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Russia refuses to guarantee non-interference in US elections
Russia will not give the United States “unilateral guarantees” of non-interference in elections, said Andrey Krutskikh, Special Representative of the President of Russia for International Cooperation on Information Security, in an interview with the newspaper Kommersant.
“We will not give any unilateral statements or assurances, and we most certainly will not admit guilt for certain incidents which Russia was purportedly involved in,” he said when asked whether Russia would guarantee non- …
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Russia wants to increase traffic to Crimean ports with Syrian help
The Russian authorities of the annexed Crimea and a delegation from Syria signed a Memorandum of Intent totaling 62 billion rubles or about one billion dollars, as reported by Interfax.
The news agency cites the Prime Minister of the Republic of Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov, who says that a part of the projects with Syria is possible "even in the first approximation."
"The economic benefit for the peninsula is obvious, regional ports will be loaded,” Aksyonov added.
The Crimea had looked forward …
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Dzhemilev : Russia deployed six nuclear warheads to Crimea
After the annexation of the Crimea, it is possible that in early 2016, the Russians deployed nuclear weapons to the territory which is not controlled by Ukraine. According to People's Deputy of Ukraine Mustafa Dzhemilev, six nuclear warheads are located on the territory of the peninsula.
"First of all, this is a gross violation of the Budapest Memorandum because Crimea is the territory of Ukraine. We [Ukraine], a non-nuclear state became a nuclear state again. I appealed to the Ministry of …
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Leader of Russian diaspora arrested in Latvia
The head of the Center for the Protection of Russian Schools, Alexander Gaponenko was arrested in Latvia, on April 21, reports Delfi news outlet.
According to Delfi, Gaponenko is also the leader of the social movement "The Congress of Non-Citizens" in Latvia.
“The purpose of my arrest is to stop the fight to defend Russian children and their right to education," Gaponenko said.
During the court hearing, which was closed to the public, the pro-Russian activist accused the Latvian law …
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A colonel of Ukraine’s Armed Forces detained in Kyiv over spying for Russia
An employee of one of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine’s strategic enterprises was detained in the workplace in Kyiv and accused of spying for Russia.
On April 21, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) reported the detainee is a native of Russia and a retired Colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
“In July 2017, during his stay at his close relatives in Russian Federation territory, he was recruited by a career intelligence officer of the Russian military intelligence,” the SBU stated. “ …