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French and German Foreign Ministers expect Russia’s 'constructive contribution' to resolving the crisis in the Donbas
Germany and France expect Vladimir Putin’s "constructive participation in resolving international conflicts." Russia should help resolve the crises in Syria and Ukraine, as well as other problems, Foreign Minister of Germany Heiko Maas stated during a meeting with his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian in Berlin on Monday, May 7, Radio Liberty reported. According to the German ambassador, Berlin and Paris are interested in dialogue with Moscow and expect from it "constructive contribution …
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Ukraine prepares sanctions against Russian publishers
Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Vyacheslav Kyrylenko stated on Twitter that he has asked the Ukrainian authorities to develop sanctions against 12 Russian publishing houses that distribute “anti-Ukrainian” literature.
“In response to the requests of the public and the State Committee for Television and Radio-Broadcasting of Ukraine, I signed a request for authorities to develop sanctions against 12 Russian publishers that systematically distribute book publications with content that is aimed …
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Media: Cossacks who broke up rally against Putin’s inauguration had fought in Donbas
The Cossacks who dispersed the recent protest in Moscow previously fought on behalf of the separatists in Ukraine, Novaya Gazeta reports.
According to reporters, the “Crimean Cossack Regiment” is part of the Union of Cossack Forces in Russia and Abroad, which is headed by Nikolai Dyakonov.
Dyakonov and his subordinates are known to have extensive combat experience even from before the Ukraine-Russian conflict.
“After the ‘Crimean Spring’, Dyakonov’s Cossacks went to fight in the Donbas. …
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Ukrainian Security Service will submit evidence of shelling of Mariupol by Russian soldiers to UN court
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has decided to submit to the International Court of Justice evidence of the involvement of Russian servicemen in the shelling of Mariupol in the Donetsk region on January 24, 2015.
This was announced at a briefing by the head of the Security Service, Vasyl Hrytsak.
On the website of the SBU, information was published about the involvement of Russian military personnel in the shelling of the Vostochny neighborhood in Mariupol. In particular, it has been …
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Media: Russian attack helicopter that crashed in Syria was shot down by a portable surface-to-air missile
The Russian Ka-52 Alligator attack helicopter that crashed in Syria may have been shot down by a missile fired from the ground, reported the newspaper Kommersant.
“According to unofficial information, the Ka-52 was shot down while patrolling the eastern territories of the Syrian Arab Republic when it was fired on by portable surface-to-air missile systems (MANPADS), which were at the disposal of radical Islamists,” the paper said.
On May 7, the Ministry of Defense reported the crash of a …