Tillerson and Lavrov will hold talks next week in Germany
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will hold talks next week in Germany. This will be their first official meeting.
The Russian minister mentioned this during an interview with channel NTV.
"Rex Tillerson, like me, will be attending the events that will be held this month in Germany. There will be a meeting of G20 foreign ministers in Bonn as well as the annual Munich Security Conference, which will be held back to back ... there will be a good …
Estonian President: Russia is trying to turn governments against one another
Russia is trying to turn everybody against each other in international politics, as Estonian President, Kersti Kaljulaid, stated in an interview with the LNT channel, Delfi reported.
According to Kaljulaid, Russia wants to influence the democratic processes in countries using any visible rifts.
The Estonian President believes that until Russia starts to change from the inside, we should not expect that the West will renew a close cooperation with them.
She agreed with the views expressed by …
NATO accuses Russia of publishing fake news about the Alliance
NATO accused Russia of strengthening its disinformation campaign after the annexation of the Crimea in March 2014, Deutsche Welle reported.
According to NATO’s data, the Russian media companies Sputnik and Russia Today (RT) have repeatedly published fake material.
"NATO has been dealing with a significant increase in Russian propaganda and disinformation since Russia's illegal annexation of the Crimea in 2014," the spokesperson of the Alliance, Oana Lungescu, told Reuters on Saturday, …
Poroshenko announced successful testing of new air-to-ground missile
Ukraine has successfully tested a new 57 mm missile for the Ukrainian Air Force. The missile is designed to destroy ground targets as was announced by President Petro Poroshenko on Facebook.
"I have good news. Ukroboronprom has developed a new rocket for the Air Force of Ukraine. 57 mm missiles are designed to destroy ground targets and are projected to be used to arm attack helicopters and planes," the President wrote.
According to him, during the test, the crew of the helicopter, which is …
It would cost Ukraine $550 million to stop using coal from the Donbas
Almost three weeks ago, Ukrainian veterans of military actions in eastern Ukraine blocked several railway stations in the Donbas, thus declaring an economic blockade with the uncontrolled Ukrainian regions in the Donetsk and Luhansk Republics. Authorities did not support this action, insisting in particular that without anthracite coal, Ukrainian thermal power stations (TPSs) will not be able to function for a long time (of the 24 million tons annually consumed by Ukrainian TPSes, 9 million …