Contents tagged with Russia
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Putin announces plan to create new economic union with China
During his opening speech at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that a new Euro-Asian Economic Union is being planned. The Union will include China as one of its members, as reported by the Russian Gazeta.ru news portal.
“In June together with China we are planning to establish a vast Euro-Asian partnership,” Putin stated. He didn’t disclose any specific details of this partnership.
At the same time Putin called on all Russian partners in the already …
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Ukrainian businessman Yaroslavksy considers purchasing Russian bank
Ukrainian businessman Oleksandr Yaroslavsky is considering the possibility of purchasing one of the three “daughters” of Russian banks in Ukraine, including the “daughter” of Russian Sberbank. “I have considered investing in the banking sector, including the investment in the “daughter” of Russian Sberbank. However, no specific steps had been taken in this direction,” Yaroslavsky stated in his interview with Interfax-Ukraine.
In early June, the Deputy Chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine ( …
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Polish Defense Minister: Russia is currently the largest threat to world security
According to Macierewicz, Russia should stop imposing its views and rules on other states and peoples through military force.
The Polish Minister of Defense, Anthony Macierewicz, said that Russia is currently the biggest threat to world security as reported by PAP. "With all due respect to the Russian people and especially to Russian artists... it doesn't change the fact that Russia is the biggest threat to global security today," the Minister said.
According to him, Russia is country with a …
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Putin says the US is the world's only superpower
The Russian president called the US the only superpower nowadays. He made the statement on Friday, June 17 at the St. Petersburg international economic forum.
“The US is a great country, probably the only superpower in the world at this moment. We accept this. We are ready and willing to work wih the USA,” Putin said.
According to Putin, the world needs “such a powerful country... And we need it too. But we don’t need them to constantly interfere with our affairs, teach us how to live, …
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Ukrainian Ambassador angered by Ban Ki-moon's praise of Russia's role in Ukraine's peace process
Ukraine’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN), Volodymyr Yelchenko, has voiced his anger at statements made by the UN’s Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon.
Ki-moon has said that Russia should play a crucial role in ending the conflict in Donbas.
According to Yelchenko, he does not understand how the head of the UN can “make statements, which are actually praising Russia’s role in resolving the conflict, when Russia is actually a major player in aggression towards Ukraine and in …
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US General: We are ready to create a no-fly zone in Syria
The U.S. Air Force is ready to create a no-fly zone in Syria, as stated by General David Goldfin, Rosbalt reported.
According to him, there are three conditions necessary to introduce a no-fly zone. First, is the permission to shoot down all planes that enter the no-fly zone, including Russian ones.
Also, the Air Force should have a clear understanding of the challenges “on the ground” in a no-fly zone. In order to return refugees and provide them with humanitarian assistance there must be …
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Media: Germany and Russia continue Nord Stream 2 project despite protests by Ukraine
The gas pipeline project, Nord Stream-2, is gradually being implemented, despite protests by Ukraine, the Baltic countries and Poland, Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported.
“The pipes that were ordered have been delivered and the tender request for the pipe laying has been made. This has all been done with the approval of the German government and despite the sanctions against Russia,” Radio Poland quoted the German newspaper as saying.
According to the newspaper, intensive preparations for the …
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Media: Russian Defense Minister arrived in Crimea
The Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Sergey Shoygu, arrived in Crimea on Thursday, TASS reported. An official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry stated that Shoygu will hear reports on construction of military infrastructure and check the military sanatorium in the city of Saky.
The Head of the Russian Ministry of Defense will hear the reports of the Command of the Southern Military District and Black Sea Fleet on constructing military infrastructure. The Minister is …
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Media: Russian fighter planes bombed a hospital and pharmaceutical plant in Aleppo
Russian fighter jets bombed a hospital and pharmaceutical plant in Aleppo, Syria last night, reported Turkish channel TRT.
According to TRT, Russian military aircraft dropped phosphate bombs on a hospital in the area of Anadan in the north of the city, and also a thermobaric bomb on the Asia Pharmaceutical Plant in the area of Kafr Hamra. As a result, both buildings were destroyed.
TRT reports that Russian fighter planes have been bombing squares, markets, hospitals and civil defense centers …
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EU sanctions against Crimea extended
On Friday, the EU Council extended sanctions against the Crimea, according to a report released by the Council.
The sanctions, which were due to expire next Thursday, are now set to expire on June 17th, 2017.
The sanctions include a ban on exporting EU goods to the Crimea as well as investing in the Peninsula and operating tourist services.
It is expected that sanctions against Russia will be extended for its annexation of the Crimea and its role in the war in eastern Ukraine.