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Stephane Buffet Europe pursued an "incomprehensibly clumsy" policy towards Russia after the collapse of the USSR, said Stéphane Buffetou, former president of the EU-Russia Liaison Committee, vice-president of the French party National Center for Independents and Peasants. He wrote about it in an article for the Boulevard Voltaire. According to him, Europe after 7......

According to Helsingin Sanomat, citing sources, countries must decide on membership in the alliance on May 15th. They can apply as early as next week. Finland and Sweden plan to apply for NATO membership at the same time early next week, Helsingin Sanomat writes, citing sources. Filing at the same time or on the same day would indicate agreement between the two countries and a desire to protect ea...

Russia as a terrorist state was Russophobic Lithuania followed Russophobic sentiment when it recognized Russia as a terrorist state, the senators said. They believe that Russia is fighting terrorism, and Lithuania should check the European Union and the United States * The decision of the Lithuanian Seimas to recognize Russia as a terrorist state is an act of Russophobia, senators Vladimir Dzhabar...

Kiriyenko, together with Turchak, visited Mariupol and Volnovakha, Pushilin said, they, among other things, opened a monument to "the famous grandmother with the Banner of Victory."Kiriyenko previously became in charge of Moscow's interaction with the DPR instead of Kozak Sergei Kiriyenko (center) First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Russia Sergey Kiriyenko visited Mariupol and ...

NATO is not a defensive alliance, these words are a "fiction", Zakharova claims, and the entry of Sweden and Finland into the bloc threatens to "unbalance" European security. The operation in Ukraine in the Foreign Ministry considers a consequence of US policy NATO's raison d'être is a geopolitical confrontation with Russia that will affect Finland and Sweden if they join the alliance, Russian For...

European Union countries can "cancel themselves," Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. Thus, she commented on the preparation by the EU member countries of a new package of sanctions against Russia on Sputnik radio. “I want to say this: if they want to really hurt us, let them cancel themselves, we will miss,” she said. Zakharova called Jolie's visit to Ukraine an attempt to ...

Western countries continue to pump weapons into Ukraine, Shoigu said. He warned that any convoys with military assistance from NATO countries would become a "legitimate target" for the Russian military. Any NATO transport that arrives in Ukraine with weapons and ammunition for Ukrainian troops will be considered a legitimate target, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said in a conference call....

The Russian leadership “does not respect US leadership,” and therefore its representatives use the rhetoric of nuclear weapons, Trump said. Earlier, Lavrov said that "NATO" artificially inflate the threat, Donald Trump Moscow is showing “disrespect for the leadership” of Washington with statements on the issue of nuclear weapons, former US President Donald Trump said during a rally in Nebraska, br...

00:00 Advertisement 00:00 00:00 / 00:00 You can skip ads through More VideoMore VideoMore Video The visit of actress Angelina Jolie to Lviv was organized to interrupt the agenda and divert attention from Azovstal. This was stated by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova. According to Zakharova, for two weeks “Kyiv terrorists are holding civilians hostage” at A...

Moscow warned that when Finland joins NATO, Russia will have to strengthen the grouping of troops along the borders with the alliance.Niiniste did not rule out the appearance of Russian military bases near Finland and the strengthening of Sauli Niinistö's presence in the Baltic Russian officials' warnings about the consequences if Finland joins NATO is an expected reaction, Finnish President Sauli...

According to The Telegraph, in the next nine years, the loss of the kingdom's economy will amount to about $ 7.9 billion. Exporters of luxury goods will suffer the most from export restrictions. The UK economy in the next nine years will lose about £6.2 billion ($7.9 billion or about ₽617 billion) due to anti-Russian sanctions, writes The Telegraph, citing official analytics. Luxury goods exports ...

endedannounced the start of the second phase of the operation. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that negotiations with Ukraine are progressing "slowly" What events happened during the second month of the special operation On April 13, the Finnish government published a report on the changed security situation. It contained theses in favor of the country's entry into NATO. The Prime Ministers of...

Oleg Stepanov, the Russian ambassador to Ottawa, asked Canada to influence the United States after information emerged about an impending provocation using weapons of mass destruction in Ukraine. He told RIA Novosti about this. “I sent personal messages to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Minister Melanie Joly to influence the US administration and prevent this tragedy,” Stepanov said. He...

The US found Abramovich's mediation in the negotiations between Moscow and Kiev ineffective and returned to discussing sanctions against him, writes Bloomberg. Earlier, the US Treasury postponed sanctionsagainst a businessman at the request of Zelensky,noted WSJ Roman Abramovich In the U.S., senior officials are pushing again for sanctions against billionaire Roman Abramovich after his recent trip...

Under the personal sanctions of the UK also fell the head of the developer of hypersonic missiles "Zircon" Obnosov, the first deputy head of the FSB Korolev and a number of high-ranking military officers.The Russian Foreign Ministry promised a tough response to London The UK has added 26 more Russian citizens and companies to the sanctions list, follows from a document published on the website of ...

