Latvian authorities are planning to start the construction of a fence at the border with Belarus, modeled after the barrier erected at the border with Russia. This was reported by Delfi with reference to the head of the State Border Guard of Latvia, Normunds Garbars.

Garbars noted that the expenses are already built into the budget for the following year. "The project will be realized on the same principles", the news agency writes. According to it, the construction of the fence will begin no …

The deputy of the Simferopol city council of the Crimea from the Communist Party, Stepan Kiskin, wrote a letter to the newly elected US president, Donald Trump. Kiskin stated this on his Facebook page.

Kiskin called on Trump to recognize the Crimea as part of Russia and offered to hold a second Yalta conference on the peninsula.

The letter to Trump, noted Kiskin, was sent to the US ambassador to Russia, John Tefft, with a request that the diplomat give the letter to the president-elect.

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Canadian Foreign Minister Stéphane Dion urged all countries that imposed sanctions against Russia because of its actions against Ukraine to be firm in this matter, and stated that Canada would not ease the sanctions as long as Moscow keeps its current position.

He stated this at a press conference in Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, according to Reuters.

“Russia’s behavior in Ukraine and Syria is problematic, to say the least. That is why it is important to be very frank in our relations with …