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Ukrainian MFA: Events in the French Parliament may lead to the lifting of sanctions on Russia
Officials in the lower house of the French Parliament have put forward a proposal to abandon pressure on Russia through economic sanctions. This may lead to sanctions being lifted altogether.
The Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine for European Integration, Olena Zerkal, discussed the issue on Channel 5 on Wednesday. When asked about the prospect of continuing European sanctions against Russia, she responded that she thought “it will not be easy, especially given the recent events that took …
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Ukrainian Foreign Ministry: No consensus was reached on elections in the Donbas during Berlin meeting
At their meeting in Berlin, the Foreign Ministers of the Normandy Four were unable to reach a consensus with Russia regarding Kiev’s conditions for elections in Donbas. This was reported by Interfax-Ukraine in reference to statements made by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Pavlo Klimkin.
“We have not come to an agreement. Russia has presented their own versions of the electoral legislation. I have told the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, that we are perfectly capable of …
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Two Ukrainian prisoners being held in Russian penal colonies were transferred to Moscow
According to Radio Svoboda, Gennady Afanasiev’s lawyer, Alexander Popkov, reported that the two illegally convicted Ukrainians, Gennady Afanasiev and Yury Soloshenko, were transferred from penal colonies where they were serving their sentences to the Lefortovo detention center in Moscow. Afanasiev was brought from Syktyvkar by plane and Soloshenko came by train from Nizhny Novgorod.
Popkov hopes that the transfer of his defendant is connected with the extradition process that was initiated by …
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Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs summons Russian Ambassador over controversial remarks
The Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has summoned Russian Ambassador Alexander Veshnyakov over his remarks in the media, as announced by the Press Secretary of the Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Raimonds Jansons.
According to Jansons, the Ministry is concerned by the remarks made by Veshnyakov which appeared in several media sources.
In his interview to the newspaper Vesti Segondya, Veshnyakov stated that "in Latvia, and several other countries, one can observe a deliberate …
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NATO warships escorted Russian frigate in British territorial waters
British warships, while on a NATO mission, escorted a Russian frigate which was en route from the Black Sea to the Baltic and was crossing British territorial waters.
This was reported by the British newspaper "The Telegraph"
Over the weekend the frigate Admiral Grigorovich was tracked by British HMS Iron Duke and was further followed by HMS Sutherland as far as the Channel.
The Dutch ship HNLMS Rotterdam and the Belgian BNS Castor also joined the British vessel.
“The Admiral Grigorovich …