Medvedev: Russia must give up the illusion that the sanctions will be lifted soon
The Russian Prime Minister, Dmitry Medvedev, said that Russia should give up the illusion about the lifting of the sanctions, UNIAN reported.
"It's time to part with the illusion that the anti-Russian sanctions that were imposed on our country will be lifted in the near future. It's obvious that everything that has happened will last for a long time. We cannot put our hopes in the results of elections in foreign countries to affect this issue," Medvedev said during his speech at the congress …
Gazprom will pay for the construction of Nord Stream 2 itself
The Russian energy giant, Gazprom, will pay the costs of the construction of the trans-Baltic gas pipeline, Nord Stream 2, after Austrian oil company, OMV, and other European partners abandoned their plans, as reported by Der Standard.
"Gazprom lost hope for the participation of European partners in the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project, at least for the near future," the newspaper reports. Gazprom planned to implement the Nord Stream 2 project together with European oil companies, Engie, OMV, …
Russia says it is not conducting negotiations on the establishment of military bases in Libya
The Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security, Viktor Ozerov, declared that Russia is not conducting negotiations with Libya on the establishment of military bases in its territory. This statement was made by Ozerov in response to reports by Western media outlets that Russia is planning to build two military bases in Libya. "There are no negotiations of that sort," RIA Novosti quoted Ozerov as saying.
Earlier, the Swiss newspaper, Neu Zürcher Zeitung, reported that …
Crimean Tatars urge the world’s countries to recognize the 1944 deportation as genocide
The World Congress of the Crimean Tatars sent an appeal to the governments of different countries, urging them to recognize the deportation of Crimean Tatars in 1944 as genocide, Crimean News reported.
“In an address of the Crimean Tatars World Congress, the mass deportation of Crimean Tatars in 1944 with the intended full destruction of this nation is classified as a crime that, according to international law, is genocide. Thus, Congress demands the governments of countries that received this …
Ukrainian Parliament drafts law on exclusive use of the Ukrainian language
The draft law on the state language, providing for the exclusive use of Ukrainian in almost all areas of life was registered in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
The corresponding document was published on the agency’s website. The authors of draft law are 33 members of Parliament from different factions, the website says. The document provides that using the Ukrainian language should become compulsory for all state authorities and local public authorities, as well as preschool, school, non- …