Six Russian banks disconnected from Visa and MasterCard systems

Payment systems Visa and MasterCard stopped servicing the operations of six Russian banks included in the US sanctions list, which was expanded on December 22. According to the Russian edition of Vedomosti, Genbank, Krayinvestbank, Verkhnevolzhsky Bank, Sevastopol Sea Bank (SMB), operating ...

Lavrov: Russia and the United States are moving towards a compromise on the fight against jihadists

Russia and the United States are on the way to a compromise on the issue of combating the terrorist group “Islamic State”. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters about this. “Whenever negotiations begin, the parties strive to move from their original positions to some kind of compromise that...

EC wants Syrian refugee problems solved by US and Russia

The refugee crisis is spreading across Europe. And this problem cannot be solved without cooperation with the United States, Russia and the countries of the Middle East. This was stated by German Chancellor Angela Merkel after European leaders pledged to allocate $ 1,1 billion in aid ...

Kerry called Lavrov to learn about the Russian military in Syria

Secretary of State John Kerry called Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to express concern about reports of a strengthening Russian military presence in Syria, where Russia may support the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. The conversation was reported by Reuters with reference to the press service of the US Foreign Ministry. In the message…

Russia and the United States will be engaged in the Arctic

On August 22, the research vessel “Akademik Tryoshnikov” departed from the northern port of Arkhangelsk, on board of which more than forty scientists from Russia, the USA, Germany, Poland, South Korea, Great Britain and New Zealand went on a long Arctic expedition. The Arctic expedition takes place within the second stage ...

U.S. tightened sanctions against Russia

Washington has expanded the list of individuals and legal entities who are subject to unilateral economic sanctions, previously imposed on the basis of four executive orders of the US President in connection with the events in Ukraine. This was announced today by the press service of the US Treasury Department. The department noted ...

In Russia, an American businessman was held for two weeks in a special detention center

Scott Blacklin, an American businessman and former president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia, was expelled from the country after two weeks of detention in a detention center for foreigners who illegally entered Russia. Scott Blacklin was sent to Finland by Finnair plane from Nizhny Novgorod airport near ...

Pentagon chief intends to discuss measures to contain Russia

On Friday, US Department of Defense officials will meet with diplomats from allied countries in Stuttgart, Germany to discuss countermeasures against Russian military intervention in Ukraine and to reassure allies worried about Moscow's aggressive behavior. The meeting will take place against the backdrop of a new intensification of clashes between the Ukrainian army ...

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