Contents tagged with Russia
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Media: Ukrainians bought thousands of FIFA World Cup 2018 tickets
Football 24 news outlet reports that Ukrainian citizens purchased more than four thousand tickets for 2018 World Cup matches in Russia.
According to the publication’s source, FIFA sold 2,053 tickets for tournament matches to Ukrainian fans during the second phase, which lasted from December 5, 2017 to April 3, 2018.
The first phase lasted from September 14 to November 28, 2017. During this time, Ukrainian fans purchased 2,087 tickets. Thus, the total number of tickets at the moment is 4,140. …
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Ukrainian Minister of Defense: Russia continues to build its military presence near Ukrainian border
Russia is not going to agree to stop armed aggression in the east of Ukraine, Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak believes.
In an interview with the Uriadovy Courier he stated that the probability of the escalation of the conflict in the Donbas into full-scale aggression with the backing of the Kremlin has not diminished.
“We absolutely expect that the aggressive actions will continue in the east of Ukraine. Moreover, there is a possibility of the conflict escalating into full-scale aggression …
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Russia has not complied with more than two thousand verdicts of the European Court of Human Rights
Russia and Turkey are among the top countries that did not comply with judgments of the European Court of Human Rights. The report – about the results in 2017 – was presented in Strasbourg on Wednesday, April 4 by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (CMCE). According to the report, more than 2,000 cases of human rights violations are still unsettled in Russia. In Turkey, there are more than 1,500. In general, the number of ECHR judgments that have not been complied with in 47 …
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Ukraine and Russia have terminated 44 treaties since 2014
Since the beginning of 2014, Ukraine and Russia suspended and terminated 44 treaties between the two countries, Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine for European integration Olena Zerkal stated. She recalled that prior to 2014, both nations had concluded 451 international treaties.
“After the beginning of the armed aggression, we started inventory of a legal framework of bilateral relations with Russia. As of April 2018, according to our data, all necessary internal procedures have been carried …
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Kyiv proposes swapping 23 Russian prisoners for Ukrainians held captive in Russia
Kyiv increased the number of Russians offered in exchange for Ukrainian citizens convicted in Russia. The earlier offer was for the release of 20 Russian citizens. Now, Ukraine’s representative in the Humanitarian Subgroup on Donbas [of the Trilateral Contact Group] Iryna Herashchenko voiced the proposal to release 23 Russians, Interfax-Ukraine reports.
"Those Russians who were detained, in fact, as a result of the war for... participation in the conflict under the guise of so-called "militia" …
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Russian court orders the deportation of a DPR separatist to Ukraine
Russia intends to deport to Ukraine Nikolai Tregub, a separatist who fought for the Donetsk People’s Republic, Radio Free Europe reports, citing a judgment issued by the Moscow District Court.
“Nikolai Tregub was born in 1989 in Zhmerynka, Vinnytsia region [of Ukraine]. There is a wealth of information about him on the Myrotvorets website (an online resource of a Ukrainian center that collects and studies evidence of crimes committed against national security of Ukraine—Ed.). In 2014, Tregub …
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Russia objects to Ukraine’s detention of the Nord fishing trawler in Azov Sea
RBC news agency reports that during a press briefing on Wednesday, the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ,Maria Zakharova, said that the Russian Foreign Ministry summoned Ukraine’s chargé d’affaires, and handed over a letter of protest in response to the Ukraine’s arrest of the Nord fishing trawler which was detained by Ukrainian border guards in the Sea of Azov on March 25.
According to Zakharova , Russian consular officers are not allowed to visit the crew members …
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Ukraine may replace diplomats expelled from Russia
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine is working to replace the diplomats who were expelled from Russia, as reported by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine on European Integration, Olena Zerkal.
“Thirty-seven of our diplomats still remain. Now we are submitting the missing number for approval,” she said.
Zerkal noted that despite the reduction in the number of Ukrainian diplomats in Russia, the Foreign Ministry continues to work to ensure the protection of the rights of …
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Russia to create news agency 'to fight American hegemony'
Russia’s Federal News Agency (FAN) has announced that it is creating a new English-language news agency called “USA Really. Wake Up Americans”, Interfax reports.
“The Federal News Agency does not intend to put up with the US government’s hegemony in the information sphere, and is announcing the launch of the project “Wake up, America!” In May 2018, the information agency “USA Really. Wake Up Americans” will begin to operate. It will focus on promoting the information and problems that are …
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Serbia negotiates purchase of Mi-35 combat helicopters from Russia
Aleksandar Vulin, the Serbian Minister of Defense met with the Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu and reported afterwards that Serbia is negotiating with Russia for the supply of four Mi-35 combat helicopters and further military cooperation, Russia's TASS news agency reported.
"Recently, we have talked about the purchase of four Mi-17 transport helicopters and four Mi-35 combat helicopters. We have also discussed the continuation of military-technical cooperation, the further equipping …