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Russia loses $16.3 million from National Wealth Fund
The placement of foreign currency reserves in Central Bank accounts continues to result in losses for the Russian Finance Ministry, according to the department’s operational statistics which were published on Thursday, finanz.ru reports.
On August 1, the Central Bank of Russia was managing two thirds of the National Wealth Fund (NWF), which were invested in a basket of foreign currencies – 22.11 billion US dollars, 20.75 billion euros and 4.37 billion pounds sterling.
The investment of these …
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Media: Journalists killed in Central Africa understood what their assailants were saying
In the Central African Republic (CAR), an investigation is currently underway into the deaths of a film crew from Russia. On Thursday a Gendarmerie investigative group examined the murder scene and questioned local residents. The details of the attack have also been published in the local media. According to the local online news outlet Corbeau News (CNC), the members of the film crew appear to have understood what their assailants were telling them during the attack.According to CNC, the …
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Senate votes to allow US partners to purchase weapons from Russia
The US Senate has passed legislative changes that will allow the President waive sanctions on countries that are attempting to establish closer relations with Washington, but are also involved in weapons deals with Russia.
The decision passed with 87 Senators voting in favor and 10 voting against, writes RFE/RL.
This decision had already been passed by the US House of Representatives, and now awaits President Trump’s final approval.
Earlier, US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis appealed to …
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Ukrainian Ambassador believes Finland will deport Russians who entered the country with passports issued in Crimea
Two residents with international passports issued by annexed Crimea received Finnish tourist visas and were allowed to enter the country because human error, Radio Liberty reports, citing a statement from the Ukrainian Ambassador to Finland, Andriy Olefirov.
“It seems to me that these residents were allowed to travel to Finland on a tourist visa because of human error. Up to a million Schengen visas are issued at the consulates in St. Petersburg every year. Of course, there’s no law that …
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Ukraine to establish government body to recover losses inflicted by Russia because of annexation of Crimea and war in Donbas
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announced on his Facebook page that he initiated the creation of a new interdepartmental coordinating body to recover losses caused by Russian aggression in the Donbas. Poroshenko called on the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine to take steps for the speedy creation of an interagency coordinating body based on the law of reintegration adopted by Kyiv in January.
The President stressed that the creation of such a body is prescribed by the Law on the …