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Crimean Tatar leader Dzhemilev claims that Crimea’s current 'semi-bandit totalitarian regime' is worse than the Soviet one
After the annexation of the Crimea, Russia established on the peninsula “a hard, semi-bandit, totalitarian regime, which, by some of its features, is even worse than the Soviet one," as stated by the leader of the Crimean people, Mustafa Dzhemilev, at a conference in Bratislava, Radio Liberty reports.
“The struggle of Crimean Tatars was long and persistent, but ultimately successful. Hundreds of people passed through prisons and camps. Some of them ended their lives in prison chambers and many …
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General Hyten: The US has 'no defense' against Russia's new cruise missile
The United States has "no defense" against ground-based cruise missiles recently deployed by Russia, according to a report submitted to Congress by a high-ranking American general.
The Commander of U.S. Strategic Command, General John Hyten, warned that Russian missile systems "are within range and can threaten most of the continent of Europe" and that the US "has no defense against it," especially with regard to the defense of European allies.
The US authorities described the deployment of …
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U.S. Secretary of State to visit Moscow on April 11
The Russian Foreign Ministry confirms the visit of U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to Moscow early next week.
“On April 11-12, U.S. Secretary of State Tillerson will visit Moscow on a working trip. This is his first visit to our country as the head of the foreign policy department of the Donald Trump’s administration," reads the statement on the web site of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
During the talks between Secretary of State and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, …
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Russia presents its own draft resolution on chemical attack in Syria
At the UN Security Council, Russia presented its own draft resolution to investigate the chemical attack in Syria. Russia’s permanent representative to the UN made a statement to this effect, RIA Novosti reports. “We put forward our own short, thorough draft, aimed at a real investigation, not at assigning guilt before the facts have been established,” said Fedor Strzhizhovsky, press secretary of Russia’s permanent representative to the UN.
According to him, consultations regarding the draft …
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Security Service of Ukraine discloses account of surrendered Russian spy
Officials of the Security Service disclosed an attempt by Russian special services to recruit a resident of the Luhansk region, who worked in Russia.
According to the Security Service’s press service, the Ukrainian came to the attention of Russian special forces in late 2016 during an illegal stay in Russia.
“The man was unofficially employed in a company, and this fact was used to pressure him and coerce him to go against the interests of Ukraine,” the Security Service noted.
After the man …