Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has stressed the importance of maintaining the non-recognition policy of the illegal annexation of the Crimea, where the human rights situation is catastrophically deteriorating. This includes the use of punitive Soviet-style medicine. This was said at a meeting of the Ambassadors of the G7 countries and the European Union.

Poroshenko also urged the non-recognition of the legitimacy of the parliamentary elections in the Russian Federation, which Moscow is …

Ukraine cannot stop the supply of water to the occupied part of the Donbas region, the Vice Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister for Regional Development, Construction and Housing, Hennadiy Zubko, said to journalists during his visit to the Donetsk region.

"Water is a human product and we cannot stop or interrupt the supply of water to the occupied territory. Therefore, the Donbas Water state enterprise and the Popasna water facilities supply water to the occupied territory. Yes, today it …

German Ambassador to Ukraine Ernst Reichel believes that Ukraine cannot fully assert its position on the Minsk Agreements and will have to make certain concessions. However, the existence of agreements with the Russian Federation would be more profitable for Ukraine than having none at all.

"In this conflict which is regulated by the Minsk Agreements, Ukraine cannot 100% defend its interests and have to make certain concessions,” Reichel said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine. He also …

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine released the decision to extend economic sanctions and restrictive measures against companies and citizens who pose a threat to the national interests of Ukraine. The corresponding Resolution Number 639 was published on the government’s website.

“The decision invites a strengthening of the sanctions policy by extending the list of individuals and entities that contribute to or finance terrorism and pose a threat to the national interests, national security, …

To allow or deny elections within its territory is a sovereign right of Ukraine. It should not give anyone authorization, the Deputy Head of the Central Election Commission of Ukraine, Andriy Mahera, said in his comments to GORDON.

According to Mahera, the decision of the Ukrainian authorities on the prohibition of conducting elections for the State Duma of the Russian Federation within the territory of Ukraine on the 18th of September is consistent with international law.

"There is a …

Last week Russian Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Sergey Donskoy said to Russian President Vladimir Putin that he wanted to start a bilateral dialogue with Denmark as soon as possible, to decide how to allocate control of the Arctic, including the North Pole.

But, as reported by the Financial Times, Copenhagen rejected Moscow’s proposal to split the 550,000 sq km-territory between them. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Denmark Kristian Jensen told the newspaper that his country …

The Russian representative of the International Monetary Fund will vote against allocating the third IMF tranche to Ukraine. Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation Anton Siluanov declared this on September 12.

“Our position has always been open, and today we will give an order to our representative at the IMF, that when considering the assignment of the tranche to Ukraine, we will vote against this decision because we believe that it was not accepted in accordance with the rules. In IMF’ …

The German government harshly refuted the statements by the Russian Foreign Ministry that German Chancellor Angela Merkel made statements in favor of the nomination of Bulgarian EU Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva for the post of UN Secretary General during the G20 summit in Hangzhou. “The spread of objectively false information on an official level is an unfriendly act,” a representative of the Foreign Ministry of Germany, Martin Schäfer, said on Monday, September 12 in Berlin.

A spokesman …