Contents tagged with Russia
-
Prosecutor: Saakashvili can be eliminated by Russian special services
The Russian special services may kill the former President of Georgia and leader of the Movement of New Forces party, Mikheil Saakashvili, with the aim of destabilizing the situation in Ukraine, as expressed by the prosecutor, Olexandr Hovorushchak, during a meeting of the Pechersk District Court, TSN reports.
The prosecutor, talking about the danger from the Russian special services, discussed the need to choose preventive measures in the form of round-the-clock home arrest for Saakashvili.
" …
-
Merkel: Russia wants to be 'a force that shapes international order'
Russia wants to participate in the formation of international order, as evidenced by the events in Syria. This was the opinion expressed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel at a press conference in Berlin, as quoted by TASS.
“We see Russia, which wants to be a force that shapes international order, and in fact is, if we look at Syria,” said Merkel.
She also noted the strengthening of both Russia and China.
Speaking about the European Union, Merkel said that the EU should play a “geopolitical …
-
Russia sentences Estonian businessman to 12 years for espionage
The Moscow City Court sentenced a businessman from Estonia, Raivo Susi to 12 years of imprisonment in a high-security correctional facility for espionage, Interfax reports. The trial was closed to the public; the Susi’s case is classified as top-secret.
Susi was detained in Moscow on 10 February 2016 in the transit zone of the Sheremetyevo Airport while on his way from Tallinn to one of the Central Asian republics. After that, the Lefortovo court of Moscow put him in custody.
The businessman’ …
-
Russian company asks EU Court of Justice to lift sanctions imposed over shipping of Siemens turbines to Crimea
The company Technopromexport has filed a lawsuit with the Court of Justice of the European Union demanding the removal of the sanctions which were placed on the company in connection with the shipment of Siemens turbines to the annexed Crimea, the Official Journal of the EU reported.
According to the journal entry, the company’s CEO Sergey Topor-Gilka, who was also placed on the EU sanctions list, has made a similar demand of the court.
In their requests, the claimants state that it has not …
-
Russian Defense Minister: Time of Russia’s withdrawal from Syria depends on situation
Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu said that the Russian military has already begun to return from Syria, RIA Novosti reports.
The minister was not able to mention a specific date when all forces would be withdrawn. According to him, this will “depend on the situation”.
Earlier on Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the Khmeimim airbase in Syria, where he gave the order to begin withdrawing Russian forces from their permanent stationing points in Syria. He also met with …
-
Human rights activists: at least 52 people are political prisoners in annexed Crimea
To date, 52 people are being held in detention centers in the annexed Crimea for political reasons; and since 2014, at least 70 people have become political prisoners, as reported in an expert study conducted by the Crimean Human Rights Group (CHRG), Krym.Realii reports.
"To date, 52 people continue to be held in prisons and detention facilities in Crimea or Russia; three are under house arrest, and this figure is inconclusive, because there are other criminal cases in the Crimea in which …
-
Ukraine calls on Russia to stop repressions in Crimea
Mariana Betsa, spokesperson for the Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Ministry, posted on Twitter that Ukraine reminds Russia of its reponsibility to put an end to the repression in annexed Crimea.
"December 10th is a Human Rights Day. We demand that the Russian Federation stop repressions in the occupied Crimea and release all political prisoners and illegally detained persons," Betsa said. President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said on International Human Rights Day that "the criminal aggression of …
-
Russian Defense Ministry: 2,500 schoolchildren joined ‘Youth Army’ movement in Crimea
In annexed Sevastopol, more than 2,500 students became members of the Russian military-patriotic movement Yunarmy, the press service of the Southern Military District of the Russian Defense Ministry reported on December 9.
"To date, the leader in military-patriotic education... located on the territory of the Southern Military District, is the Stavropol Krai, which has recruited about three thousand students. Second place is occupied by Sevastopol with over 2.5 thousand and third place is …
-
Kremlin: the West wants to take away Russia’s military achievements in Syria
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova commented on French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian’s Facebook comment that Moscow appropriated victory over the terrorists of the Islamic State.
"The Western partners have been making statements for the last few days that it is not Russia, but they, the coalition, who defeated the ISIL in Syria. The last to do this was the French Foreign Minister, Mr. Le Drian," she wrote.
According to Zakharova, the US-led coalition decided to take …
-
Russia among the top three biggest investors in Ukraine
Cyprus, the Netherlands and Russia were ranked among the top three leaders on direct investments in Ukraine's economy, as reported by Inna Meteleva, the Director of the Charterhouse Corporate Partners investment group in Ukraine, UBR.ua reports.
"According to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine, in 2016, direct investments from Cyprus into the Ukrainian economy amounted to $9.69 billion. $4.35 billion came from the Russian Federation and $5.75 billion came from the Netherlands, which makes …