Section: News & Summaries
EU not considering Russia sanctions over Syria – Mogherini
The EU is not considering sanctions against Russia for its role in Syria but further measures against its ally Damascus are possible, the bloc`s foreign affairs head Federica Mogherini said Monday, according to The Daily Mail. ”This has not been proposed by any member state,” Mogherini said as she arrived for a meeting of EU foreign ministers...
Russia Today bank accounts `frozen in UK` – media
Britain has blocked Russian broadcaster RT`s bank accounts, RT Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan said on Monday via social media, according to The Telegraph. ”Our accounts have been blocked in Britain. All of our accounts. `The decision cannot be appealed`. Long live freedom of speech!” Simonyan wrote. She did not say why the accounts had been...
Gerashchenko explains why Putin avoids Normandy format meeting
First Deputy Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine`s representative in the humanitarian subgroup of the Trilateral contact group on Donbas settlement, Iryna Gerashchenko has told reporters why she believes Russian President Vladimir Putin avoids the meeting in the Normandy format. ”As for the Kremlin`s actions, it is clear that Putin is not...
Russian troops increase number of attacks on Ukraine to 61 times in last day
Combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 61 times in the past 24 hours, including 23 in the Mariupol sector, 29 barrages in the Luhansk sector, and nine in the Donetsk sector, according to the press center of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. View map in full size In the Luhansk sector, the enemy...
Russia may resort to terrorist acts on Ukraine-controlled territory after liquidation of Motorola – expert
Following the assassination of one of the militant leaders, a Russian citizen Arseniy Pavlov aka ”Motorola,” Russian security services can set up terrorist attacks in the Kyiv-controlled territory, said a military expert Oleh Zhdanov, according to Espresso.TV. ”In connection with the death of Motorola and the circumstances of his death, it is...
”Stop Putin!”: Rally against Russian aggression in Ukraine held in Athens
Some 150 people with Ukrainian flags took to the central square of the Greek capital in a rally condemning Moscow`s actions against Ukraine, according to Ukraine TV Channel 5. The protesters of the rally ”StopPutin, Stop War” spoke up against Russian aggression in Ukraine. Representatives of the Ukrainian and Georgian diaspora, as well as Greeks,...
European powers seek EU condemnation of Russia over Syria
Britain, France and Germany aim to persuade the European Union on Monday to condemn Russia`s devastating air campaign in Syria and pave the way for imposing more sanctions on the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, according to Reuters. The bloc also plans to continue pushing for humanitarian aid to reach the besieged city of Aleppo, as reported...
Putin`s hope to ignite a Eurasia-style protest in U.S.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has developed an obsession with ”color revolutions,” which he is convinced are neither spontaneous nor locally organized, but orchestrated by the United States — and in the case of the Moscow protests four years ago, by Hillary Clinton herself, Jackson Diehl, The Washington Post`s Deputy Editorial Page Editor,...
Ukraine, Poland may build helicopters together
Talks are being held with Ukrainian manufacturers to produce a helicopter in cooperation with Poland, Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz has said, according to Radio Poland. In an interview for the Trwam TV station the minister explained that the plan is an attempt to build a helicopter, drawing on the experience of the CEE region countries,...
Italian far-right collaborators openly admit breaking law in Russian-occupied Crimea
A three-day visit to Russian-occupied Crimea by a new foreign `delegation`, this time from Italy, cannot be ignored, reads an article by Halya Konash published by KHPG.org Such visits serve propaganda purposes, and the Russian state-controlled media goes all out to inflate their importance, as part of ongoing efforts to `prove` that the...