• Putin: Only the US has real influence over Ukrainian authorities

    The Russian President is convinced that only the United States of America has any real influence on the current Government of Ukraine, as stated at the Southern economic forum, TASS reports.

    According to Putin, the Minsk Agreements on the settlement of the situation in the Donbas should be fully implemented and all parties and guarantor countries of the Agreements should work towards it.  

    "In my view, and I fully agree with the participants of the Normandy process, and with the position of …

  • Poland the UK favor maintaining sanctions against Russia

    On 3rd of September, the Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Witold Waszczykowski, announced after a meeting with the British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Boris Johnson, that they have agreed on the need for maintenance of sanctions imposed by the European Union against Russia until full implementation of the Minsk Agreements.

    “We have discussed the failure to implement the Agreement with Ukraine and we have also discussed the way out of this situation. We have …

  • Merkel's plans for negotiations on Ukraine at G20 summit will not include Poroshenko

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced that she hoped to discuss Ukrainian and Syrian issues as well as the refugees’ problems in the course of bilateral negotiations during the G20 summit in China, as indicated in a video message on Saturday.

    The German Chancellor noted that she hoped for a dialogue "about how to proceed with the Ukrainian question." However, she did not specify whom she plans to negotiate about Ukraine with, the Voice of America reports.

    Earlier, the Kremlin announced …

  • Putin and Erdogan agree to establish joint investment fund

    Russian President Vladimir Putin and his counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan have agreed to create a joint investment fund between the two countries, according to Russian Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukaev, Reuters reported.

    Putin and Erdoğan discussed the possibility on the sidelines of the G20 summit in China.

    "We are concluding work on the formation of a Russian-Turkish investment fund. At the end of August, Turkey made the necessary legislative changes to create a corresponding partner to our …

  • UK's Theresa May hopes to establish open dialogue with Russia

    British Prime Minster Theresa May said she hopes to establish an open dialogue with Russian President Vladimir Putin despite deep disagreements between the two countries, Reuters reported.

    "While I recognize there will be some differences between us, there are some complex and serious areas of concern and issues to discuss, I hope we will be able to have a frank and open relationship and dialogue," May said after a meeting with Putin on the sidelines of the G20 meeting in China.

    Speaking on …