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Italy rejects resolution to lift sanctions on Russia
The Italian Parliament did not support a resolution calling to lift sanctions against Russia. The Ukrainian Ambassador to Italy, Yevhen Perelygin, reported this on his Facebook page.
“Another attempt made by certain parties to adopt a resolution to lift the sanctions against Russia has failed in the Italian parliament. The members of the Chamber of Deputies did not support the draft resolution of the opposition political forces of the Five Star Movement, which called on the Government of Italy …
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Ukraine: Russia is moving troops to the administrative border of Crimea
On August 4, a representative of the State Border Guard service, Oleh Slobodian, stated that Ukrainian border guards had observed a rotation of Russian Federation Forces in the Crimea near the administrative border, Krym.Realii reports.
“A rotation of Russian Armed Forces is taking place at the administrative border between the occupied Crimea and the Kherson region. From July 27 to July 30, a significant part of military equipment and personnel from the Russian Armed Forces moved from the …
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EU imposes sanctions against Russian metallurgical companies
The European Union imposed anti-dumping duties on cold-rolled steel from Russia and China, the EU official journal reports. Tariffs for Russian manufacturers range between 18.7% and 36.1%.
The tariffs are introduced retroactively, back to December 2015 and will be in place for five years. For Chinese companies the amount of the anti-dumping duty is between 52.7 % and 59.2 %.
Brussels launched an investigation after a complaint from the European Steel Association (Eurofer), representing …
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Russians ask Putin to dismiss Medvedev
Support for a petition demanding the resignation of the Prime Minister, leader of the ruling "United Russia," Dmitry Medvedev has accumulated more than 150,000 signatures in less than a day.
"The man lives in his own world, and, according to his statements, he does not care a straw about the people". That comment from Omsk’s Roman Glebov is leading in popularity among Change.org members, gaining more than 8,000 "likes."
"Dmitry Anatolyevich completely undermines the people's faith in the …
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Obama: We must test Russia to see if we can cooperate in Syria
At a press conference at the Pentagon, US President Barack Obama said he does not trust Russia to cooperate militarily with the US to bring peace in Syria, but the proposition must be tested.
The US State Department recently announced that it is pursuing military cooperation with Russia to end the war in Syria, a proposal over which some defense officials have expressed concern.
When asked why he trusts Moscow to cooperate, Obama said "I am not confident that we can trust the Russians and …