According to him, the regulation of the certification procedure allows “not even to delay, but to carry out this consideration in the first, second conditionally instance, stretching it out for many months.” He also admits that certification could be complicated by US influence on Germany. According to Pankin, “maybe there is an American sledgehammer – … Read more
The security officials claim that the incident took place at about three in the morning. Now law enforcement officers are looking for the culprit, starting an investigation into the hooliganism. – On the night of December 24, a “Molotov cocktail” was thrown into the Russian Consulate General in Lvov. The police opened a criminal case … Read more
This is stated in the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, published 20th of December. On December 15, German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock announced that from Germany expel two Russian diplomats… She motivated the decision by the verdict that the German court passed 56-year-old Russian citizen Vadim Sokolov (Krasikov) in … Read more
He commented on the published on November 17 on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation confidential correspondence Russian Minister Sergei Lavrov with the heads of the foreign affairs agencies of France and Germany Jean-Yves Le Drian and Heiko Maas. “Nothing in what they write to Minister Lavrov contradicts Ukraine’s … Read more
France and Germany accused Russia of violating diplomatic protocol after Moscow published the correspondence of the foreign ministers of the three countries on the settlement of the conflict in Donbass, reports Radio Liberty. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine called Russia’s actions “finishing off the” Normandy format “- negotiations with the participation of Ukraine, … Read more
The French Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that Russia had refused to meet with France, Ukraine and Germany to discuss the conflict in eastern Ukraine. Thus, the French diplomats denied the assertions of the Russian Foreign Ministry that Paris did not respond to Moscow’s proposals. “This is not true”, – said the spokesman for the … Read more
It is reported by “Ukrinform”. Today we heard the position of Russia. As writes “Ukrinform”, Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry Dmitry Lobach, who represents the position of the Russian Federation in arbitration, said at the court session that Moscow believes that the court in The Hague has no jurisdiction to consider Ukraine’s complaint. “The … Read more
She said that Nuland’s visit to Moscow is planned at the initiative of Washington, but she is among the Americans who are subject to sanctions in Russia and could not be allowed into Russian territory. According to Zakharova, the issue was resolved “on an equal footing.” Which of the Russians was removed from the sanctions … Read more
Zakharova called Ukraine’s initiative “populism” and “a political spectacle divorced from reality.” “At the same time, as we warned, we will be forced to view the participation of individual countries, international organizations and their representatives in the Crimean platform as an encroachment on the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation, which will inevitably have a … Read more
“It will not be a big secret that our diplomatic department is taking a very active, offensive position. Sometimes I even have to remind Sergei Lavrov that he is not the minister of defense, but of foreign affairs,” Putin said. The Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation is Sergei Shoigu. Lavrov has been in … Read more