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Media: Germany's new government won't change its sanction policy against Russia
The coalition government of the Christian Democratic Union, the Christian Social Union and the Social Democratic Party of Germany bloc has no plans to change its sanctions policy against Russia, Spiegel reported, referring to the coalition’s 167-page draft agreement.
The draft did not indicate the position of the Social Democrats on the progressive elimination of restrictive measures before the full implementation of the Minsk agreements. According to the draft, “If the Minsk agreements are …
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Media: Putin might vote in Crimea during the presidential elections
Russian President Vladimir Putin might vote in Sevastopol for the March 18th Presidential elections, the newspaper Kommersant writes.
According to the newspaper’s source, the region was chosen based on anticipated low turnout for the Russian Presidential election. During the previous federal elections, Vladimir Putin always voted in Moscow."However, after the change in the legislation in 2017, it became easier to vote at the place of residence rather than registration. The expert said that …
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Europe clamps down on wealthy Russians
European banks have tightened supervision of the accounts of Russian clients ahead of the transition to the new standards of financial information exchange stipulated by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), RBC news agency reports with reference to bankers and lawyers involved.
The transition to the new standards of financial information exchange is carried out in two stages. The first stage has already been completed, with around 100 countries involved in creating …
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Latvian Ambassador to Russia: if Moscow stations Iskander missile systems permanently in Kaliningrad NATO will have to respond
If the recent permanent deployment of Iskander mobile short-range ballistic missile systems to the Kaliningrad region (the Russian Federation) are confirmed, this could be interpreted as a step toward the imbalance and destabilizing of the situation with Russia, according to the Ambassador of Latvia to Russia, Maris Riekstins, on LTV’s Rita Panorama program.
According to the Rus.TVNET, Mr. Riekstins also said that Russia had not announced the stationing of the missile systems, though there had …
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Japan protests against Russia’s military exercises on the Kuril Islands
At a Budget Committee meeting of the lower chamber of the Japanese Parliament, Foreign Minister Taro Kono expressed a strong objection against the beginning of the Russian military exercises on the Kuril Islands, Kyodo news agency reports.
According to the report, Russia’s exercises contradict the position of Japan on the four Northern islands (the South Kuril Islands).
Shortly before, week-long military exercises started on the islands of the Kuril Ridge, Interfax reported, citing the …