• Macron calls on Putin to put pressure on Damascus

    During a telephone conversation between French President Emmanuel Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Macron urged Putin to use “all his influence” on Syrian authorities to end armed conflict, according to a report from the Elysee Palace on April 6.

    Macron noted that only a ceasefire will be able to protect the civilian population, resume the negotiation process and prevent the strengthening of the “Islamic State.” The AFP news agency reports that Macron previously appealed to Putin …

  • Venezuela to pay for Russian imports in local cryptocurrency

    Venezuela, which is suffering from depleted dollar reserves, hyperinflation and economic crisis, intends to pay for goods and services from Russia with its own cryptocurrency, the “petro”, Venezuelan Foreign Trade Minister José Vielma Mora announced. According to him, this arrangement was discussed during the session of the bilateral intergovernmental commission in Caracas.

    The first recipient of the Petro instead of dollars in Russia may be Russia’s truck manufacturer Kamaz, with whom …

  • Russia promises responding to Poland over demolition of Soviet monuments

    Russian ambassador to Poland, Sergey Andreyev, discussed the measures to be taken by Moscow against Warsaw in response to the demolition of Soviet-era monuments dedicated to soldiers and liberators, the Izvestia newspaper reports. According to Andreyev, the most appropriate response in this situation would be to raise the world's awareness about the policy and conduct of the Polish authorities.

    “This is the purpose of the protests which we bring on each occasion to Poland. We constantly bring …

  • Stoltenberg: international coalition to stay in Syria until ISIS is destroyed

    The international coalition led by the United States will be in Syria for as long as it takes to completely destroy the militants of Islamic States, as stated by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg during a meeting with American students in Dallas. According to the Head of the North Atlantic Alliance, there are still traces of the terrorists’ presence in Iraq and Syria.

    "NATO units are not present in Syria ‘on the ground’ but the Alliance is part of the international coalition," …

  • Denmark is ready to join the boycott of 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia

    Representatives of the Danish authorities are likely to join the diplomatic boycott of the 2018 World Cup in Russia, DR Nyheder reports.

    Representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark Michael Aastrup Jensen said that members of the royal family and other government officials will join the UK and Iceland in not attending the matches of the world championship held in Russia.

    "It will be difficult for Danish officials to go to Russia for this football festival. I do not think we …