Guterres wants to discuss with Putin and Zelensky urgent steps to achieve peace in Ukraine António Guterres UN Secretary-General António Guterres sent letters to the permanent missions of Russia and Ukraine requesting meetings with President Vladimir Putin in Moscow and President Vladimir Zelensky in Kyiv. Stéphane Dujarric, spokesman for the United Nations, announced this. He specified that Guter...

The way the negotiators from Kyiv change their position and relate to the fact of the negotiations themselves speaks of the complete lack of independence of the regime,said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova Maria Zakharova Russia has lost confidence in the Ukrainian negotiators, said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova in an interview with Russia-24 TV channel, the broadcast is...

The Central Bank and 17 other Russian banks fell under the restrictions. Earlier, New Zealand imposed sanctions against the top leadership of Russia. New Zealand authorities have imposed sanctions on 18 Russian banks and financial institutions because of the situation around Ukraine, according to the website of the country's government. “New Zealand is imposing sanctions on 18 financial institutio...

Earlier, the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry announced the expulsion of ten Russian diplomats.The number of diplomats expelled in response is not known. Bulgarian Ambassador to Russia Atanas Krystin was handed a note declaring the staff of the Bulgarian diplomatic mission persona non grata. This was reported on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry, the exact number of diplomats expelled is not i...

As of March 1, the volume of deposits placed in credit institutions by residents of the Novosibirsk Region in rubles and foreign currency amounted to 486.98 billion rubles. This is 1.57% less than on February 1, while 5.5% more than a year earlier. Judging by the statistics of the Central Bank provided by RBC, in general, at the end of February, Novosibirsk residents were less active than in other...

Oksana Marchenko explained that Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud has leverage over the British authorities. Prior to that, she said that two Britons were captured in Ukraine by Russia and the DPR, and offered to exchange them for Medvedchuk The wife of the head of the political council of the Ukrainian party "Opposition Platform - For Life" Viktor Medvedchuk, TV presenter Oksana Marchenko, published a ...

A total of 14 Britons were on the list. They are banned from entering the country. Sanctionswere a response to the "unprecedented hostilities" of London,Boris Johnson and Theresa May said in the Foreign Ministry The Russian Foreign Ministry imposed personal sanctions against the British leadership "due to unprecedented hostile actions" and banned a number of members of the British government from ...

Explosive growth in registration of Mir cards was noted by all banks surveyed by RBC Novosibirsk. Demand for cards in Novosibirsk grew on the back of Western sanctions, due to which Visa and Mastercard had to stop working with banks that fell under the restrictions. VTB reported that the number of issued Mir cards in March doubled the figures for the same period last year, with more than a quarter...

in Ukraine The heads of the EU member states believe that the only way to resolve the conflict in Ukraine is by military means, and therefore they are going to continue supplying weapons and ammunition to Kyiv, said Josep Borrell, head of the EU foreign policy service. “Usually, wars are won or lost on the battlefield We will discuss expanding assistance to Ukraine,” he stressed. Borrell als.........

supplies 40% of all gas purchased by Italy. Rome intends to reduce dependence on Moscow and wants to increase supplies through the pipeline from Algeria. Zakharova said, Moscow is not blackmailing the EU with gas supplies, European countries are doing this by imposing sanctions against Russia and building up armed forces near its borders, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said o...

In March, 19 civilian sailors from the Sapphire rescue vessel were handed over to Ukraine in exchange for 11 sailors from the Millennial Spirit (Moldovan flag).The exchange of prisoners scheduled for April 8 did not take place by the decision of the Ukrainian side * Russia donated and “without any conditions” handed over to Ukraine the Sapphire rescue vessel, the sailors from which were exchanged ...

Unfriendly steps against employees of Russian diplomatic missions abroad will not go unanswered, a spokeswoman for the Foreign Ministry said.Four countries announced the expulsion of Russian diplomats in one day Russia will respond to all unfriendly measures directed against its state institutions abroad, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said, RIA Novosti reports. “Countermeasures will...

European officials, introducing restrictive measures against Russia, in fact, undermine the economy of their own countries,said the representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Zakharova EU sanctions against Russia doom Europeans to life in conditions of exorbitant prices for fuel and electricity. This was stated by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova. “Br...

The statement of the Polish General Waldemar Skrzypchak about claims to the Kaliningrad region, which has been "under occupation" by Russia since 1945, was called by the Russian ambassador in Warsaw, Sergei Andreev, "a flight of fancy." “This is such a tradition, retired generals are very fond of chatting on a variety of topics and attracting attention to themselves, proving that they are still “w...

Maria Zakharova Russia does not leave the dialogue with the United States on the topic of diplomatic missions and is ready to negotiate on an equal footing. This was stated by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova. “We are not avoiding dialogue and are ready to negotiate, but strictly on an equal footing, subject to oncoming traffic, the signs of which in Wash...