Russia has not offered Russian citizenship to residents of Crimea, except rather has compelled residents to choose between Ukrainian and Russian citizenship while imposing adverse consequences, directly indirectly, on those. ..…
Russia’s attempts to extend its influence in the Balkans by igniting regional anti-Western/anti-NATO sentiments while using the Ukrainian conflict as a pretext extend beyond the Republic of Serbia. ... Russia’s annexation of Crimea and the ensuing destabilization of..…
Incidentally, earlier, Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued statement that the hype about the integration program with Russia has no basis in reason or fact. They believe that Ukrainian authorities treated Russians on certain issues so when they think they can also lose Belarus,..…
Following White House release of memo on President Trump's July 25 phone conversation with his Ukrainian, Russia's spokeswoman said Wednesday Democratic leaders were making U.S the laughing stock of the world.. ..…
Co-signed by 54 other Chabad rabbis, both Russia and Ukraine, the letter somewhat undercut the simple narrative that there was demarcation between Ukrainian and Russian religious leaders, with each taking his own country's side and could not obscure the basic tensions that Ukraine Crisis..…
The assembly stripped Russian delegates of their voting rights after people in Crimea — then part of Ukrainian territory —voted overwhelmingly in favor of joining Russia in a 2014 referendum. ... Russia denies any involvement in the Ukrainian conflict. . The Tuesday..…
We must now redistribute the maximum of our attention to Donbass, Ukrainian president told journalists at the port, referring to the region controlled by pro- Russia separatists.. ... West brands the reunification as the annexation of Ukrainian land by Russia.. ..…
Russian FSB security service officer escorts Ukrainian Crimea November -- total of 24 sailors are still being held by Russia along with three naval vessels from Ukraine AFP File. international tribunal is due to rule Saturday on dispute over Russia's holding 24 Ukrainian..…
Russia's move is early test for Ukrainian president-elect Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who won Sunday's election and has pledged to find solution to the conflict.. ..…
Stoltenberg said that the alliance reiterated its demand for Russia to release Ukrainian sailors and ships it seized last year near Sea of Azov.. On Nov 25, Russia seized three Ukrainian warships near Kerch Strait connecting Black Sea and Sea of Azov, accusing them of..…
at the end of January Russia's Patriarch Kirill denounced the church and assured Moscow that Russian- Ukrainian unity would outlast temporary political schemes. . despite Poroshenko's pledges that the church will be independent from the state, Russian President Vladimir Putin..…
Millions of Ukrainian ex-pats live in Russia, Poland, and other European countries. ... Ukrainian nationals in Russia were disenfranchised, defying the nation’s law. ..…
Russia’s use of force, including use of firearms against Ukraine’s vessels, constituted clear aggression and escalation. ... Russia has incited and then supported military activity by armed formations, including through the deployment of Russian troops into Ukrainian territory...…
Putin and his political allies in Russia are also not likely to sign on to such an agreement since they feel the area belongs to Russia. . ... The Russia and Ukrainian war doesn’t seem to have an end in sight. Both sides can ‘manage’ their situation if the conflict..…
TEHRAN - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko stated that the country needed peace with Russia, who imposed economic and political sanctions on Moscow... ... TEHRAN - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko stated that the country needed peace with Russia, who imposed..…
The Kremlin has rationalized its actions in number of ways, ing that Russia signed Budapest Memorandum with Ukrainian government that existed under President Leonid Kuchma, not the government that took power following Ukraine's 2013-14 Maidan revolution. ..…
For example, the 2015 survey found that over half of those living in the east say Russia has obligation to protect Orthodox Christians living outside its borders. Due to fighting Ukraine between pro- Russian forces and Ukrainian, the 2015 survey used in this analysis covered 80% of the..…
Mykhaylo Markiv, Ukrainian Presidential Press Service, AFP Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko sitting during the synod to establish Orthodox from Russia Kiev's Saint Sophia Cathedral on December 15, 2018... ..…
AG: Most of us have heard Russia and NATO’s conflicting accounts of why the Russian Navy seized several Ukrainian vessels in the Sea of Azov. ... From 2014 on, Russia considered the strait as Russian waters, though it’s made no attempt to hamper Ukrainian shipping. ..…
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's team has intensified opposition to the completion of the in the weeks since Russia seized three Ukrainian naval vessels. Western European countries agree that Russia poses threat to European Union and NATO powers, and German officials also..…
Officials with Federal Security Bureau of Russia said that Russian border guards detained three ships of Ukrainian Navy as the latter were trying to travel across Black Sea from the port of Odessa to the port of Mariupol in Sea of Azov. ..…
BRUSSELS — Russia's violent closure of Kerch Strait, the sole shipping lane to Ukrainian port city, is undermining German support for Russia's proposed natural gas pipeline to western Europe, according to State Department... ... German Chancellor Angela Merkel's government has..…
