Section: Politics

      U.S. Senators announced more sanctions against Russia
      Jan03

      U.S. Senators announced more sanctions against Russia

      The American politician Adam Schiff, a member of the House of Representatives of the US Democratic Party Congressman, said that in case if the U.S. President Donald Trump tries to soften sanctions against Russia then sanctions will be even stronger. Adam Schiff stated in an interview with ABC that Donald Trump has to begin to trust the U.S....

      French presidential candidate Le Pen states that Russian annexation of Crimea is not illegal
      Jan03

      French presidential candidate Le Pen states that Russian annexation of Crimea is not illegal

      Russia-friendly French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen told the BFMTV television channel on Tuesday, January 03, 2017 that Crimean annexation was legal, and France and Russia must establish “strategic relations”: “I do not think that (Crimea’s) reunification (with Russia) was illegitimate.” “A referendum was...

      The OSCE Chairman Sebastian Kurz visits Donbas warzone
      Jan03

      The OSCE Chairman Sebastian Kurz visits Donbas warzone

      The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine reports that on January 3, 2017, the OSCE Chairman, Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs of Austria Sebastian Kurz arrived to Ukraine, met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin in the Dnipro airport and went to Mariupol. FMs of #Ukraine and #Austria...

      U.S. not to support any agreement that does not guarantee full independence of Ukraine – John McCain
      Jan03

      U.S. not to support any agreement that does not guarantee full independence of Ukraine – John McCain

      U.S. Senator John McCain is confident that Congress will not support any initiative of Donald Trump that can harm Ukraine or the Baltic States. McCain stated in an interview with the TSN that the U.S. Congress will not approve actions that will harm the freedom and independence of Ukraine or the Baltic States. Answering the question whether...

      Ministers  of Ukraine and Austria to discuss deployment of armed OSCE police mission in Donbas
      Jan02

      Ministers of Ukraine and Austria to discuss deployment of armed OSCE police mission in Donbas

      The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry reports that on January 3-4, 2017, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin, and the OSCE Chairman, Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs of Austria Sebastian Kurz to provide working visit to Donetsk Region. The head of the Austrian Foreign Ministry at the beginning of the...

      Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy named Ukraine among twelve things to guide the work in 2017
      Jan02

      Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy named Ukraine among twelve things to guide the work in 2017

      Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, wrote about Ukraine in her article “Twelve things to bring with us in 2017”. On her official website High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy wrote “In Easter Europe, on the side of...

      1st Deputy Rada Speaker suggests Normandy format could be expanded, but US Ambassador states US participation is not on the agenda
      Jan02

      1st Deputy Rada Speaker suggests Normandy format could be expanded, but US Ambassador states US participation is not on the agenda

      Ukraine`s representative in the humanitarian subgroup of the Trilateral contact group on Donbas settlement and First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Iryna Gerashchenko believes the extension of the existing Normandy format is possible, TV Channel 5 reports. The Ukrainian official suggests that another country could join the negotiation...

      Ukrainian Billionaire, media mogul and founder of Yalta European Strategy calls to give up Crimea for peace in Donbas
      Jan02

      Ukrainian Billionaire, media mogul and founder of Yalta European Strategy calls to give up Crimea for peace in Donbas

      Billionaire oligarch Victor Pinchuk has supported Ukraine`s integration with Europe through his Yalta European Strategy Conference, but he`s now promoting a different line, writing in a Wall Street Journal op-ed that Ukraine should give up Crimea and medium-term hopes of European Union and NATO membership in exchange for peace in Donbas, Kyiv...

      Trump leaves open possible Taiwan meet, questions Russia hacking
      Jan01

      Trump leaves open possible Taiwan meet, questions Russia hacking

      U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday left open the possibility of meeting with Taiwan`s president if she visits the United States after he is sworn in on January 20 and also expressed continued skepticism over whether Russia was responsible for computer hacks of Democratic Party officials, according to Reuters. In remarks to reporters...

      U.S. Senators John McCain, Lindsey Graham and Amy Klobuchar visited command post near Shyrokine in Donbas
      Jan01

      U.S. Senators John McCain, Lindsey Graham and Amy Klobuchar visited command post near Shyrokine in Donbas

      President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, along with U.S. Senators John McCain, Lindsey Graham and Amy Klobuchar, who are visiting Ukraine, arrived at the command post of the Ukrainian forces in the zone of the Anti-Terrorist Operation in the area of Shyrokine under Mariupol. ”I arrived at the command post in the area of Shyrokine along with John...