Duma Deputy Kobzon: Crimea is a burden for Russia
People’s Artist of the USSR and Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Joseph Kobzon called the Crimea an unbearable burden for Russia at a meeting with journalists in Chita, NEWS.ru reported.
“We have taken on an unbearable burden – the Crimea. It is a native Russian territory but we fund it from our poor Russian budget. This seriously affects sectors like health care, education, culture and other important sectors,” the State Duma deputy from Zabaykalsky Krai stated. The artist …
Russia admitted that no Ukrainian aircraft was near MH17 when it was shot down
The Russian Ministry of Defense has denied its own statements about the presence of a Ukrainian Armed Forces aircraft near the Boeing 777 at the moment of crash. On September 26, the chief spokesman for the Russian Ministry of Defense, Igor Konashenkov, and the deputy chief designer of the Utes-T air route radar, Viktor Meshcheryakov, provided new information about the plane crash at the briefing.
According to Meshcheryakov, no airborne side objects were recorded by radar near the Malaysian …
Russia to design replacement for Ukrainian An-124 aircraft
Russia is planning to develop an analog of one of the largest transport aircraft in the world, the An-124 Ruslan, over the next two years, stated Andrey Boginsky, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, on the sidelines of the Gidroaviasalon 2016 forum.
“There are no specific timeframes for when the project will be ready. Such work is proceeding primarily with the Defense Ministry because they will be a customer of the aircraft. The work is proceeding proactively. The …
Former leader of Right Sector says separatist commanders should also be put on Interpol wanted list
The former leader of the Right Sector Organization, Dmytro Yarosh, is outraged by the fact that Interpol doesn’t want to remove him from the international wanted list but, at the same time, it refuses to search for the known Commanders of the self-proclaimed DPR, Givi and Motorola, as he stated this on the air of the talk show People - Hard Talk on 112 Ukraine TV. According to him, Europe doesn’t consider them to be war criminals.
“There is some kind of dissonance – two and a half years have …
Linkevicius: Russia cannot be peacemaker in Syria while its the aggressor in Ukraine
According to Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius, Russia cannot be a peacemaker in Syria after playing the role of the aggressor in Ukraine.
“Tensions in Syria revealed true role of Russia. Being aggressor in Ukraine one can't be peacemaker elsewhere,” Linkevičius wrote on Twitter.
Russia and the Syrian government have recently renewed their offensive on the city of Aleppo after a ceasefire in the war-torn country broke down early last week.