But the number of EU states favoring a more pragmatic approach is growing, European officials say. . From Moscow's perspective, it may feel buoyed by a sense that it is making headway on three critical fronts: expanding trade and investment ties with China, making its influence felt in the..…
On July 22, 2014, The European Union decided to expand its sanctions blacklist against Moscow including Vladimir Putin’s inner circle. . ..…
In this Nov 30, 2009, file photo portrait of Sergei Magnitsky, is held by his Nataliya Magnitskaya, as she speaks during interview with AP Moscow. European court says Russia's failure to provide adequate medical care to jailed Sergei Magnitsky could have led to his 2009 death. ..…
Nataliya Magnitskaya, mother of Sergei Magnitsky who died in jail, holds photo of son 2009, interview with Associated Press Moscow, Russia. European court says Russia's failure to provide adequate medical care to the lawyer could have led to his 2009 death. ..…
He knows his “friends” in the European bloc are politically isolated and incapable of changing the Brussels’s orientation toward Moscow. The European far right performed well in the European Parliament vote in May, but it continues to be a minority in the EU legislative..…
WASHINGTON — NATO said Friday it hoped to avoid new arms race with Russia and not deploy nuclear weapons on European soil after Washington and Moscow ripped up Cold War-era missile pact.. ..…
I am not 'gay propaganda Moscow, December 2018. © 2018 Dmitry Belyakov for Human Rights Watch The European Court of Human Rights ruled this week that Russian government must pay $41,000 in damages to three lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights groups for having refused their..…
Addressing Israeli and European rabbis in Moscow shortly before the commemoration, Putin had made a statement widely interpreted as intimating that his western neighbor had slipped into fascism. ..…
In some quarters, cooperation between Washington and Moscow (along with the European Union) to peacefully resolve the recent constitutional crisis in Moldova (see , June 10) has generated hope for similar US-Russian coordination on the Karabakh issue. . ..…
Britain, Germany and France are signatories to the 2015 deal and their foreign ministers were holding separate meetings in Brussels on Monday with Pompeo, who cancelled a planned stopover in Moscow in order to brief the European allies on Washington’s latest moves. . ..…
What the pro- Kremlin commentators call tough realism is fact old blend of bluffing, brinksmanship and bullying, aimed at amplifying every Transatlantic and intra- European relations that Moscow finds exploitable. ..…
Nord Stream, pipeline project to ship gas from Russia under Baltic Sea to Germany, would double the capacity of Nord Stream pipeline and has divided European Union.. Eastern European, Nordic and Baltic Sea countries see the pipeline as increasing Moscow's economic grip on..…
This also applies to the regional context, where Mikhail Gorbachev’s idea of a ‘common European home’ (today called Greater Europe) would have established a co-operative pan-European community. Instead, Moscow was offered guest membership of the existing enterprises – the..…
Russian Alexei Navalny takes part in Feb 24, 2019, march memory of Boris Nemtsov Moscow, Russia. The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Russian court order placing Navalny under house arrest in 2014 was unlawful politically driven MOSCOW — The European..…
Also on rt.com US arm-twisting & pipe dreams aside, Europe just wo not quit Russian gas imports Washington has been trying to compete with Moscow for European energy market, ing its EU allies of their growing dependency on Russian energy, mainly natural gas, while pushing its own LNG sales..…
INF pact banned either side from stationing short and intermediate-range, land-based missiles Europe and its demise raises the prospect of new arms race between Washington and Moscow.. Putin warned last month that Russia would target European countries and United States itself.. ..…
But in a campaign where they have lost eight of their 26 league games and suffered two Champions League group defeats to the less than mighty CSKA Moscow, European glory looks much less likely than in recent times. . ..…
The results showed they voted mainly for the left-wing parties, two out of three of which have political programmes that favour close ties to Moscow. . Rebecca Harms, head of the European Parliament’s delegation of election observers, said on Monday that changes to the electoral system and..…
But on the other hand, Trump has found friends in European countries hostile to Russia like Poland. . ... It is still not clear whether the European capitals are turning to Moscow out of anti-Trump rather than anti-American sentiment. ..…
We consider that the attempt to usurp Venezuela contradicts and violates the basis and principles of law, said Moscow. Russia on Thursday accused United States of trying to usurp Venezuela and warned against intervention by confronting Washington and European Union, Venezuelan partial..…
