Contents tagged with Russia
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Kremlin: Putin will not take part in the next session of UN General Assembly
President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, doesn’t plan to participate in the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly, which will be held in New York in September, as stated by Putin's press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, RIA Novosti reports.
"The Russian President's participation is not planned," he noted.
The UN General Assembly will open on September 12th and will start discussions on general political issues during the week of September 19th.
It is also expected that US President …
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Russia expresses concern over cooperation between Ukraine and Croatia on return of occupied territories
Russia is concerned about contact between officials from Ukraine and Croatia regarding the issue of the return of occupied territories, as stated in a commentary by the Department of Information and Press of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) regarding a recent visit to Ukraine by a Croatian delegation headed by Vesna Škare-Ožbolt, who led the process of the peaceful reintegration of the Croatian Danube region.
"Judging by the information available in the media, the subject of ‘ …
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Drone with Russian markings crashes in Poland
The district prosecutor’s office in Olsztyn in northern Poland is investigating a case involving a large drone with Russian-language inscriptions which fell to the ground on a private farmstead in Kętrzyn, roughly 30 km from the Russian border, Polsat News reported.
On August 31, Polish Border Guard representative Miroslav Aleksandrovich announced that the case had been transferred to the district prosecutor’s office in Olsztyn for consideration.
“The collected material is currently being …
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In 2017, Russian fighter jets scrambled 120 times in the annexed Crimea and along Russia’s southern border
Russian Su-30SM fighters from the 4th Red Banner Army of the Southern Military District’s air force and anti-air defense have escorted reconnaissance flights near annexed Crimea and Russia’s southern border 120 times this year, TASS reported, citing Army Commander General-Lieutenant Viktor Sevostyanov.
“Since Crimea became part of Russia in 2014, on a daily basis in the airspace close to our southern borders we detect in advance and strictly control all unsolicited guests of this kind. Over …
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Ukraine refuses to extradite former Azov fighter Georgy Tsertsvadze to Russia
The Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine refused to fulfill Russia’s request to extradite former Georgian special forces agent and Azov Regiment fighter Georgy Tsertsvazde, who was earlier detained in Kyiv at Interpol’s request, as announced by his attorney Kseniya Prokonova, Interfax-Ukraine reported.
“Literally this week we received the decision to refuse to extradite. That is, the Prosecutor’s General Office is not handing Georgy over to Russia… We have set a precedent and have not handed …
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Media: NATO is preparing response to Russia’s violation of Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
NATO is preparing a plan of action in response to the alleged violation of the Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles (INF Treaty), as reported on Thursday on the website of the Suddeutsche Zeitung newspaper. Radio and television broadcasters NDR and WDR have also reported this information.
The newspaper managed to view a copy of the classified document, which was sent out from Brussels to the member countries of the alliance. It lists 39 possible actions in …
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Russia scraps nuclear-powered icebreaker The Soviet Union due to sanctions
Russian authorities have decided to scrap the Russian nuclear-powered icebreaker The Soviet Union. It will not be restored, despite earlier plans to use the ship in projects to develop the Arctic or engage it within the Russian Armed Forces.Rosatomflot's General Director, Vyacheslav Ruksha , shared this with RIA Novosti.
According to Ruksha, the official order has already been signed. He said that the icebreaker could be claimed for offshore projects, but because of Western sanctions against …
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Russian convicted for social network post about Ukrainian Crimea moves to Kyiv
Resident of the Russian city of Tver Andrey Bubeev, convicted for two years and three months for posting a recording about the annexation of Ukraine on the social network VKontakte, has left Russia with his family, activist Anna Borko reported. According to another activist, Ekaterina Bashilova, Bubeev’s family has left for Kyiv.
Andrey Bubeev was recently released from prison. The man was accused of public exhortations to carry out extremist activity (section 2 article 280 of the Russian …
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Official from the separatist DPR accused Russia of betrayal
In his Facebook post, the former leader of the Central Executive Committee (CEC) of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), Roman Lyagin said that Russia had betrayed the separatists in the Donbas.
"I am the organizer of the referendum and responsible for the failure of the Ukrainian elections in 2014. I did what I did according to my beliefs, sincerely and with full dedication! Because I believed in Russia, which will not leave us. But it [Russia] left us to the mercy of fate! …
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Russia postpones opening of two power plants in Crimea
The Russian government postponed the commissioning of the Simferopol and Sevastopol TPPs (Thermal Power Plants). The document, signed by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, was published on the Russian government’s web site for legal information.
According to the new timetable, the first section of the TPPs should be operational as of May 19, 2018, the second one will come a month later. On June 18, 2018, both stations must be operational. The plant’s total capacity is 940 MW.
Earlier it was …