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Expert: The Kremlin could organize a new information leak before US presidential elections
Donald Trump’s policies regarding Russia, if he were to be elected President of the United States, coincide with the Kremlin’s vision, where Europe is divided and dependent on Russia. Therefore, one can expect Moscow’s continued interference in the presidential campaign and new attempts to influence the presidential campaign in the United States may be taken before Election Day this November, Jeffrey Gedmin says.
In an interview with the Georgian Voice of America, the Senior Fellow of the …
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Ash Carter: Cooperation with Russia in Syria will not create a military partnership
The agreements made between the US and Russia with regard to Syria does not signal the beginning of a deepening of their military partnership. This was said by the US Secretary of Defense, Ashton Carter.
On the 26th of July, AFP reported Carter as saying that discussions on military cooperation in Syria are only being carried out to “coerce Russians to make the right steps”, specifically to support a political solution to the conflict in Syria.
However, according to Carter, Russia is “still …
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Steinmeier proposes special status for Transnistria
The German Minister for Foreign Affairs called for the settlement of the Transnistrian conflict by granting special status to Transnistria.
The acting chairman-in-office of the OSCE, German Minister for Foreign Affairs, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, stated the need to resolve the Transnistrian conflict before it escalates further.
“Old conflicts that we call frozen, they aren’t so frozen. There are always risks of these conflicts transitioning into the ‘hot’ stage. We saw it in the case of the …
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Ukrainian Foreign Ministry tells foreigners not to visit the Crimea
The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs calls on foreigners to enter the Russian-annexed Crimea solely in accordance with the laws of Ukraine and international law, as was stated in an address posted on the Ministry’s website on 25 July.
The MFA of Ukraine reminds that foreigners may enter and leave the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine through entry/exit border checkpoints only with special authorization of competent authorities.
“Ukraine considers the disregard for Ukrainian …
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Moldovan Defense Minister: Russia's hybrid war cannot be stopped without NATO support
Moldova’s Minister of Defense, Anatol Șalaru, said that, without the support of NATO, Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova will not be able to defend against a “hybrid war” that attempts to destabilize the situation in Eastern Europe, the Defense Ministry of Moldova press service reported.
According to the report, during the opening ceremony of the active phase of the Sea Breeze 2016 military exercises in Odessa, the Minister said that cooperation between the NATO member states and their Eastern …