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Belarus President Lukashenko speaks about ‘hard' negotiations with Putin in Sochi
The negotiations of Russia’s and Belarus leaders on September 21 in Sochi were "hard" but effective, said Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko at the meeting with the government, reports BelTA.
Lukashenko's meeting with the government in Minsk was devoted to the results of his talks with Putin in Sochi. "The main part of the talks was one-on-one with the [Russian] president. Negotiations lasted six hours, even more. Frankly, it was not only hard but difficult negotiations, but they were …
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Crimea complains of insufficient drinking water supply
The Crimean population needs the required amount of quality drinking water, said Crimean “Deputy Prime Minister” Yuriy Gotsanyuk at a work group session devoted to planning the installation of water purification plants in Crimea, Krym.Realii reports.
“At present, under conditions where the supply of Dnieper water through the North Crimean Canal has been stopped, Crimean cities and agricultural settlements are being supplied from local sources. All of Crimea’s underground water is being used in …
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Russia: Ukrainian ships approached Crimea
Two ships of the Ukrainian Naval Forces- command ship Donbas and tugboat Korets were located near the coast of the annexed Crimea, reported Interfax referring to the FSB border control on Saturday, September 22.
Russia claims that the Ukrainian ships were allegedly moving “towards an exclusive economic zone of the Russian Federation.” They [the ships] are heading in a northeasterly direction. “In accordance with international maritime law and in the interests of security of the Russian …
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Russia prevents separatist commander Khodakovsky from entering DPR
Former Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) Security Minister Alexander Khodakovsky reported on his Telegram channel, that Russian border guards refused him to return to DPR.
“I should explain why I will not be able to participate in the elections. Last night, when I was coming home from Russia, Russian border guards at the Uspensky border crossing, simply but in polite manner explained to me that they would not let me out and that I should come back to the Russian Federation,” he wrote.
At the …
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Ukrainian President Poroshenko files a defamation claim against BBC
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko filed a claim against the BBC accusing the agency of defamation after it published an article alleging that the Ukrainian President paid at least $ 400 thousand through intermediaries for his first meeting with US President Donald Trump. President Petro Poroshenko’s claim against the BBC said that the British broadcaster reviewed his complaint in a “dismissive and arrogant manner”, Radio Liberty reports with reference to the confirmation of the High Court of …