-
International Maritime Organization condemns Russia for opening fire at Ukrainian An-26 aircraft in February
19 delegations of the member-countries of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) condemned the actions of the Russian Federation in connection with the firing at the An-26 aircraft of the Ukrainian Naval Forces over the Black Sea in February this year, as stated in a message on the website of the Embassy of Ukraine in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
On June 15, the Ukrainian delegation addressed a meeting of the Maritime Safety Committee of the International …
-
The Ukrainian Prosecutor’s General Office has demanded that Russia extradite the ex-commander of the Berkut Special Police
The Prosecutor General's Office (GPU) has asked Russia to detain and extradite Serhiy Kusyuk, the former chief of the Kyiv Special Police Regiment, Berkut, as reported by the head of the GPU Department of Special Investigations, Sergei Gorbatyuk on 112 Ukraine.
“A request was sent to the Russian Federation to detain and extradite him,” he said.
So far, there has been no answer from the Russian Federation.
Gorbatyuk also noted that Kusyuk was made aware of GPU’s suspicion during seven …
-
Russian schoolboy was dissatisfied with Putin's answer to the question about corruption
A schoolboy named Danila, from Nefteyugansk, remained dissatisfied with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s response to his question about corruption.
During the ‘Direct Line with Vladimir Putin’ Q&A TV show, the young man asked Putin how the President could solve the problem of corrupt officials. The teenager also expressed the opinion that placing corruption suspects on house arrest does not yield results, yet the problem affects most of the country's population.
He added that in the Khanty- …
-
USA congratulated Russian Federation on Russia Day with a three-day delay
According to the Voice of America, the United States congratulated Russia on their national holiday, but only after three-day delay accompanied by complaints from the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
On Thursday, the State Department issued a statement by the Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, in which he, on behalf of President Donald Trump and the American people congratulated “all the residents of Russia on the Day of Russia.”
The statement by the Department of State was dated June 15 …
-
Russia conducted successful test launch of its new anti-ballistic missile
Russia carried out a successful test of its new anti-missile system, which is designed to improve the Anti-Ballistic missile shield, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.
The launch took place at Sary Shagan anti-ballistic missile testing range in Kazakhstan in the presence of representatives of the Russian Air Space Forces and defense industry representatives.
The Russian Ministry of Defense reports that, during the missile test, a hypothetical target was successfully hit.
The anti- …