Section: Belarus
U.S. State Department: Russia is to blame in deteriorating situation in Donbas
Russia is responsible for the worsening of the situation in the Donbas. …read more Source:...
Medvedev: Ukraine must pay debts
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said that Moscow is not interested in Ukraine defaulting, but Russia has the right to demand that Kyiv vigorously fulfill its debt obligations. …read more Source:...
Belarus plans to import 2.8bn kWh of Russian electricity in 2015
Zhanna Zenkevich emphasized that from year to year Belarus reduces the amount of electricity import. “For example, in 2014 we imported half as much electric power as in 2012. In 2012 the figure stood at 7.9 billion kWh, in 2013 it was 6.7 billion kWh, and in 2014 Belarus imported 3.8 billion kWh of electricity,” Zhanna Zenkevich explained. She...
Belarus’ Energy Ministry: No electricity supply contracts with Ukraine in 2015
“Belarus has not been importing Ukrainian electricity since October 2014. Later a decision was taken not to sign supply agreements with Ukraine for 2015,” the spokeswoman said. She added that at present Belarus gets the necessary volumes of electricity from Russia. …read more Source:...
Militants fire on bus near Volnovakha, kill 10, injure 13
Ten people were killed and another 13 wounded in east Ukraine on Tuesday when a passenger bus was hit by a shell fired by Russian-backed militants. …read more Source:...
Rada appeals to Merkel, Hollande, Putin for release of Savchenko
The Ukrainian parliament on Tuesday approved a motion to appeal to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande and Russian President Vladimir Putin for the release of Ukrainian pilot Nadia Savchenko. …read more Source:...
Euromaidan activists could be tortured by Russian secret service
Some participants of Euromaidan who were detained and tortured by the security forces believe that they were beaten by the Russian secret service personnel disguised as Ukrainian Berkut. …read more Source:...
Viktar Kalina posed in Donetsk with gun and flag of Donetsk People’s Republic
Widely known in the criminal environment artist visited Donbas. …read more Source:...
Interpol issues search warrants for Yanukovych, Azarov and former officials
Interpol has declared wanted former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, former Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov and other former Ukrainian officials. …read more Source:...
Lukashenko: Belarus needs objective opinion of developments in Eastern Europe
During the meeting the head of state noted that the opinion of the objective and interested expert from outside like Grigory Ioffe is important for the evaluation of the current situation in Eastern Europe. “It is very important for us, especially in this challenging period of uneasy relations not only of Belarus and the West, but also of the...
