Contents tagged with Russia
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Russian Sberbank to trade cryptocurrency through its Swiss subsidiary
State-run Sberbank of Russia intends to launch trade operations with cryptocurrency through its bank subsidiary in Switzerland, Sberbank Switzerlang AG, as was announced by Sberbank’s Deputy President and head of Global Markets, Andrey Shemetov, according to the RBC news.
Shemetov said that while Russian law does not permit operations with cryptocurrency, Swiss legislation allows them. “We want to serve our customers and consider that strategically we should have access to all types of …
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Ukrainian Foreign Minister calls the meeting between US representative Volker and Putin's aide Surkov fruitless
At a joint briefing with the Italian Foreign Minister, OSCE Chairman Angelino Alfano in Kyiv, Pavlo Klimkin, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, said that the last meeting of Kurt Volker, US State Department Special Representative, and Russian Presidential Assistant Vladislav Surkov was fruitless, Ukrinform reports.
"I am in constant contact with our American friends and allies. Several times I spoke with Kurt Volker before meeting with Surkov and yesterday too. Unfortunately, during …
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Russia calls Kremlin List an effective breach in Russia-US relations
First deputy chairman of the Federation Council’s International Affairs Committee Vladimir Dzhabarov believes that the inclusion of virtually all the Russian leaders in the US Finance Ministry’s “Kremlin Report” constitutes a breach in Russia-US relations, RIA Novosti reports.
“Formally our countries have relations, but the inclusion in the sanction list of virtually all our country’s leadership means that these relations are effectively being severed,” Dzhabarov commented. He himself was …
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Media: Cyber-attacks on Dutch banks were carried out from Russian servers
The cyber-attacks that affected the three largest Dutch banks were carried out from Russian servers, as reported by De Telegraaf daily newspaper, citing the ESET Company which specializes in digital security.
"This does not necessarily mean that the perpetrators are also in Russia – they can be anywhere," specialists note.
According to the company, hackers used a so-called botnet, a network of infected computers. They remotely sent signals from devices using the Zbot program to visit certain …
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Ukrainian delegate: Russia's attempt to return to PACE failed
In a comment to InfoResist, Ukrainian MP and delegation representative to PACE Boryslav Bereza stated that Russia tried to blackmail PACE leadership into allowing the country to return to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), but its attempts did not work.
According to Bereza, Russia refused to pay membership fees to PACE until it was reinstated in the organization.
"Russia is blackmailing the assembly by not paying. The financial leverage is very strong, [and] is still …
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Poland asks US to impose sanctions against Nord Stream 2
In an interview with Gazeta Prawna following Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki’s meeting with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, the Prime Minister said he raised the issue of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, which is currently under construction. "We want this project to fall under the sanctions. And this is a very important point in our negotiations with the United States," said the head of the Polish government, referring to Nord Stream 2 as a threat not only to Poland's energy …
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Media: US squeezing Russia out of weapons market with sanctions
Starting on Monday, January 29th, the United States can start introducing sanctions on individuals and companies located in any part of the world that enter into “significant” contracts with companies from the Russian defense sector, reports Russia’s RBC news agency.
Such sanctions are stipulated by the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) enacted by United States President Donald Trump in early August 2017.
The US State Department drew up a special list comprised …
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Washington publishes 'Kremlin list' targeting Russian elite
The US Treasury Department submitted to the Congress a list of 114 Russian politicians, government officials and businessmen included in the so-called “Kremlin Report”. The “Kremlin report” includes Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, his deputies and other members of Russian government.
The list also includes First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, Deputy Prime Ministers Sergey Prikhodko, Alexander Khloponin, Vitaly Mutko, Arkady Dvorkovich, Olga Golodets, Dmitry Kozak and Dmitry …
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Ukrainian military intelligence: Russia supplies weapons to Donbas from Crimea
The Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s Deputy Chief of the Main Intelligence Directorate, Vadym Skybytsky claimed on Radio Liberty’s Donbas.Realii that two routes are used by the Russian military to supply to the Donbas Ukrainian weapons seized in annexed Crimea.
"Two routes were used to deliver weapons seized by the Russian army from occupied Crimea to the separate areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions: through the waters of the Sea of Azov and through the territory of Russia. The arms supply is …
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Ukraine condemns inclusion of South Ossetian Army into Russian Armed Forces
The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the ratification by the State Duma of Russia of the so-called agreement to include separate units of the armed forces of the self-proclaimed Republic of South Ossetia—the separatist-controlled territory of Georgia—into the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
"This is another provocative step that perpetuates the Kremlin's policy of destabilizing the situation in the Black Sea region and undermining the architecture of European security," …