If the United States of America really cares about the Ukrainian people, they should stop supplying the country with weapons, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Mao Ning, said at a briefing. “The United States is the main initiator and the main driving force of the Ukrainian crisis, they continuously supply heavy and offensive weapons to Ukraine,
The Economist magazine conducted a study and found out which countries supported Russia during the aggravation of the situation around Ukraine. The British outlet divided the countries of the world into three categories: pro-Russian, neutral, and pro-Western. It turned out that more than a hundred countries fell into the group of pro-Western countries, in which,
The possibility of Ukraine joining NATO poses a threat to European security by creating the grounds for a major conflict between Russia and the military bloc, according to the country’s President Vladimir Putin. Ukraine’s official state doctrine includes an intention to restore its sovereignty over the Crimean Peninsula, which has been part of Russia since
A top Ukrainian energy executive has claimed that Kiev has a plan to obstruct the launch of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which will bring gas from Russia to Germany through the Baltic Sea. The Chairman of the Board of state-owned energy firm Naftogaz, Yuri Vitrenko, wrote on Facebook that “we have a plan for
American citizens considering travelling to Ukraine have been advised by the US government to reconsider their trip, persistently warning that Russia could be planning an offensive against the neighbouring country. On Monday, December 20, the US State Department updated its recommendations for the country, warning that “citizens should be aware of reports that Russia is
The Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said that deployment of various types of weapons near Russian territory will require reciprocal steps to balance the situation, Sputnik reports. “It’s no secret that, of course, the deployment of various types of weapons at our borders, which may pose a threat to us, will require appropriate steps to
The Russian Embassy in Washington demanded that persecution of the Russian diaspora by the American side be stopped, following the suspension of the activities of the Russian Community Council in the US. On November 18, the Russian Community Council of the USA posted on its website a statement announcing the suspension of the activities of
The winner of the Ukrainian ‘Miss Ukraine Universe 2021’ contest, Anna Neplyah, reacted to criticism after lots of people started to blame her for presenting Ukraine but speaking in her personal blog in Russian. A young woman from the Ukrainian city of Dnepr (former Dnepropetrovsk) won the title of ‘Miss Ukraine Universe 2021’ on October
The Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev published his new article in the Kommersant newspaper. In the document, he highlighted the main obstacles on the way to peace establishment in the relations between Russia and Ukraine. Medvedev has divided his article into 5 passages which he called “Five
Terrorists from the “Islamic State” group are pulling together forces in Afghanistan, using an unjustified pause in negotiations. According to the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, the situation makes concerns to Russia, Interfax reports. “It is important to pay attention to Afghanistan, where the ISIS members are actively pulling their forces, and they are
The US State Department urges citizens of the country not to travel to Russia, according to the information its official website provided on August 5. In particular, the United States urged its citizens to refrain from travelling to the North Caucasus, including Chechnya and Mount Elbrus, allegedly because of “terrorism, kidnapping, and risk of civil
The United Kingdom and the United States accuse Iran of the July 30 attack on the Mercer Street tanker flying the Liberian flag, TASS reports. However, Russia believes that there is a need to establish facts before taking any action in relation to last week’s attack on the Mercer Street tanker, according to the Russian
Azerbaijan accepted the proposal of the Russian side to declare a ceasefire on the border with Armenia from 9 a.m. Moscow time on July 28, 2021, as reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Defence of the republic. The relations between the two republics are very tense, largely due