Many of Custine’s conclusions would not seem out of place in American or European analyses of contemporary Russia. Current EU policy toward Moscow, based on the French-German alliance that Custine advocated, presumes precisely the Russian duplicity and danger that he described. . ..…
Russia heavily depends on trade with Europe – according to the European Commission itself. Moscow has eagerly sought to improve ties with European nations collectively and individually to further expand its own economic prospects. . ..…
The myth of malignantly Russia, however, continues to grow — with potentially dangerous consequences for European and global peace.. Assertions that Moscow's behavior pose serious, even existential, threat to Europe and the entire West surfaced even before Donald Trump became president. ..…
The EU in fact launched a “war against disinformation” spread by the Kremlin in an attempt to protect next year’s European Parliament elections. . Moscow’s relations with the West further deteriorated after Russian coastguard ships opened fire on three Ukrainian ships and seized..…
SBU head Vasyl Hrytsak turned truth on its head, saying the “Kremlin uses dirty methods to destroy European stability, which it sees as a threat. In recent years, Moscow has been relentlessly trying to take control of European radical social and political structures.” . ..…
Russia’s turn away from the West, its “pivot to China,” is now widely acknowledged and embraced by leading Moscow policy thinkers. Even European allies occasionally stand with Moscow against Washington. ..…
Russia’s turn away from the West, its “pivot to China,” is now widely acknowledged and embraced by leading Moscow policy thinkers. Even European allies occasionally stand with Moscow against Washington. ..…
BERLIN, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. decision to withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty has triggered worries that it may cause a new round of arms race between Washington and Moscow. . European countries, situated between the Atlantic and Russia, have the most..…
German and Russian leaders have scaled back contacts while Moscow's ties with European Union have deteriorated to post-Cold War low mainly over Ukraine conflict.. Ties between Moscow and West worsened later that year when Black Sea Crimean Peninsula voted in referendum to..…
During event held Germany on Monday, European Parliament President Martin Schulz said that sanctions against Moscow were tied to Minsk agreement. ..…
By series of sanctions imposed by Russia has been targeted United States and European Union for allegations that Moscow is arming and supporting pro- Russian forces fighting Ukraine.. ..…
Indeed, Berlin has may be open to Moscow's proposals for talks on Syria including Turkey and France, Germany's in plans to militarize European Union, and excluding Washington. ..…
Ria Novosti discusses why Moscow welcomes the idea of European army.. The calm with which Moscow, is observing this ambition is not surprising. ..…
Before that, he served as the newspaper’s chief European correspondent, Moscow bureau chief and Middle East correspondent. . ..…
Russia would like to keep Serbia in its zone of influence, or alternatively as a buffer that can advocate for Moscow in the European Union. ..…
Washington was fearful that communist parties would win enough votes to form a government and that Washington’s Western European Empire would be breached as these communist governments aligned with Moscow. . Consequently, Gladio was turned against the European communist parties. ..…
It was more than 5°C (about 10°F) warmer than climatology in the eastern European region including Moscow. ... It was more than 5°C (about 10°F) warmer than climatology in the eastern European region including Moscow. ..…
But the ties between Moscow and European nations go much deeper than that. ..…
it could trigger the harshest sanctions levied against Moscow by United States and European powers since Cold War.. European Union is expected to impose travel bans and asset freezes Monday on Russians accused of Moscow's military incursion and the intimidation of..…
A European intelligence source in Moscow, who . prefers to remain anonymous, told this writer that . ..…
MOSCOW -- European Jewish leader said Thursday he is convinced Russia shares West's concerns about Iran and will do everything possible to prevent it from acquiring nuclear weapons. ..…
MOSCOW -- Russia and Ukraine reached Wednesday on restoring natural gas supplies to Ukraine, ending -- for now, at least -- dispute that ripped larger chasm between the two former Soviet republics, rattled European consumers of Russian gas and called into question Moscow's as provider to..…
And if, in time, Ukraine joins, Europe's border will be within 250 miles of Moscow. . The canon of European literature includes Pushkin, Chekhov, Dostoevsky and Tolstoy, but that does not settle the question of Russia's identity -- its relationship to Europe. . ..…
The Star Wars strategy is here, it's irrevocable and it already is making its impact on the plans of European leaders.. Soviet intermediate-range missile bluff of the 0s was met with European- American resolve in Moscow is now willing to restore the quo ante, and to lower the..…