Russia is occupying and militarizing Ukrainian Crimea, conducting simmering, in Donbas, and obstructing Ukrainian shipping in Sea of Azov... ... United States condemned Russia's aggressive actions against international shipping transiting Black Sea, Sea of Azov and..…
Catholics Ukraine said people fear war with Russia, after confrontation prompted the imposition of Ukraine's eastern regions.. Father Grzegorz Semenkov, chancellor of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia Diocese, said Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko had justified law adding that its planned 30-day..…
Russia's naval forces intercepted and seized three Ukrainian vessels which rejoined Russia in 2014 referendum.. ... Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, facing elections next March, sent Ukrainian ships into Russian territory in attempt to provoke..…
The Kremlin likely will continue to carry out forcible inspections of merchant vessels traveling to and from Ukrainian Azov Sea ports of Mariupol and Berdyansk via Kerch Strait. Thus, any successful provocative steps Russia may take in Azov Sea are likely to be replicated in Black Sea,..…
Poroshenko's declaration of law along Ukrainian territory bordering Russia, approved by rubber-stamp parliamentarians, along with putting the country's military on full combat alert, ing the threat of war with Russian Federation... ... Putin accused him of Kerch Strait stunt, planned..…
Ukrainian parliament has voted to enforce the declaration of Ukraine's 10 regions that border Russia, following clashes between the two countries forces earlier this week. . According to media reports, on November 25, Russian Ukrainian naval vessels near the coast of Crimea,..…
Ukrainian parliament has voted to enforce the declaration of Ukraine's 10 regions that border Russia, following clashes between the two countries forces earlier this week.. According to media reports, on November 25, Russian forces attacked three Ukrainian naval vessels near the..…
protester throws grenade during in front of the embassy of Russia Kiev, Ukraine, November 25, 2018 .. Dmitry Polyanskiy, Russia's first permanent to United Nations, told Security Council the incident was another example of Ukrainian leaders trying to provoke Russia for..…
Russia’s FSB explained that “Ukrainian warships entered Russia’s territorial waters at a direct order from the Kiev authorities,” adding: . ... The provocation was coordinated by two Ukrainian Security Service officers who were aboard the Ukrainian ships.” . ..…
On Sunday, Russia captured three Ukrainian naval ships and 23 crew members off the coast of Crimea. Ukraine claimed Russia violated law on the grounds that Crimea belongs to it, and also because treaty between Russia and Ukraine upholds unimpeded access to Kerch Strait.. ..…
In this image taken from video released by Russia's Federal Security Service taken from Russian Coast Guard vessel purporting to show incident between Russian coast guard and Ukrainian tugboat, in Kerch Strait on Sunday Nov 25, 2018. ..…
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko asked lawmakers Kiev to institute law, something the country has not done even during the worst of the in the east that killed about 10,000 people.. ... Dmitry Polyanskiy, Russia's first permanent to United Nations, told Security Council the incident..…
Sunday's crisis is the culmination of months of Russia ratcheting up pressure on Ukrainian ships, both military and merchant, traveling across Sea of Azov. ... Many Ukrainian politicians worried that Sunday's Kerch Strait crisis was the opening salvo in new round of tensions..…
Ukrainian policemen guard Russian embassy building with smoke behind during Ukrainian activists rally Kiev, Ukraine, 25 November 2018. Russia has seized three Ukrainian vessels amid their leaving Kerch Strait Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is gathering Military..…
The UK has warned Russia against using its growing military in Sea of Azov to destabilize economy, amid allegations that Ukrainian ships being denied access to the waters.. In statement published Monday, UK Foreign Office accused Russia of delaying or preventing..…
Russian authorities have not sanctioned Ukrainian oligarchs, who finance the in Donbass. According to political analyst and Leonid Krutakov, whom Russia has recognized as the president of Ukraine.. ..…
I want to emphasize that we have all irrefutable evidence that this aggression, this attack on Ukrainian Navy's warships was not mistake, not accident, except action. In response to the incident, Russia closed Kerch Strait, to all non-military ships. ..…
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko asked lawmakers Kiev to institute law, something the country has not done even during the worst of the in the east that killed about 10,000 people.. ... Dmitry Polyanskiy, Russia's first permanent to United Nations, told Security Council the incident..…
Russia attacks and seizes three Ukrainian naval vessels off the coast of Crimea . . ... Crimea, Ukrainian Province Annexed by Russia, Wants Its Own Beverly Hills . ..…
Kolomoyskyi is in the tradition of Ukraine's Soviet commissars and has raised money from pro-Israel groups to finance the assassination of Ukrainian officials that support Russia.. ... While claiming to represent Ukrainian, Zionists have seized Ukraine, both as part of larger..…
Russia's military staged provocative new act of aggression on Saturday, occupying station and village on narrow strip of Ukrainian land near Crimean Peninsula and prompting Kiev's Ministry of Foreign Affairs to denounce invasion by Russia... ... Ukrainian Defense..…
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