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Diplomat on US statements about Crimea: Russia does not give its land away
Feb16

Diplomat on US statements about Crimea: Russia does not give its land away

Crimea is Russian territory and Russia does not give away its territories, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said about White House spokesman Sean Spicer’s remark Donald Trump “has made it very clear that he expects the Russian government to de-escalate … …read more Source:...

Eurovision 2017 organising team quits en masse
Feb15

Eurovision 2017 organising team quits en masse

The Eurovision Song Contest has hit a major road bump, after 21 top level staff organising the event resigned, the BBC reports. The Ukrainian Eurovision team say they were stripped of major responsibilities in December, when a new boss was appointed to the organising committee. According to their resignation letter, they were “completely blocked”...

Moscow tells White House it won’t return Crimea to Ukraine
Feb15

Moscow tells White House it won’t return Crimea to Ukraine

“We don’t give back our own territory. Crimea is territory belonging to the Russian Federation,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said. …read more Source:...

Unprecedented resignation in Trump’s administration
Feb15

Unprecedented resignation in Trump’s administration

The White House says President Donald Trump was advised nearly three weeks ago that national security adviser Michael Flynn had misled his vice president about controversial pre-inauguration contacts with a top Russian diplomat. White House spokesman Sean Spicer, speaking Tuesday, said the president and his close advisers had been “reviewing and...

Moscow is open for dialog with Kiev — diplomat
Feb14

Moscow is open for dialog with Kiev — diplomat

Moscow expects Kiev to recover from “the orange virus” and is open to dialogue and cooperation with sober-minded Ukrainian politicians, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, Grigory Karasin, said on Monday. TASS reports. “Indeed, on February 14, 1992, 25 years ago, Russia … …read more Source:...

Moscow hopes, that Ukraine will overcome ‘orange disease’
Feb13

Moscow hopes, that Ukraine will overcome ‘orange disease’

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Beeline extends "Trustee Payment" action till December 31, 2017
Feb13

Beeline extends "Trustee Payment" action till December 31, 2017

ArmInfo. In Armenia, Beeline announced the extension of “Confidence Payment” service action till December 31, 2017, where the amount of provided sum will be from 300 to 9000 AMD. As the company’s press-service told ArmInfo, the action is available for prepaid mobile payment system Beeline subscribers. “Beeline offer only...

Amnesty International urges Azerbaijani authorities to release blogger Lapshin
Feb13

Amnesty International urges Azerbaijani authorities to release blogger Lapshin

Amnesty International has condemned the extradition of a blogger from Belarus to Azerbaijan. “Upon transfer to Baku on 7 February, Alexander Lapshin was taken immediately into custody. In Azerbaijan, he is at risk of torture and other ill-treatment as well as an unfair trial. The criminal proceedings against Alexander Lapshin should be...

Prominent Ukrainian author seized in Belarus, ordered to leave
Feb11

Prominent Ukrainian author seized in Belarus, ordered to leave

In a posting on a social media website, Serhiy Zhadan said on February 11 that police confronted him in his hotel room in Minsk about 2 a.m. …read more Source:...

Juncker: Ukraine to get visa-free regime with EU before summer
Feb10

Juncker: Ukraine to get visa-free regime with EU before summer

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