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Transnistria does not recognize the LPR or DPR because it wants to cooperate with Ukraine
The Transnistrian Foreign Ministry does not make any statements recognizing the self-proclaimed LPR or DPR and does not articulate a certain position because of their willingness to develop relations with Ukraine. This was the statement by Foreign Minister of Transnistria Vitaly Ignatiev in an interview with Russian Kommersant newspaper.
“No one set preconditions for us to send some additional signals or make statements. Transnistria does not articulate a position in the context of this …
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The U.S. extended the ban on flights to Dnipro and Simferopol
The U.S. government has decided to extend the ban on U.S. flights to the international airports of Simferopol and Dnipro (former Dnipropetrovsk) for another two years, as was reported in an official notification by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of the United States.
The present decision will be effective as of the 27th of October 2016 and will be “valid until the 27th of November 2018."
It was also noted that "if necessary, the FAA can change, renew, or cancel" the decision. The …
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Separatists reject proposal for OSCE armed mission in the Donbas
Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine expressed their opposition to the deployment of an OSCE armed police mission in the region. The Chairman of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, Denis Pushilin, stated on the 24th of October in Moscow that the presence of any foreign groups in the territory of the self-proclaimed is contrary to the set of measures taken to consolidate peace.
Pushilin believes that the deployment of an OSCE armed group in the region would require changing the …
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Sanctions against Russia were extended by five countries
Ukraine and four more countries have agreed with the EU Council’s decision to extend sanctions against Russia until the 15th of March 2017. These sanctions were initially imposed because of Russia’s involvement in the violation of Ukraine’s territorial integrity. This was stated in a statement by the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, on the 24th of October.
“The candidate countries of Montenegro and Albania, members of the …
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The Kremlin: The Normandy Four did not discuss the deployment of an armed OSCE mission along the border
The Kremlin stated that leaders of the “Normandy Four” countries did not discuss the deployment of the armed OSCE mission in the uncontrolled area of the Ukrainian-Russian border; rather, Russian President Vladimir Putin just gave his “potential consent.” This was stated by the Russian president’s press secretary, Dmitry Peskov.
“With regard to some armed police OSCE mission, I’d like to stress – it was only about service weapons, and in the event of such a mission, indeed, Putin responded …