Contents tagged with USA

  • Ukraine hopes to receive $1 billion tranche from IMF

    Ukraine hopes to receive the fourth part of funds, in the amount of $1 billion under the guarantee of the U.S Government, Interfax-Ukraine reported, citing the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine.

    “In addition to the continuation of technical assistance, we look forward to further cooperation in an effort the get $1 billion under the guarantee of the U.S. Government. The loan guarantees will provide for urgent budget needs at low interest rates based on the results of the implementation of reforms,” …

  • McFaul is worried that Trump adviser will be appointed as US Ambassador to Russia

    There are fears in the US that one of Donald Trump’s advisors may become an official representative of the country. Trump is currently running for president as the official candidate of the Republican Party.

    “I would be worried if one of Trump’s advisers became our next ambassador to Russia,” the former US ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul, said to Politico newspaper.

    The diplomat went on to say that there is concern about “many statements made in relation to Russia”.

    The Republican …

  • PayPal blocked accounts of a Russian company accused of cyber-attacks against the US

    PayPal, a worldwide online payments system, has blocked the personal and corporate accounts of King Servers company, from whose servers the cyber-attack on the U.S. election systems was performed. The company’s owner, Vladimir Fomenko informed RIA Novosti of this development.

    American experts have previously declared that King Servers, whose owner lives in the city of Biysk, Altai region, owns six of the eight IP-addresses uncovered by the FBI in connection with the hacking investigation. It …

  • General Hodges: The core of US tank brigade in Europe will be deployed to Poland

    The Commander of the U.S. Army in Europe, Frederick Ben Hodges, stated that a U.S. heavy tank brigade, which will be deployed in Europe to strengthen NATO’s eastern flank, will be based in Romania and Bulgaria but the core part of this brigade will be in Poland.

    According to Hodges, the brigade will arrive from Colorado in mid-January 2017 to Bremerhaven, Germany, then it will be rapidly deployed to Western Poland.

    “Thus, the whole brigade will be in place and then the process, which we call …

  • Lavrov: Positive cooperation between Russia and the US will not work on the basis of ultimatums

    After the suspension of the agreement with the United States on plutonium disposition, Foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Lavrov stated that the United States will not be able to cooperate with Russia on the basis of ultimatums.

    “The decisions we have taken will not work. The signal from Washington [is that they are] trying to talk with Russia from a position of strength, using language of sanctions and ultimatums and at the same time continuing the selected cooperation with our country only in …

  • Russia suspended agreement with the US on plutonium utilization

    Russian President Vladimir Putin has suspended the agreement with the U.S. on plutonium utilization. The corresponding document was published on the official website of Russian legal information.

    The decree mentions that the decision was taken due to a "fundamental change of circumstances and threat to strategic stability as a result of hostile actions" of the United States against Russia; due to the inability of the United States "to ensure fulfillment of the obligation to dispose of the …

  • US urges Ukraine to speed up reforms

    According to a joint statement made by the Prime Minister of Ukraine, Volodymyr Groysman, and US Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, the pace of reforms in Ukraine needs to be sped up to ensure a smooth handover of affairs to the future US presidential administration.

    This statement was made after the talks between Ukrainian and US authorities on trade cooperation. The American presidential delegation was headed by Pritzker.

    “Both sides agreed on the importance of accelerating the momentum …

  • US gives three mobile laboratories to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense

    The United States gave the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense three mobile laboratories worth 13 million hryvnia ($500,000). These labs will make it possible to promptly and efficiently complete tests, from the simplest to the most complex ones, to identify disease agents and bacteriological studies.

    As has been reported, there are no such laboratories in Ukraine yet, although they are urgently needed in the war zone.

    It is reported that the cars and medical equipment were purchased by the …

  • Russian Foreign Ministry: Moscow will respond to Washington's stance on nuclear deterrence

    The Russian Foreign Ministry said that Russia will have to take into account the U.S. approach to nuclear deterrence and respond with measures necessary to ensure national security. This was the Russian diplomatic department’s comment on the statements of the U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter on nuclear deterrence.

    "A major concern is the willingness to use its nuclear capability in the event of an armed conflict with Russia in order to prevent the possibility of our country using …

  • Moscow demands that Washington provide information about potential terrorist attacks against Russia

    The director of the Information and Press Department of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, stated that the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs requires that Washington immediately provide all information on planned terrorist acts against Russia and its citizens. According to her, silence will be considered withholding information.

    “In case of the presence of any information about planned terrorist acts, possible attacks on Russian cities, possible provocations and …