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Putin admitted he did not expect anything special from Trump’s US election victory
Russia did not hold special expectations from Donald Trump’s administration coming to power. Moscow understands that an internal political struggle continues in Washington and that this hinders the establishment of relations. This was Russian President Vladimir Putin’s expressed opinion in an interview with Le Figaro newspaper.
"We did not expect anything; nothing special actually [from the Trump administration]," he said. "Of course, during the election campaign we heard about Mr. Trump’s …
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Several opposition representatives were arrested in Russia
Under court order in Kazan, three activists from Aleksey Navalny campaign headquarters were arrested: Iskander Gumerbaev, Azat Shaimukhametov and Andrei Boyarshinov. The three are being incarcerated for 12 days.
As Russian “Radio Liberty” reported on May 30, the activists were found guilty of violating the rules for conducting a protest. The court sentenced each activist to 35 hours of compulsory work because of disobedience to the demands of a policeman.
On May 14, activists held an …
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Russia condemns the ratification of Ukraine-EU Association Agreement by the Netherlands
Maria Zakharova, official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, commented on the Netherlands’ ratification of the Ukraine—European Union Association Agreement, as reported by the press service of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry said that the agreement on the association of Ukraine and the EU is essentially anti-Russian, and the people of the Netherlands have been cheated by their own leaders.
“However, all of this …
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Kremlin: Russia ready for talks with U.S. about the Donbas
Russia intends to step up the dialogue with the U.S. on the settlement of the situation in Donbas, as reported by the newspaper Izvestiya citing the by Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia, Sergey Ryabkov.
According to him, Russia expects that soon the U.S. will appoint someone in the State Department to care for this matter. First, a successor to Victoria Nuland – who was involved in the Ukraine issue under Barack Obama – needs to be appointed. Only then will there be possible a substantive …
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NATO Air Force escorted Russian military aircraft six times over the past week
Last week, fighters performing the mission of NATO are Baltic Air Patrol, six times took off into the sky to escort Russian military aircraft that flew in the international airspace over the Baltic Sea, as reported by Delfi news agency citing the Lithuanian Ministry of Defense, reported this.
The NATO planes escorted Russian fighters, a transport plane and one reconnaissance aircraft. Most of the Russian planes flew with transponders turned off.
Despite the fact that, after the annexation of …