Section: Aravot (Armenia)
Russian diplomat blames Kiev for military hardware pullback failure
The pullback of military hardware in Donbass on February 5 failed to take place due to Kiev’s acts of provocation, Russia’s OSCE Ambassador Alexander Lukashevich told Rossiya 24 television. TASS reports. “Of course, there was a talk of the situation … …read more Source:...
Pence: Trump administration ‘watching’ Russia
Vice President Mike Pence said the Trump administration is “watching” Russia and “very troubled” by its violation of a ceasefire in Ukraine last week. CNN reports. It was the latest of a series of mixed messages from the White House … …read more Source:...
Is Russia testing Donald Trump in eastern Ukraine?
In the past week, eastern Ukraine has suffered some of the heaviest fighting seen for a long time. Reports Aljazeera. Heavy artillery fire, a car bomb explosion and other ceasefire violations coincided with a phone call between US President Donald … …read more Source:...
Eurovision 2017: Ukraine ready to allow the entry of people who “pose no threat”
Authorities in Ukraine has ensured the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) that people who pose no threat are welcome to visit the country for the Eurovision 2017 song contest to be held in Kiev, TASS agency reported. “We have received guarantees … …read more Source:...
UN Security Council calls for return to Ukraine ceasefire
The UN Security Council expressed its “grave concern” on Tuesday over the “dangerous deterioration” in eastern Ukraine and called for a halt to the violence, Reuters reported. “The members of the Security Council expressed their full support of sovereignty and … …read more Source:...
‘Rumors circulate that Azerbaijan set a goal to occupy Sarsang reservoir in April:’ Armen Vardanyan
A day before, the winter session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) passed the Head of the Ukrainian delegation to PACE, Volodymyr Ariev’s report “Attacks against journalists and media freedom in Europe.” Paragraph 9 of the … …read more Source:...
Armenian cognac and PACE Azerbaijani delegate’s ‘remission of sins’
At the winter plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe (PACE) when Ukrainian delegate Volodymyr Ariyev’s report “Attack on Journalists and Free Speech in Media in Europe” was passed with 100 votes “pro” and 15 “cons”, it was followed by … …read more Source:...
Levon Aronian to face the leader of Tata Steel Chess Tournament
Round 5 of the Tata Steel chess tournament will start on Thursday after a rest day, where Armenian GM Levon Aronian will face the leader of the tournament Ukrainian Pavel Eljanov. The Armenian played four consecutive draws in the previous … …read more Source:...
UN: Armenia paid its regular UN budget assessment in full
Armenia and Ukraine have paid their regular UN budget assessments for 2017 in full. Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General Stéphane Dujarric made such a statement in New York on Thursday. “The nine fully paid-up Members are Angola, Armenia, Benin, Dominican … …read more Source:...
Ukraine bans Russia’s independent Dozhd TV station
New York, January 13, 2017—Ukrainian authorities should immediately reverse an order banning broadcasts of the independent Russian television channel Dozhd (Rain) in the country, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Dozhd reported yesterday that the Ukrainian regulator, the National … …read more Source:...
