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Mededev suggests a possible Syria without Assad
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev stated that the power in Syria should be changed politically and, as a result, Bashar al-Assad can resign. However, as the prime minister noted, Assad is now “the only legally functioning authority in Syria.”
“[Bashar al Assad] can be treated differently. Some like him, some don’t. That’s not a question. The question is that now he is the only legally functioning authority in Syria, the legitimate president,” Medvedev stated in an interview with the …
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Ukrainian Ambassador in Washington: Ukrainian diaspora could affect the U.S. presidential election
The Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States, Valeriy Chaly, stated that 1.5 million Ukrainians in the United States, along with other natives of Eastern Europe, can significantly affect the picture of the U.S. Presidential Elections.
“One of the distinctive features of these elections is that the role of Ukrainian Diaspora as well as Diasporas of Poland, Romania and the Baltic States has increased. The number of citizens of Ukrainian origin in the United States is more than 1.5 million …
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U.S. vows to respond to Russian cyber-attacks
The U.S.A. is going to respond to threats in cyberspace, but is not willing to discuss this beforehand, the spokesman for the National Security Council of the White House, Mark Stroh, told Russia's RIA Novosti.
According to Stroh, the United States will protect its interests and will do it "at the time and place that we choose." However, in accordance with the experiences of the past, the public should not suggest that it will be aware of what actions are being taken and when they will be …
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Russian MoD: Moscow and Washington have different ideas about humanitarian aid in Aleppo
Commenting on U.S. State Department spokesman John Kirby’s statement that humanitarian pauses organized by Russia in Aleppo are useless, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov said that Moscow and Washington have different ideas about humanitarian aid in Aleppo, TASS reported.
According to Konashenkov, for Russia, humanitarian aid entails delivering food and medicine to the inhabitants of Aleppo, while for the U.S., it involves allowing convoys to enter the eastern …
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Medvedev: Relations between Russia and the U.S. have hit rock bottom
In an interview with the Israeli television station Channel 2, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev stated that relations between Russia and the United States have “hit rock bottom” because of Washington.
“Unfortunately, because of what happened in Ukraine due to efforts of Obama’s administration, these relations [between Russia and the United States] have hit the bottom. They’ve become very low,” the Russian prime minister stated.
According to Medvedev, relations between Russia and the …