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Former Russian ambassador says Russia will never abandon its diplomatic estate in the USA
Russia will seek access to its diplomatic residences in the United States and will not give up the right to them, stated the former Russian Ambassador to the United States, Sergey Kislyak on Russia 24 TV, RIA Novosti reports. "We are going to fight [for this property]; we will never give up our rights to this dacha. And we'll see what happens next," Kislyak said.
Kislyak accused the USA of violating international law. "They deprived us of access to our property. The Soviet state had paid a lot …
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Lavrov: Russia will respond to US sanctions
Russia intends to respond to all unfriendly actions of the US, as stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov following a meeting with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Manila, Russian Foreign Ministry reported.
The representatives of the Russian Federation and the United States discussed the crisis in relations at the meeting. In this regard, Lavrov said that “the US bill on sanctions against Russia had become another link in a chain of steps that are unfriendly and dangerous to …
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US special representative for Ukraine to visit Russia soon
US special representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker will soon visit Russia and meet with Vladislav Surkov, advisor to the Russian president, as stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov after meeting with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who was in the Philippine capital of Manila on Sunday.
“Rex Tillerson confirmed that such contact with our representative Vladislav Surkov has been planned and will take place soon,” RIA Novosti cites Lavrov as saying.
Lavrov mentioned that Volker …
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Kremlin: Russia may reconsider the disarmament agreements with the US because of the new sanctions
Mikhail Ulyanov, Director of the Department for Nonproliferation and Arms Control at the Russian Foreign Ministry admitted to Interfax that Russia could review disarmament agreements in response to new US sanctions.
In answer to whether Moscow's retaliatory steps could touch upon the sphere of disarmament and the treaties which are in force in this area, the Foreign Ministry spokesman replied that "everything is possible in life." He recalled that in October 2016, Russia decided to suspend the …
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Ukrainian Defense Ministry: Russia intends to escalate military action in the Donbas in response to American sanctions
In response to the tightening of US sanctions as well as the US’s expected allocation of lethal weapons to Ukraine, Russia is planning a number of military and organizational events which will improve its abilities to escalate combat action in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, LB.ua reports, citing a high-ranking source in the Ukrainian Defense Ministry.
“We are noting that alongside the increase in intensity of combat and, correspondingly, shipments of ammunition and weapons …
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Russian Prime Minister calls new U.S. sanctions against Russia 'all-out trade war'
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev called President Donald Trump’s signing of sanctions against Russia an “all-out trade war.”
“First of all, any hope of improving our relations with the new U.S. administration is at an end. Secondly, an all-out trade war has been declared on Russia. Thirdly, the Trump administration has demonstrated complete impotence, in the most humiliating manner, in transferring executive powers to Congress. This changes the alignment of power in U.S. political …
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German Foreign Minister calls new U.S. sanctions against Russia 'unlawful'
German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel hopes that U.S. President Donald Trump will prevent his country from imposing energy sanctions on Russia in their current form, reported German broadcasting company Deutsche Welle.
“We ... are happy that the American president has not yet decided what he is going to do. He has the opportunity to discuss these sanctions with us, considering European interests,” Gabriel said.
“I am in very close contact with my American counterpart,” the German foreign …
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Ukraine signs first contract to import coal from US
On July 31, the state power generation company Centerenergo announced that it had made a contract to import American coal from the company Xcoal Energy and Resources.
As reported on Centrenergo’s website, the contract was signed as early as July 14, in keeping with the agreements between the presidents of Ukraine and the US which were achieved during Petro Poroshenko’s visit to the US.
According to the contract terms, Centrenergo is expecting to receive 700,000 tons of American coal by the …
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Putin: Russia-US relations will not change anytime soon
For the longest time, Russia had hoped for positive changes in relations with the US, before introducing new measures against Washington, stated Russian President Vladimir Putin, Vesti.Ru reports.
"We waited for quite some time that maybe something will change for the better, had such hope that the situation will somehow change. However, judging by everything, if it changes, it will not be soon," the Russian leader said.
Putin noted that he considered it necessary to show that Russia "will no …
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Media: the USA is preparing a response to the expulsion of American diplomats from Russia
Washington regrets Moscow’s decision to reduce the staff of American diplomatic missions in Russia and is considering a response, as stated to RIA Novosti by a U.S. State Department representative.
"This unjustified measure is regrettable. We are estimating the impact of this reduction and how to respond to it. There are no other comments at this time," the U.S. State Department representative said.
Russia responded to the passing of a new sanctions bill by the U.S. Congress by demanding a …