to bring it to 13.5 thousand people, including strategic military intelligence and communication centers, by July. By 2021, the number of employees of the service will reach 14,500 people, 1,500 seats of which will be reserved for civil contractors.
The Minister of Defense of the …
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Pentagon: 'Russian-speaking' actors were needed to bring NATO military exercises closer to reality
American military exercises in Germany that included the participation of Russian-speaking actors are not preparation for any concrete actions. This was stated by U.S. Army Captain Chris Bradley, an official representative of the Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC) for the training of military personnel in Germany, reported RIA Novosti news agency.
"In our Center, we try to train servicemen in the most realistic ways, to ensure that they can operate in many different situations," he …
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German politicians are considering a possible boycott of FIFA World Cup 2018 in Russia
After the large-scale arrests of anti-corruption protesters in Moscow involving police violence, German politicians have renewed discussions about a possible boycott of the FIFA World Cup 2018 in Russia, Deutsche Welle reports.
Since December 2008, when the International Federation of Association Football decided to hold the world championship in Russia, the situation which civil society in Russia finds itself in has deteriorated sharply, said Gernot Erler, commissioner of the German …
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Russian media reported that German politicians are visiting the Crimea
A delegation of German politicians and businessmen arrived in annexed Crimea to make a first-hand assessment of the current situation there, as reported by RIA Novosti news agency citing the “head of the German national-cultural center of the peninsula,” Yuriy Gempel.
According to Gempel, the delegation consists of ten people, mainly businessmen who work with real estate and regional-level politicians, deputies from the Left party. The delegation plans to get acquainted with the sights of …
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Lukashenko accuses the US and Germany of financing militants in Belarus
The President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, said that the armed militants who were allegedly preparing attacks in the country were funded by the USA and Germany, as he stated on Friday, March 24th, during a visit to the Grodno region, BelTA news agency reports.
"They are offended because they heard my statement made in Mogilev about Ukraine, Lithuania, and Poland. But what if it is really like that?! The Americans and Germans funded this through the Poles and Lithuanians. Most of the money …
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Putin hopes for restored relationship with Germany
On March 22, at a meeting with BASF CEO Kurt Bock, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia still hopes to restore relations with Germany.
"We have not lost hope that we will be able to restore full-format cooperation," the President said.
He also noted that the latest developments in the economic sphere had a negative impact on the volumes of mutual trade. Putin said that according to the Eastern Committee of German economy, at least 150,000 Germans lost their jobs as a result of …
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President of Germany: Russia could intervene in our elections
The President of Germany, Joachim Gauck, stated that the country should be aware of the possibility of Moscow’s interference in the Bundestag election campaign. “It would be naïve to think that this can be completely avoided,” Joachim Gauck said in his interview with Bild am Sonntag. According to him, false statements have been made at the governmental level of the Russian Federation.
“Nearly 18 months ago, false statements that refugees in Germany raped a young Russian-speaking German …