The White House said that Washington would not recognize the Russian annexation of the peninsula. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the US and Russia "agreed to maintain their differences" over the Russian annexation of Crimea, Voice of America writes. The statement came a few days after ...
As reported by Reuters, Western leaders on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Turkey agreed to extend the sanctions against Russia for another six months - until July 2016. According to the agency, the meeting was attended by US President Barack Obama, German Chancellor ...
There is no light in Sevastopol, Simferopol, Evpatoria, Saki and Feodosia. Blackouts are reported on social networks by freelance writers of the Left Bank in Crimea. Mobile communication is still working - Crimeans go online through smartphones. "Rubanuli at about 0.20", ...
At the Simferopol airport, a handsome guy in a baseball cap of about thirty-five takes my suitcase and carries it to his car. Out of season, getting to Yalta costs a thousand rubles ($ 18). I agree. We jump off the spot and to his question: "where?", Automatically ...
Two unmanned reconnaissance aerial vehicles of the MQ-1 Predator model were transferred to Latvia from the United States. This was announced by Pentagon spokesman Captain Jeff Davis. Along with the aircraft, 70 maintenance personnel arrived, Davis added. “This temporary deployment of aircraft and personnel will allow...
Washington feared that Ukraine's outbreak of hostilities in Crimea could serve as the basis for a full-scale military intervention by Russia. In 2014, the US authorities advised Kiev to refrain from military action in Crimea. This was reported by international journalists Josh Rogin ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in the annexed Crimea today. A meeting of the Presidium of the State Council of the Russian Federation dedicated to the development of tourism was held in Yalta, as well as a meeting with representatives of national public associations. During a meeting with public figures, Putin criticized the Ukrainian government and ...
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko spoke in favor of starting negotiations between Moscow and Washington with the aim of ending the armed conflict in Ukraine. “Russia and the United States must sit down at the negotiating table and end this war,” Lukashenko said in an interview with non-state media on Tuesday.…
Advisor to the Chairman of the Security Service of Ukraine, Yuriy Tandit, claims that people close to Russian President Vladimir Putin offered to exchange Ukrainian pilot and MP Nadezhda Savchenko for “the route from Rostov to Crimea.” He stated this on Hromadske.tv. "People with...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has prepared a package of economic sanctions against Russia. This was stated by Foreign Minister Pavel Klimkin on the ICTV channel. “The package of sanctions is ready, I personally sent them to the Cabinet of Ministers with my signature, I really hope that in the near future...