Contents tagged with Russia
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Erdogan: No disagreements between Turkey and Russia on Afrin
Turkey and Russia have no disagreements concerning the military operation “Olive Branch” that Turkey is carrying out in the Syrian region of Afrin, as stated by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a press conference while flying back from a tour of Africa, the TRT Haber TV channel reported.
“We do not have disagreements with Russia concerning Afrin. We will continue to establish observation points in Idlib. Eight such points have already been established. In the future we are planning to …
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Russia expresses doubt about Volker’s ability to 'contribute to resolving the crisis in the Donbas’ after his statements that LPR and DPR should be disbanded
U.S. Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker’s call to disband the LPR and the DPR “calls into question” his ability to contribute to the resolution of the crisis in the Donbas, said the chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Foreign Affairs Konstantin Kosachev, reported RIA Novosti.
“Volker's words, of course, do not fit into any framework of the existing Minsk agreements and, in my opinion, quite seriously call into question his readiness and ability to make a real contribution to …
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Ukraine and Russia are ready for a dialogue with the European Commission on the gas transit issue
Ukraine and Russia have prepared for close, consistent communication regarding gas transit issues, RIA Novosti reports, quoting a representative of the European Commission. "Ukraine and Russia have confirmed their readiness to remain in close contact with the European Commission," the source said.
According to him, the Vice President of the European Commission for Energy Union, Maroš Šefčovič was informed of Gazprom's intention to terminate contracts with Naftogaz. He also added that all …
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Putin demands that Washington provide evidence of Russia's interference in US elections
The US authorities must provide Russia with information that justifies its accusations against thirteen Russian nationals led by oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin that they unsuccessfully attempted to influence the results of the presidential elections in the United States, stated Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview with NBC.
"I first have to look at what they did. Give us the materials. Give us information. With all due respect to you personally, with all due respect to the Congress, …
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US Ambassador to Ukraine: Washington will not recognize Russian presidential elections in Crimea
US Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch has said that Washington will not recognize the Russian Presidential elections planned in the annexed Crimea. She said this on air during a broadcast of Ukrainian television channel Pryamoi.
"I think [it will be the same] as with all the elections in the Crimea…the way we treated these elections in the past is that we did not recognize them," Yovanovitch said.
The Russian presidential elections are scheduled for March 18, 2018 - the anniversary of …
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'American analyst' who claimed on Russian TV that US has lost arms race turns out to be a fake
The “American analyst” who said on Russian TV that the US has lost the arms race turned out to be a “singing poet” and soap vendor, The Insider news outlet reports.
In a program on the Russian TV channel NTV, one of the stories was devoted to the “violent reaction in the West” elicited by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s address to the Federal Assembly. According to NTV, the reason for the fuss is that “the US was absolutely convinced that it was ahead of the rest of the planet in the …
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Russian media: Russia completes testing of nuclear engine for its new weapons
Russia has completed the testing of a portable nuclear propulsion system for cruise missiles and autonomous underwater vehicles, RIA Novosti reported with reference to an official source in the Russian military.
The source stated that such technology has only been developed and implemented in Russia.
According to the source, in recent years Moscow has gone to special efforts to send the West “signals” that the West’s attempts to neutralize Russia’s nuclear potential through anti-missile …
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Gazprom not able to suspend gas transit through Ukraine yet
Despite its statement about the termination of all contracts with Ukraine, Gazprom will not suspend gas transit through Ukraine in the near future, according to a statement made by Gazprom’s Spokesperson, Sergey Kupriyanov, reports RBC news agency.
“If it was any other way, we would say that openly,” said Kupriyanov when asked if the beginning of the Gazprom-Naftogaz contract termination procedure at the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC) would bring an immediate …
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President of Belarus Lukashenko threatens to respond to Russia's embargo on Belarusian milk
President of the Republic of Belarus, Aleksandr Lukashenko, stated that disputes over milk supplies have again escalated between Belarus and the Russian Federation and notes that such issues must be addressed immediately during a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister, Mikhail Rusyy, BELTA reports.
"I'd like to note that such things must be responded to. We will not remain silent. The security services informed me that Russia has imported some New Zealand milk powder, now they are having excess of …
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NATO: Russian S-400 missiles systems are not compatible with Alliance's missile defense
Deputy Secretary General of NATO Rose Gottemoeller said that during arms purchases the lack of compatibility of Russian S-400 air defense missile system with the NATO missile defense must be taken into account.
"As for the missile defense system, NATO members believe that the greatest effectiveness can be achieved only through the interaction of NATO systems. We want to study these systems. The S-400 system doesn’t integrate with other NATO members' systems, and it is necessary to study this …