Contents tagged with Russia
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Russia could lose skiing medals from the 2014 Winter Olympic Games
According to Iltalehti.fi, Alexander Legkov, Maxim Vylegzhanin and four other Russian skiers who were temporarily suspended from competition on the basis of the report of the Head of WADA Independent Commission, Richard McLaren, could lose their medals. The edition reported that the final decision on the matter could be announced in January.
On the 23rd of December, the International Olympic Committee initiated disciplinary cases against 28 Russian athletes who participated in the Sochi …
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Serbian Foreign Minister says Kosovo's aspiration to join the UN is Belgrade’s challenge of the year
The desire of the Republic of Kosovo to become a member of the United Nations, with the support of the West and several Islamic countries, will become one of the biggest challenges in the foreign policy of Belgrade in 2017. This was said on January 1 in by Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić during an interview with Beta news agency.
"It is expected that Kosovo will submit its application for joining again. We will once again be engaged in a struggle at a disadvantage, while they will advance, …
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McClaren doping report may affect Russian figure skaters
The Italian media is reporting that McLaren’s doping report may affect Russian figure skaters after the proceedings against Russian biathlon athletes and skiers are over. It is also reported that Adelina Sotnikova may be stripped of her Olympic Gold medal from Sochi in 2014.
In addition, there are concerns that Tatiana Volosozhar and Ksenia Stolbova also resorted to manipulating their doping samples. Therefore, it can affect the results of the Russian national figure skating team, who also won …
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Gazprom allocated 310 million Euros for Turkish Stream pipeline
The Board of Directors of Gazprom decided to provide a company called South Stream Transport B.V. with about 310 million Euros for the construction of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline, RIA Novosti reported, citing Gazprom documents.
Details of the agreement were not disclosed, but it was specified that money would be spent for purchasing pipes and equipment, paying construction activities, purchasing necessary goods and administrative spending.
Earlier, it was reported that South Stream …
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Turkish Media: Assad's regime continues to violate the ceasefire in Syria
Despite the ceasefire in Syria, Bashar al-Assad's regime continues to attack the opposition forces, as reported by the Anadolu news agency.
According to the agency, Assad's army and pro-Iranian groups have been attacking the opposition's strongholds from the ground and air using heavy weapons.
As a result of the strikes, two children were killed at the Kafr Dael settlement west of Aleppo.
The opposition forces responded with artillery at the towns of Kefraya and Al-Fu'ah which are controlled …
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U.S. Senators will ask Congress to impose severe sanctions against Russia
After a visit to Ukraine, Republican Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham and Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar went to Georgia, where they announced that they would seek from Congress the imposition of more severe sanctions against Russia and its President, Vladimir Putin. The Senators made their statement on January 1, Krym.Realii reported.
“We hope to make 2017 a year of responsibility for crimes. It is time to restrain Putin. The time has come for new sanctions that will badly affect him …
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The President of the International Olympic Committee announced new sanctions against Russia
In his New Year’s address, the President of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach, announced new sanctions against Russia. Bach also presented the measures that will be taken on the basis of the results of McLaren’s report on the use of doping in the Russian Federation. The President of the IOC called this report shocking.
According to him, two specially created Commissions, which will give all parties the right to express their positions, will prepare a response of the …
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Board member of Davos World Economic Forum: Europe must reset relations with Russia
Philipp Rösler, a Managing Director of the World Economic Forum in Davos who was formerly the German Vice Chancellor and Minister of Economy, said that Europe must improve its relations with Russia.
In an interview with the German newspaper Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung, Rösler said that "in the current desperate situation" it is necessary for the EU to reboot its relations with Russia. According to him, welfare in Europe is only possible when there is unity. Therefore, both sides should send the …
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Trump again dismisses allegations that Russia was behind Democratic Party hacks
US President-elect Donald Trump once again dismissed allegations that Russia was behind the cyberattacks against the Democratic Party in the lead up to the presidential election, Reuters reported.
Speaking to reporters while entering a New Year’s Eve celebration at his Mar-a-Lago estate, Trump stated, "I think it's unfair if we don't know. It could be somebody else [who hacked the Democratic Party]. I also know things that other people don't know so we cannot be sure," Trump said.
When a …
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Herashchenko: I do not consider Kissinger’s and Pinchuk’s ideas about the Crimea realistic
The First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, and Ukraine's representative to the humanitarian subgroup of the Trilateral Contact Group, Iryna Herashchenko, has criticized a proposal by the a former U.S. Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger and Ukrainian oligarch, Victor Pinchuk, about the "exchange of the Crimea for the Donbas."
"Colleagues have asked about my attitude towards Henry Kissinger’s position on exchanging the Crimea for the Donbas. With all due respect to Henry Kissinger’s …