In September 2016, during a meeting in Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin promised then Vice-Chancellor and current German Foreign Minister, Sigmar Gabriel, that Siemens turbines would not be sent to the Crimea, writes German publication Wirtschaftswoche , citing sources close to Gabriel.

According to this information, in addition to the two politicians, German Ambassador to Russia Rüdiger von Fritsch and representatives of the Russian president also attended the meeting. According to …

A bill, introducing new anti-Russian sanctions, may be adopted by the House of Representatives of the U.S. Congress next week, TASS news agency reports, citing a source in Congress.

"I expect that we will adopt a bill with sanctions against Russia next week. Wait for the news," the source said.

This draft bill proposes increasing pressure on Iran and includes an amendment on the significant strengthening and expansion of the sanctions against Russia.

In mid-July, it was passed by the Senate, …

The mother of the Russian serviceman Viktor Ageyev, who was detained as part of a sabotage group near Zholobok on June 24, has arrived in Ukraine, wrote the correspondent of Novaya Gazeta, Pavel Kanygin, accompanying her on the trip.

"Today, on July 21, at about 1 pm, Svetlana Viktorovna Ageyeva and I entered Ukraine by train. We are going to a meeting with representatives of the Ukrainian state, who have promised to escort us to Svetlana's son, Viktor Ageyev," he said.

"We did not enter …