Section: Special sections

      YouTube may quit Russia – media
      Nov30

      YouTube may quit Russia – media

      A bill has been introduced to the Russian State Duma on restricting the activity of online movie theaters, according to the Russian media outlet Kommersant. Similarly to the law on media, the bill limits from June 1, 2017 to 20% the foreign share in companies that set up audiovisual services with professional content, Kommersant reports. This is...

      Gerashchenko: Ukraine in Minsk insisted on liberating all hostages before Christmas
      Nov30

      Gerashchenko: Ukraine in Minsk insisted on liberating all hostages before Christmas

      First Vice Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Iryna Gerashchenko has said that the Ukrainian side at the Normandy Four foreign ministers meeting in Minsk insisted on liberating all hostages before Christmas. ”The Ukrainian side insists on liberating all hostages before Christmas and the beginning of the new year of 2017. The process of...

      Russia`s Lavrov says issue of armed OSCE mission in Donbas ”no longer relevant”
      Nov30

      Russia`s Lavrov says issue of armed OSCE mission in Donbas ”no longer relevant”

      The issue of an armed mission in eastern Ukraine ”is no longer relevant”, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said following the negotiations of theNormandy Four top diplomats in Minsk earlier today, November 29, an UNIAN correspondent in Russia reports. ”The question is no longer relevant, there exists no such need. Today, no one spoke about...

      Russia continues military build up at Ukraine`s borders: 2 infantry divisions set up
      Nov30

      Russia continues military build up at Ukraine`s borders: 2 infantry divisions set up

      Two motorized infantry divisions with units in Belgorod, Voronezh and Smolensk regions were formed in 2016, as announced by Russia`s Defense Minister, Army General Sergei Shoigu, TASS news agency reported. ”This year in the Western Military District, we took about a 100 of arrangement measures, including on the completion of setting up two...

      Over 2,140 Ukrainian soldiers killed in Donbas after Russian invasion
      Nov30

      Over 2,140 Ukrainian soldiers killed in Donbas after Russian invasion

      As of November 21, 2016, the number of Ukrainian soldiers who were killed during the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) in Donbas, eastern Ukraine, was 2,145 people, according to the Ukrainian project ”Dostup do pravdy” (”Access to the truth”), which cited data it received from the Ukrainian Defense Ministry. See also: Victims of the Russian military...

      No accord on withdrawal of Russian troops, mercenaries from Donbas – Ukraine`s Foreign Minister
      Nov30

      No accord on withdrawal of Russian troops, mercenaries from Donbas – Ukraine`s Foreign Minister

      No agreement had been reached on the withdrawal of Russian troops from the occupied territory of Donbas, while Ukraine kept insisting on the deployment of an armed OSCE police mission, Ukraine`s Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin told a briefing after the talks of the Normandy Four top diplomats in Minsk, broadcast by 112 Ukraine TV channel. ”There...

      Russia`s Lavrov says issue of armed OSCE mission in Donbas ”no longer relevant”
      Nov30

      Russia`s Lavrov says issue of armed OSCE mission in Donbas ”no longer relevant”

      The issue of an armed mission in eastern Ukraine ”is no longer relevant”, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said following the negotiations of theNormandy Four top diplomats in Minsk earlier today, November 29, an UNIAN correspondent in Russia reports. ”The question is no longer relevant, there exists no such need. Today, no one spoke about...

      Discussion on Donbas ”road map” in Minsk short because of Russian position – Klimkin
      Nov30

      Discussion on Donbas ”road map” in Minsk short because of Russian position – Klimkin

      A discussion on a ”road map” of Donbas settlement in Minsk was short, according to Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin, who said the Russian side did not agree with key priorities of Ukraine, 112 Ukraine TV channel reported from a briefing following a meeting of the Normandy Four top diplomats November 29. ”A discussion on the logic of the...

      Tuka forecasts return of Donbas in 2018 the latest
      Nov30

      Tuka forecasts return of Donbas in 2018 the latest

      Ukrainian Deputy Minister for temporarily occupied areas George Tuka predicts that Russia will give back the areas occupied by such terrorist organizations as Donetsk and Luhansk People`s Republics (”DPR” and ”LPR”) within a year or two, but it will keep ”seizing Crimea in an iron grip.” ”I am confident they will give the `DPR` and `LPR` back....

      Klimkin shows to Normandy Four in Minsk picture of Russian UAV, its flight route over Ukraine
      Nov30

      Klimkin shows to Normandy Four in Minsk picture of Russian UAV, its flight route over Ukraine

      Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin wrote on Twitter that during a Minsk meeting of the Normandy Four top diplomats he showed a photo of a Russian drone and its flight route over the Ukrainian territory, as another evidence of Russian aggression. ”Another evidence of Russian aggression: I showed photo of UAV of Russian Armed...