Section: Iran English Radio (Iran)
Russia slams US move on honorary consuls, provocations
Russia has condemned a US decision to withdraw credentials of most of the Russian honorary consuls as well as Washington’s “provocations” against Moscow. “We are indignant about Washington’s decision to withdraw the accreditation of five out of six honorary consuls of the Russian Federation in the United...
Russia dismisses UK inquiry into Litvinenko murder
Russia’s Foreign Ministry has strongly rejected as politicized the conclusion of a British inquiry into the 2006 killing of ex-KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko in London. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova in a statement on Thursday slammed the results of Britain’s inquiry into the death of Litvinenko, as biased and vague. She,...
OSCE monitors fired upon in east Ukraine
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), which keeps a tab on ceasefire in Ukraine, says its monitors have come under fire during an assessment mission in the country’s war-torn east. According to the reports, the organization said the incident occurred on Saturday when its observers’ vehicle was hit with...
Ukraine seeks US, EU help to secure Crimea return
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko says he has been seeking assistance from the United States and European Union for reclaiming the strategic Black Sea Crimea peninsula from Russia.President Poroshenko told a press briefing in the capital Kiev on Thursday that he wanted to launch an “international process… that includes the...
New truce deal agreed between Ukraine conflicting sides
The Ukrainian government and pro-Russia forces have struck a new truce deal, following the failure of a previous agreement. The deal was agreed following talks between Russian and Ukrainian envoys in the Belarusian capital, Minsk, with the aid of a senior negotiator from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). A...
Russian president calls for int’l cooperation against terrorism
Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow is willing to fight terrorism in cooperation with the rest of the world, criticizing the West for having contributed to an upsurge in terrorism with military interventions in Iraq and Libya. “We are faced with common threats, and we still want all countries, both in Europe and the whole world, to join...
Four more people killed in war-torn eastern Ukraine
Four people have been killed in renewed fighting in Ukraine’s war-torn east, where government forces are fighting pro-Russians. “Over the last day, two Ukrainian soldiers have been killed,” Ukraine’s military spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk said on Sunday. He said one of the two was killed near the village of Zaitseve, some 55...
Ukraine imposes tit for tat ban on Russian food imports
The Ukrainian government has agreed to impose a ban on Russian food imports in response to a similar move by Moscow. The ban is expected to come into force on January 10, according to a decree signed by Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk. The decree says that the embargo will stay in place “until the cancelation of the ban on...
Japan’s Abe wants summit talks with Putin over territorial dispute
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says summit talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin are needed in order for Japan and Russia to settle a long-running territorial dispute. Tokyo and Moscow never reached a peace treaty following World War II due to conflicting claims over four Pacific islands close to Japan’s north coast, known as the...
Russia filing lawsuit against Ukraine over debt default
The Russian Finance Ministry is filing a lawsuit against Ukraine for Kiev’s failure to pay off its USD 3-billion debt to Moscow by the end of December 2015. According to the reports, the Russian ministry said on its website late on Thursday that it is suing Kiev as it is “in a state of default” regarding its obligations toward...
