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The US imposed sanctions against six Duma deputies in the Crimea
The United States imposed sanctions against Russian State Duma Deputies who were elected in the annexed Crimea, as reported on the website of the US Treasury.
The sanctions list indicates the names of six Crimean Deputies: Ruslan Balbek, Dmitry Belik, Ruslan Baharev, Svetlana Savchenko, Andrei Kozenko, and Pavel Shperov.
On November 9th, the European Union included the Deputies elected in the occupied Crimea to the State Duma on the anti-Russian sanctions list. At September's parliamentary …
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US Air Force plane again flew close to Russia's border over the Baltic Sea
An RC-135W strategic reconnaissance aircraft from the US Air Force made another approach towards the Kaliningrad region on Monday on a reconnaissance mission, according to sites that track the movement of military aircraft, Interfax reported.
A US military aircraft, with the tail number 62-4139 and call sign WOMP17, reportedly left the Mildenhall airbase in the UK at 9:40 am Moscow time, and approached the border of the Kaliningrad region from the Baltic Sea side at nearly 1:00 pm, while …
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Lavrov reminded Kerry that the United States has not yet separated the opposition from the terrorists in Aleppo
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov conducted a telephone call with the secretary of state of the United States, John Kerry.
As reported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, a conversation initiated by the United States took place. Lavrov noted that illegal armed groups in eastern Aleppo and its so-called local council refuse to cooperate to resolve the situation.
“It is emphasized that the Russian Aerospace Forces and Syrian Air Forces have not …
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Putin approved the establishment of joint Armenian-Russian group of forces
Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved the proposal by the Russian government to form an Armenian-Russian joint group of forces. The corresponding document was published on November 14 on the official website of Russian legal information.
On June 30, 2016, the Armenian parliament ratified the government’s decision to join Russia’s air safety system.
Armenia, Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are members of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). …
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Russian Economic Minister Alexey Ulyukaev is under investigation for allegedly taking bribes
The Investigative Committee initiated a criminal investigation against the Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, Alexey Ulyukaev about allegedly receiving a $2 million bribe. The Committee reported that the criminal case relates to the Rosneft deal involving the purchase of the state-owned block of shares of Bashneft Oil Company.
The Ministry of Economic Development should have concluded the contract. “It is about extortion of bribes from the representatives of Rosneft in …