Section: Main news
Russia classifies Dzhemilev`s case against FSB – lawyer
On April 14, Moscow Meshchansky Court held a hearing on the complaint of the leader of the Crimean Tatar people, Ukrainian MP Mustafa Dzhemilev to the FSB Federal Security Service with respect to the ban of entry into the occupied territory of Crimea, Russian lawyer Mark Feygin wrote on Twitter.According to the lawyer, the case was transferred to...
Local elections in Donbas impossible without OSCE police mission – Klimkin
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin has said that the deployment of the OSCE police mission in eastern Ukraine should contribute to the security in Donbas for possible elections in the occupied territories, according to an UaPosition correspondent.Commenting on the statement of the Russian President that the OSCE observers need...
Ukrainian military retake Shyrokyne – Zhebrivskiy
Ukrainian military regained full control over the village of Shyrokyne, Chairman of the Donetsk military and civil administration Pavlo Zhebrivskiy wrote on Facebook.”Good news! As of today, the Ukrainian military are fully controlling Shyrokyne. I knew this news from guys, when I visited them yesterday evening. Their willingness to repel Russian...
U.S. Marine Corps aircraft deploy to Turkey
EA-6B Prowler aircraft from Marine Corps Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 4 have deployed to Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, to support electronic attack requirements in Operation Inherent Resolve, the effort to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, U.S. Department of Defense reported.The deployment is planned to last through...
Russia says launches 3rd line of ”energy bridge” to Crimea
The third line of the so-called ”energy bridge” to Crimea has been launched, Russian Energy Ministry reported on its website referring to Russian Minister Alexander Novak.”After the early launch of the third line, the amount of power generated in Crimea will total 1,060 MW, excluding alternative and backup power supply sources,” the Russian...
Prosecutors request 15 years in prison for Russian GRU officers
Prosecutor Maksym Krym requires the court to sentence Russian GRU officers Alexander Alexandrov and Yevgeniy Yerofeyev to 15 years in prison each, with the confiscation of property and a ban to on military service within three years, according to an UaPosition correspondent.”We demand to sentence Alexander Alexandrov and Yevgeniy Yerofeyev to 15...
Poroshenko, Merkel, Hollande call on Kremlin to immediately release Savchenko
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande called on the Russian leadership to immediately release illegally convicted Ukrainian pilot, MP and member of the Ukrainian delegation to PACE Nadia Savchenko, the president`s press service reported.”Speaking by phone, Poroshenko, Merkel...
Turkey blocks Russian propaganda website
The Turkish Telecommunications Department has confirmed the blocking of the Russian news agency Sputnik`s website, said chief editor of Sputnik-Turkey Tural Kerimov, according to RIA Novosti.”This morning, we`ve been confirmed the blocking of the website. According to a representative from Turkey`s Telecommunications Department, in accordance...
China GDP: economy slows to 6.7% in Q1
China`s economy grew at an annual rate of 6.7% in the first quarter of the year, according to official data released on Friday, BBC News reported.It is the slowest quarterly growth in the Chinese economy in seven years, but in line with expectations and China`s own growth targets, according to BBC News.In the final quarter of last year, the...
Russia sets new demands to ”all-for-all” prisoner swap
Russian Permanent Representative to the OSCE Alexander Lukashevich insists that as part of the exchange of ”all for all” Ukraine should release all the terrorists detained in different regions of Ukraine, as well as Russian citizens, who came to Ukraine ”to visit relatives,” the Russian Foreign Ministry told an UNIAN correspondent in Russia.”The...