• Ukrainian Vice Prime Minister: Russia still has time to replace its Eurovision contestant

    Russia still has time to select another participant for the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest to replace singer Yuliya Samoylova, who is banned from entering Ukraine due to her appearance at a concert in the occupied Kerch, as stated by the Ukrainian Vice Prime Minister, Vyacheslav Kyrylenko, 1tv.com.ua reports.

    In answering a question about the Russian Federation’s participation in the contest, the Vice Prime Minister noted that Ukraine's position on this issue is unchanged.

    "We are waiting for …

  • Peskov speaks about the influence of Trump’s daughter on his decision to strike Syria

    Press Secretary for the Russian President, Dmitry Peskov, made comments about the influence of U.S. President Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump on her father's decision to strike Syria. According to the representative of the Kremlin, Russian authorities in no way meddle in the domestic affairs of the heads of other states.

    “Trump’s family relationship is not a matter for the Kremlin. The Kremlin is very careful in order not to interfere in domestic affairs of other countries and even more so in …

  • Media: Russian Foreign Ministry says that Tillerson has arrived in Moscow to bargain over North Korea

    The new US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is visiting Moscow.

    As reported by newspaper Kommersant, sources close to the Russian Foreign Ministry in the Russian capital expect that the head of the US Department of State will try to negotiate cooperation with Russia on the problem of North Korea, a matter which Donald Trump called his priority even before he was elected president.

    Despite the fact that Syria remains the primary cause of tension between Moscow and Washington, Russian diplomats …

  • Trump signs protocol for Montenegro to join NATO, Russia calls Montenegrin government’s policy unconstructive

    US President Donald Trump has signed a protocol for Montenegro to join NATO.

    As reported by the Voice of America, the protocol was ratified earlier by the US Senate. Now the document needs to be ratified by Spain and the Netherlands. A referendum on this matter needs to be carried out in the latter country.

    Previously, Montenegrin Defense Minister Predrag Bošković and Minister of Foreign Affairs Srdjan Darmanović announced Montenegro’s plans to take part in the NATO summit in May as a full …

  • Russian Foreign Ministry: Tillerson’s statements on Syria are not an ultimatum but usual flexing of muscles

    Statements made by U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson about Syria, before his visit to Russia, are not an ultimatum, but simply a flexing of muscles before the talks begin. This statement was made by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova.

    “I consider it, not an ultimatum, but a political statement, as a flexing of muscles before the start of negotiations. This is quite in line with Washington’s methods,” she said, commenting on the statement of the U.S. …