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Donetsk Human Rights: Ukraine keeps 1,500 prisoners, mainly civilians
The Ukrainian side is keeping 1,500 prisoners, Human Rights Envoy of Donetsk Daria Morozova said on Tuesday. Morozova said only 250 people are militia, and the rest are civilians, the Donetsk News Agency reported. Earlier, she told reporters the Ukrainian side had been detaining civilians aged between 40 and 65 to form up “a bank of...
Merkel hopeful about Iran-5+1 nuclear talks
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has expressed optimism over the conclusion of a final agreement between Iran and six world powers on Tehran’s nuclear program. According to Press TV, Merkel during a joint press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Sunday said: “I would like to point out that we have hopeful signals...
Russian president slams West’s double standards toward Yemen
The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has criticized the double standards of Western states and the US toward Yemen. According to IRIB World Service, in an address to reporters at the end of his talks with the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, in Moscow on Sunday, the Russian president termed as unacceptable the US double standards toward...
Russia, China countering NATO buildup: Duma head
A leading Russian lawmaker says the promotion of relations between Russia and China is a response to the US and the NATO’s military expansion in Europe. Alexei Pushkov, the head of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the Russian State Duma, the lower house of the parliament, made the remarks on Sunday in a post on his Twitter account. Pushkov...
Russia hoping to revive ties with Europe: Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow is set to restore its European ties, severely affected by the crisis in Ukraine in recent months. According to Press TV, Putin said at a Saturday meeting with Czech President Miloš Zeman in the capital Moscow “We are really hoping that we not only rebuild our relations with Europe generally,...
Russia marks WWII victory with large military parade
Russia has kicked off its Victory Day military parade on Moscow’s Red Square, commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s triumph over Nazi Germany in World War II. The Victory Day parade in the capital’s center began at 10:00 a.m. local time (0700 GMT) and is described as the largest of such events in the...
Russia ready to revive strategic partnership with NATO: Lavrov
Russian Foreign Minister has opened the door to restoring strategic partnership with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), saying Moscow would react constructively to any offer of cooperation with the alliance. At a joint press conference with his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier in the Russian city of Volgograd on Thursday,...
EU fails to give anti-Press TV proof in court
The European Union has failed to produce any legal evidence against two former and current Press TV officials, who have taken the EU to the European Court of Justice over the bloc’s controversial decision to put them on its sanctions list. Press TV argued that the EU’s 2013 decision to impose sanctions against its top officials...
Fresh clashes leave 5 soldiers dead in east Ukraine
Five Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and 12 injured over the last 24 hours in renewed clashes between government troops and pro-Russia forces in Ukraine’s restive eastern area. Ukrainian military spokesman, Andriy Lysenko, said on Wednesday that four of the servicemen died when their armored vehicle hit a landmine near the town of...
Lavrov, Kerry discuss Syria, Yemen and Ukraine
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and the US Secretary of State John Kerry had a phone conversation on Tuesday. During this conversation, they talked about the tasks ahead of them regarding Syria and Yemen, as well as “certain aspects” of the situation in Eastern Ukraine’s Donbass region, according to a statement by the...
