Section: Iran
NATO opens new military post in Lithuania amid Ukraine crisis
NATO launches a new military command center in the Lithuanian capital amid growing tensions with Russia over Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Russian Diplomat Accuses Kiev of Violating UN Security Council Resolution
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Ukrainian authorities are violating a UN Security Council resolution by ignoring the political aspects of the Minsk agreements, Russian Ambassador to UN Vitaly Churkin said. …read more Source: Fars News...
Ukrainian parliament majority split over constitutional law voting
East Ukraine has been enjoying relative calm in fighting for almost 5 days. …read more Source:...
Russia warns US of firm response to new sanctions
Russia has warned that a recent decision by Washington to expand its list of sanctions against Russian entities would backfire, saying the move will certainly be reciprocated by Moscow. The Russian Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Wednesday, slamming the US government for expanding the list of anti-Russia sanctions, saying the move is...
Russia warns US of firm response to new sanctions
Moscow says it will firmly retaliate against Washington’s recent expansion of sanctions on Russian entities. …read more Source:...
US Blacklists Russian Firms Over Ukraine, Alleged Nuclear Proliferation
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The US Departments of State and Commerce have added more Russian companies to US blacklists to ensure the efficacy of sanctions against Moscow over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: Tasnim News...
EU to extend anti-Russia sanctions for 3 more months
The European Union is set to extend its anti-Russia sanctions for three more months. A Wall Street Journal report says the sanctions, which target almost 200 officials and firms from Russia and self-proclaimed regions in eastern Ukraine, will be extended until March 15. They were supposed to expire in mid-September. Several rounds of anti-Russia...
Russia’s Putin drafts bill to dump dollar, euro from CIS trade
Russian president Vladimir Putin has proposed a bill to the country’s legislature to eliminate the dollar and the euro from trade between member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). A statement from the Kremlin said that Putin submitted to the State Duma a draft federal law which seeks an integrated currency market in the...
Russian parliament speaker slams US sanctions
A senior Russian lawmaker has censured the sanctions imposed by the United States on Russian legislators as illegitimate and blatant violations of international law. The bans “grossly violate international law, the principles of democracy and freedom of speech,” Valentina Matviyenko, the speaker of the Russian Federation Council (upper house of...
Death Toll from Riots outside Ukraine’s Rada Rises to Three
TEHRAN (FNA)- The death toll from Monday’s riots outside Ukraine’s parliament in Kiev rose to three when another serviceman died from injuries suffered in a grenade blast, the National Guard said on Tuesday. …read more Source: Fars News...
