Section: Politics

      UK “won`t pay 100 bln euro Brexit bill” – BBC
      May03

      UK “won`t pay 100 bln euro Brexit bill” – BBC

      The UK will not pay a 100 billion-euro (GBP 84 billion) ”divorce bill” to leave the EU, Brexit Secretary David Davis has said, according to the BBC. He told ITV`s Good Morning Britain the UK would pay what was legally due, ”not just what the EU wants”, the BBC reported. It comes amid claims by the Financial Times that the settlement sought by the...

      Merkel arrives in Sochi for talks with Putin
      May02

      Merkel arrives in Sochi for talks with Putin

      German Chancellor Angela Merkel has arrived in the city of Sochi to discuss with Russian President Vladimir Putin the fight against terrorism, the situation in the Middle East, and the implementation of the Minsk agreements, according to TASS. The meeting will be held in preparation for the G20 summit, which will be hosted by Hamburg this July....

      West must be aware of Russia fomenting crises in Balkans – expert and former National Security Agency analyst
      May02

      West must be aware of Russia fomenting crises in Balkans – expert and former National Security Agency analyst

      Southeastern Europe is entering renewed crisis—and Moscow is fomenting more chaos at a dangerous time, John Schindler, who is a security expert and former National Security Agency analyst and counterintelligence officer, wrote in an op-ed for Observer, titled ”We Need to Putin-Proof the Balkans.” Montenegro parliament`s official approval of the...

      France election: Macron says EU must reform or face “Frexit”
      May02

      France election: Macron says EU must reform or face “Frexit”

      The front-runner in the French presidential election has told the BBC that the EU must reform or face the prospect of ”Frexit”. Pro-EU centrist Emmanuel Macron made the comments as he and his far-right rival Marine Le Pen held rallies in the last week of campaigning, the BBC reported. French voters go to the polls on Sunday to decide between the...

      Dozens detained in nationwide anti-Putin protests in Russia
      Apr30

      Dozens detained in nationwide anti-Putin protests in Russia

      Dozens of people have been detained while taking part in a protest campaign in many Russian cities urging President Vladimir Putin not to run in the country`s presidential election next year, according to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). Police apprehended at least 30 people on April 29 in St. Petersburg, one of 32 cities across Russia...

      $1.5 bln confiscated from accounts of Yanukovych and Co. – National Security and Defense Council
      Apr28

      $1.5 bln confiscated from accounts of Yanukovych and Co. – National Security and Defense Council

      The court`s decision to transfer to the state budget of Ukraine $1.5 billion, arrested in the accounts of former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and his entourage, came into force today, April 28, the press service of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine reported with reference to the joint statement by NSDC Secretary...

      Flynn hid $33,000 Russian payday from feds – The Daily Beast
      Apr28

      Flynn hid $33,000 Russian payday from feds – The Daily Beast

      Documents released by the House Oversight Committee show that the Defense Intelligence Agency, which Flynn directed before joining the White House in January, has no record of him disclosing a $33,750 payment from state-sponsored Russian broadcaster Russia Today, according to The Daily Beast. Flynn traveled to Moscow in December 2015 to give an...

      PACE passes no-confidence vote against President Agramunt over Syria visit with Russians
      Apr28

      PACE passes no-confidence vote against President Agramunt over Syria visit with Russians

      The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), following an open debate on a notorious Syria visit on Russian invitation of PACE President Pedro Agramunt, deprived him of the right to represent the Assembly, head of the Ukrainian delegation Volodymyr Ariev wrote on Facebook on Friday, April 28. ”PACE President Agramunt failed to...

      Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny hospitalized after latest attack – media
      Apr27

      Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny hospitalized after latest attack – media

      Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was hospitalized on Thursday, after an unknown man attacked him outside his office in Moscow, according to The Moscow Times. The assailant sprayed a green antiseptic into Navalny`s face, drenching his right eye in the noxious chemical, The Moscow Times reported. First aid workers soon arrived to examine...

      Ukraine Embassy in U.S. explains reports on Washington`s possible assistance cut
      Apr26

      Ukraine Embassy in U.S. explains reports on Washington`s possible assistance cut

      Information on 68.8% U.S. assistance decrease to Ukraine should be viewed in correlation with American financial assistance in the form of a loan guarantee, the Ukrainian Embassy in the United States wrote on Facebook. ”In 2016, the U.S. Government provided to Ukraine $1 billion loan guarantee that was funded from the U.S. budget in the amount of...