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Poland calls for increased military cooperation with Ukraine
According to a statement by Poland’s Ministry of Defense Mariusz Błaszczak, Poland supports increasing military cooperation with Ukraine.
“It’s terrible when an independent country is subjected to the aggression of a neighboring state—Russia. And we see a real portrait of the aggressor, not a picture provided by the Russian media. We will continue strengthening our cooperation and will meet as often as possible to resolve all pressing issues” stated Blaszczak at a press conference after the …
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FIFA has not allowed Russia to create an official fan zone in Crimea
FIFA did not grant the Crimea the right to open an official World Cup fan zone on the peninsula, the “Minister of Tourism and Resorts" of the Crimea, Vadim Volchenko reported.
"We and the Federal Agency of the Russian Federation for Tourism approached FIFA to obtain permission for public broadcasts of World Cup [matches] and didn't get an answer," R-Sport agency quoted Volchenko as saying.
"It is a weird situation, there is neither a refusal nor an answer. In fact, it seems like a ban for the …
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Gazprom decides not to hurry with the payment of $2.56 billion to Ukraine's Naftogaz
Russian Gazprom is in no hurry to pay Ukrainian Naftogaz the $2.56 billion ordered by the court because they have no guarantee that the money will be returned if the decision of the Stockholm arbitration is cancelled,s reported TASS with reference to Gazprom's Deputy Head, Sergey Kuznets.
"We believe that we just need to go a little slower. We need to get to the bottom of this affair. Let's finally put this matter to rest: who owes to whom," he noted.
According to Kuznets, the Russian company …
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Prime Minister of Italy wants Russia to return to G8
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte supported the proposal of the President of the USA, Donald Trump regarding the necessity of Russia’s return to the Group of Eight.
“I agree with the US President, Donald Trump. Russia should return to the Group of Eight. It is in everyone’s interest”, — Italian Prime Minister wrote on his Twitter.
During the Summit of the Group of Eight in Canada, the US President spoke in support of restoring Russian in the Group of Eight.
Earlier, during his speech at …
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Ukrainian President Poroshenko to be invited to the NATO Summit in Brussels
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko will be invited to the upcoming July NATO Summit in Brussels, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg stated at a press-conference in Brussels, Radio Svoboda reports.
“President Poroshenko will be invited to the NATO Summit,” Stoltenberg stated. “We have not yet decided the exact formats or exact type of meeting, but Poroshenko will be invited, because we will have a meeting of the Resolute Support partners.”
At a recent meeting in Brussels, NATO Ministers …