Section: Iran
Lavrov: Clashes in Kiev Prove that Extremists Not Part of “Mainstream”
TEHRAN (FNA)- Yesterday’s clashes in Kiev show that it is dangerous to coquet with extremists, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told students and lecturers of the International State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) on Tuesday. …read more Source: Fars News...
Russia’s EU Envoy: Kiev Violates Minsk Agreements on Political Changes
TEHRAN (FNA)- Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has called into question the implementation of the peace deal with the breakaway Southeastern regions when he proposed unilateral changes to the constitution, Russia’s EU envoy Vladimir Chizhov said. …read more Source: Fars News...
1 Dead, 100 Injured in Ukraine Clashes
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – One Ukrainian national guard member was killed by a grenade and 100 people were injured as nationalists protested a parliamentary vote to grant autonomy to areas held by separatists. …read more Source: Tasnim News...
Kiev official differ on future on eastern regions: Analyst
A former US Senate analyst believes there are differences in Kiev over granting greater powers to pro-Russian eastern regions. …read more Source:...
Protest in Kiev against giving greater powers to eastern regions turn violent
A Ukrainian police has died of his injuries following fierce clashes between protesters and officers outside the parliament in Kiev. …read more Source:...
Debate: Ongoing crisis in Ukraine
This episode of The Debate discusses the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
‘What happened to standards of journalism, ‘trusted’ Western media?’ — RT Op-Edge
Western media has been using underhanded tactics to drive US and its allies’ political agenda, where they desperately need to make Russia into a villain, and the West into the backers and supporters of ‘good guys’, geopolitical analyst Eric Draitser told RT. A number of Western media outlets have reported Russia has accidentally...
Can a Loose Federal system save Syria and Iraq?
By Jerome Joffe | (Informed Comment) | – – In recent months, prospects for applying the principles of federation and constitutional protection for minorities as a basic political solution for the conflicts in Syria and Iraq have dramatically improved. On the foundation of state restructuring, coordination of military force to degrade ISIS and the...
NATO launches joint military exercises with Ukraine in Black Sea
NATO forces and the Ukrainian army have launched joint military exercises in the Black Sea near the Crimean Peninsula that rejoined Russia last year. The naval drills, code-named Sea Breeze 2015, began on Monday in Ukraine’s Odessa and Nikolaevsk regions with the participation of 2,500 troops and some 150 military vehicles. Kiev has...
Clashes near Ukrainian parliament injure 100 police officers
At least 100 police officers have been injured in clashes in front of the Ukrainian parliament in the capital city of Kiev as radical nationalists gathered there to protest against constitutional amendments that grant more autonomy to the pro-Russia eastern region of the country. On Monday, hundreds of supporters of Ukraine’s right-wing...
