Contents tagged with Russia
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Main Crimean bank may lose access to SWIFT payment system due to loss of its software license
The British company Finastra, which produces software that allows banks to access SWIFT (Society for World Interbank Financial Telecommunication) system, discovered that one of its clients was the Russian National Commercial Bank (RNCB) operating in the Crimea and decided to stop this cooperation.
According to Russian Vedomosti newspaper, the bank can switch to another interface for accessing SWIFT, but if it does not manage to do this before August 31 when the license for the Finastra …
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Media: Siemens turbines for Crimea were resold in order to prevent court appeal
The Russian news outlet Kommersant reported that its journalists have uncovered the scheme according to which Siemens gas turbines were transferred from Russia to annexed Crimea, in circumvention of EU sanctions. As the media claims, this took place by means of resale.
According to the publication, it follows from the arbitration court documents that the scheme involved two Russian companies with the same name: JSC Foreign Economic Association Technopromexport, which is a subsidiary of the …
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German politicians demand that German Foreign Minister explain his dinner with Putin
Alliance 90/The Greens is asking the head of the Foreign Ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany, Sigmar Gabriel, to explain the dinner with Russian President Vladimir Putin and former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, who is supposed to join the supervisory board of Rosneft.
Gabriel was asked to respond before the September elections to the Bundestag, reports DW.
"The Foreign Minister should dispel suspicions that Schröder is trying to use him to promote the interests of Putin and …
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Media: Foreign athletes refuse to take part in sport events in Crimea
Foreigners are refusing to participate in the Cliff Diving World Cup in the Russian-annexed Crimea. Thus, Colombian diver Orlando Duque and Mexican diver Jonathan Paredes will not come to the peninsula because of warnings issued by Ukraine, as reported by RIA Crimea citing the competition’s organizers.
"In 2014, we encountered a similar situation when we held downhill competitions, so this year we tried not to advertise our event for as long as possible, although it is decreases participation …
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North Korea opens a tourist agency in Russia
An official North Korean travel agency, NKorean, has begun operating in Russia, as reported by the president of the Russian Travel Agencies Union, Sergey Golov.
According to Golov, the agency offers tourists the ability to visit North Korea and get acquainted with the cultural and spiritual wealth of the country. Tourist programs include visits to attractions and the opportunity to learn about the ideas of Juche socialism and a complete immersion in the culture of the country. The agency's …
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Mattis: US allies will continue to pressure Russia
US allies will continue to pressure Russia until it fulfills its international obligations, stated Pentagon chief James Mattis following a meeting with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.
Mattis recalled that Russia pledged to refrain from using force against Ukraine and threats of using nuclear weapons, and also pledged to respect the territorial integrity of other states.
"Unfortunately, Russia is not adhering to the letter, much less the spirit, of these international commitments. The U. …
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Volker: the conflict in the Donbas can be solved in a few months
In a broadcast by the television channel Dozhd, US Special Representative on Ukraine Kurt Volker said that he believes that the conflict in the Donbas can be solved in a few months.
"If Russia is prepared to solve problems and we, from our side, are also ready to do so, I am sure that everything will be resolved in a few months. I do not think that it will be difficult to implement. The difficulty lies in making a decision. I think that literally within a few months we will see whether there …
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Ukrainian Independence Day Parade with NATO soldiers: Russia says Ukraine has lost its sovereignty
The parade in honor of the 26th anniversary of independence in Kyiv, which featured soldiers from NATO states, is evidence that Ukraine has lost its sovereignty and has become an externally governed territory, said Irina Yarovaya, Deputy Chairperson of the Russian State Duma.
“It seems that the NATO procession symbolizes their personal contribution to the special operation “Maidan” with an anti-constitutional coup d’état in Ukraine. All that is happening illustrates the already overcrowded …
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Media: Over the past 2 years Russia has conducted three times more military exercises than NATO
Over the past two years Russia had held three times more military exercises than NATO countries, according to Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. The newspaper conducted the research and compiled an interactive table of all the maneuvers the Kremlin has arranged in the last two years.
According to the newspaper, the West should be wary, since Russia has been arranging exercises with the participation of more than 1,500 military personnel several times more often than NATO - and this is only …
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Media: Russian FSB officers suspected of passing information on Russian hackers to the US
Employees of the Center for Information Security (CIS) of the FSB, who were arrested for treason, are suspected of transferring the names of Russian hackers to American intelligence, as reported by Dozhd TV channel, citing sources in the FSB that indicated this information led to the son of a State Duma Deputy, Roman Seleznev, being detained in Maldives as well as the detention of other cybercriminals around the world.The TV channel learned of the accusation against the Deputy Head of the FSB …