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The Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine: The fate of more than 4000 orphans remains unknown
The fate of more than 4,000 orphans and children deprived of parental care remains unknown after the annexation of the Crimea. Krym.Realii reported that this was said by Ukraine’s Deputy Director of the Department for Adoption and Protection of Children’s Rights of the Ministry of Social Policy, Vladimir Vovk. He said this at a round table meeting in Kyiv.
“On the 1st of January 2014, which is the beginning of the annexation of the Crimea, 4,323 orphans and children deprived of parental care …
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German politician warns of the danger of a conflict between Russia and the United States
The Coordinator for Intersocietal Cooperation with Russia, Central Asia and the Eastern Partnership Countries, Gernot Erler, warned the United States and Russia against a possible military confrontation in Syria. "We are seeing a profound alienation between Russia and the West, and it is becoming more dangerous," the German politician said on Sunday, October 16, 2016 on the Berlin Direkt program on the socio-legal TV channel ZDF.
As Erler said, there are serious discussions being carried out …
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Putin hopes to improve relations with the United States after the presidential election
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that he hopes US-Russian relations will improve after the US presidential election.
“I hope that when this debate and this difficult period in the political life of the United States end, I hope that there will be chances to restore the relations of Russia and the United States," Putin said after the BRICS summit on Sunday, October 16.
Putin also suggested that the United States is using the “tried and tested scheme” of diverting voters’ attention …
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Media: U.S surveillance drone conducted aerial reconnaissance near the Crimea
The RQ-4 Global Hawk strategic unmanned surveillance aircraft of the US Air Force has conducted a reconnaissance flight near the Crimea. It approached the peninsula from the side of Ukraine and the Black Sea. This was reported by Interfax news agency with reference to portals that track the movement of military aviation.
According to the media, the unmanned aircraft departed from the Sigonella airbase in Sicily and flew to the Crimea from the western side of the Black Sea at an altitude of 15, …
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The United States and Britain threaten the Kremlin with new sanctions
The foreign ministers of the United States and Britain, John Kerry and Boris Johnson, said their countries are considering imposing new economic sanctions against the Russian Federation and the Syrian government, DW reports.
In particular, punitive measures should be taken in response to the events in Aleppo, where hundreds of civilians were killed as a result of air strikes by the Syrian and Russian militaries.
Kerry and Johnson expressed hope in the effectiveness of diplomatic tools to …