Putin: The publication of the Panama Papers is an attempt to destabilize Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin made his first comments on the investigation of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, calling it “nonsense”, Dozhd reported.
“The publication of the ‘Panama Papers’ is an attempt to destabilize the situation in the country,” Putin stated. “The easiest way to do this is to motivate people to distrust the authorities.”
The International Consortium for Investigative Journalism (ICIJ) recently published a report highlighting the ways in which …
Ukrainian positions fired on 23 times on Thursday
Pro-Russian separatists have fired on Ukrainian positions 23 times since midnight near in the Donbas region, mostly around Avdiivka, the Press Center of the Ukrainian Armed Forces stated, as reported by Interfax-Ukraine on April 7th.
Exchanges of fire were also reported near Nevelsky, Trehizbenka, and the Butovka mine.
The Press Center confirmed that Ukrainian soldiers returned fire.
“Our experiences the past few days have shown that [to open fire] is the only way to stop the provocation of …
Gazprom has accepted Georgia's terms on the transit of gas to Armenia
Georgia, as before, will get 10% of the total volume of Russian gas supplies to Armenia as transit fees according to the agreement signed by the Russian corporation, as reported by the Ministry of Energy of Georgia."The text of the contract has already been agreed upon. The Ministry of Energy received the contract and sent it to the Ministry of Justice for legal assessment. The contract will then be submitted to the government for approval. Only after that will the contract come officially into …
Erdoğan: Russia is a party to the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh
The President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, believes that Russia is involved in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. “Russia said that Turkey is a party to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Indeed, Russia is a party to the conflict,” Erdoğan stated. Reuters quotes Erdogan as saying that Russia was involved in the conflict in Georgia, in Ukraine and now the conflict in Syria as well.
Earlier, the Foreign Minister of Russia, Sergey Lavrov, stated that Russia doesn’t find Turkey responsible for the …
Savchenko's mother says Russia is ready to exchange her daughter if Ukraine recognizes the sentence
The Russian Federation is ready to exchange Ukrainian serviceman and People's Deputy of Ukraine, Nadiya Savchenko, if Ukraine recognizes the sentence of the Russian court, according to Savchenko`s mother, Maria Savchenko, as indicated in an interview with the Associated Press.
"They [the Ukrainian government] want to do an exchange. But Russia has two conditions: to recognize the validity of the sentence by the Russian court and to exchange her for others [Russian prisoners in Ukraine]," Maria …