Russia will lose the right to host the Biathlon World Championships in 2021
The International Biathlon Union (IBU) urged the Russian Biathlon Union (RBU) to voluntarily forfeit the right to host the Biathlon World Championships in 2021 in Tyumen before February 24th. Otherwise, the IBU will unilaterally deprive the Russian Federation of this right. The decision was made at an Extraordinary Congress of the International Biathlon Union on Wednesday, February 8th, in Fieberbrunn, Austria. Also, a new venue for the World Championships 2021 will be determined in September 20 …
Pro-Ukrainian partisan group claims responsibility for recent assassination of LPR official
A Ukrainian partisan group operating in the Donbas has claimed responsibility for the recent death of the head of the so-called People’s Militia of LPR (Luhansk People’s Republic), Oleg Anashchenko.
In a short video posted on the Facebook page of the Donbas Liberation front on February 5, a masked man spoke in Russian referring to Anashchenko’s assassination.
“We have warned you that if you don’t leave our land you will encounter death. The death will reach anyone who is waging this senseless …
Ukraine makes arrangements to buy coal from the US
According to the Minister of the Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine, Ihor Nasalyk, Ukrainian authorities are holding negations regarding the purchase of anthracite coal in the US, Korrespondent.net reported.
“I have information that negotiations are now being held regarding the shipment of one million tons of anthracite coal from the US to Ukraine,” the minister said at a press conference.
Nasalyk specified that negotiations are being held with private companies.
The minister also noted …
US refused to lift Crimea-related sanctions against Russia
The US does not intend to lift the sanctions against Russia with respect to the Crimea, White House representative Sean Spicer stated on Wednesday the 8th of February. “There are two sets of sanctions that we are dealing with. One is the ones with respect to Crimea. And I think that US Ambassador Haley has addressed that very forcefully at the UN, that until Russia leaves Crimea, those sanctions are a non-starter,” Spicer stated in response to journalists’ questions during a traditional press …
The President of Transnistria said the breakaway region will not change its Russia-oriented course
The President of the unrecognized Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, Vadim Krasnoselsky rejected the proposal of the Prime Minister of Moldova, Pavel Filip to begin discussion on granting special status to Transnistria within Moldova.
Krasnoselsky stated this after the meeting with Austria’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and acting OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Sebastian Kurz. Krasnoselsky stressed that political issues on granting special status to the region within Moldova are not currently …