The European Union is considering the possibility of introducing additional restrictive measures against high-ranking Russian officials due to the situation in Ukraine. This was reported on Wednesday by the German news agency DPA, citing a source in Brussels. According to the newspaper, the corresponding decision was made during ...
The US Treasury has introduced some sanctions relief aimed at making life easier for ordinary citizens of the Crimean region of Ukraine. The nature of the changes in the regime of restrictive measures is said in a statement issued by the department on Friday, January 30. Let us remind you that in March last year at the session of the General ...
Peace talks between the Ukrainian authorities and pro-Russian separatists ended on Saturday without results, while fierce fighting continues in eastern Ukraine, killing military and civilians. The talks were broken off a few hours after they started. Ukrainian ...
The possible withdrawal of Russia from the Council of Europe means that our country will have no legal obstacles to the return of such a measure of punishment as the death penalty. This prospect was outlined by one of the members of the Russian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). Recall that after ...
They are demanding an explanation from the diplomat in connection with the flight of two Russian Tu-95 bombers over the English Channel. The British ministry says the flight of Russian planes disrupted civilian air traffic in the area. According to The Daily Telegraph, British Air Force planes were raised on Wednesday ...
The British Foreign Ministry summoned the Russian ambassador to explain why Russian Tu-95 bombers crossed the English Channel, which forced the air traffic controllers to change the routes of civil aircraft. British fighters were taken to the skies to intercept Russian bombers and escorted them until they left ...
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on Wednesday, January 28, decided to extend the sanctions against the delegation of the Russian Federation and deprive it of the right to vote and participate in the governing bodies of the Assembly until April 2015. TASS reports. The corresponding amendment was adopted by ...
US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew on Wednesday warned Russia about the possibility of new sanctions against it by Western countries if it continues what he described as Russian "aggression" against Ukraine. Liu spoke to reporters in Kiev at ...
US President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed that Russia should be held accountable for its actions in Ukraine. This statement came against the background of the European Union's consideration of new measures to increase pressure on Moscow ...
Barack Obama has accused Russia of renewed military clashes between separatists and government forces that engulfed eastern Ukraine. “We are deeply concerned about the latest ceasefire violations and the aggression that the separatists have carried out - with Russian support, with Russian equipment, with Russian funding, with Russian training ...