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Russia is the only state among the G20 countries that wishes for Trump to win US presidential race
Russia is the only country in the G20 that, according to YouGov, prefers Donald Trump as president. Most other respondents would like to see Hillary Clinton win the US presidential race.
Among the major developed countries of the world, Russia is the only one that would like US Republican and billionaire Donald Trump to win the presidential elections. This follows from the results of a poll, conducted by the research company YouGov among 20 thousand adult respondents, that was commissioned by …
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Ukrainian activists want to erect a statue of Ronald Reagan in Kiev
Ukrainians have requested that the Kiev City Council install a monument to the famous American anti-communist.
Activists in Kiev want to establish a monument to former US President, Ronald Reagan. The petition appeared on the website of the Kyiv City Council and was authored by Zablotskyi Marian Bogdanovich. As of the 19th of April, the petition has garnered 34 signatures.
The petitioners report that the majority of the monuments to Reagan were installed in 2011, and dedicated to the …
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PACE: The 'hybrid annexation' of the Donbas has already occurred
The Parliamentary Assembly on the Council of Europe (PACE) believes that it is impossible to talk about the conduct of elections in the Donbas during the escalation of the conflict
PACE’s rapporteurs on the situation in Ukraine, Kristina Zelenkova and Marilouise Beck, reported that recent escalations of the conflict in Eastern Ukraine have made it impossible to even talk about holding the elections in the Donbas. They made the statement during session of the political and legal committees of …
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Polish Defense Minister: Russia is 'preparing aggression' against NATO
The Polish Defense Minister, Anthoni Macierewicz, believes that the incidents in the Baltic Sea indicate that Russia is preparing for aggressive actions. "All actions by Russia show a systematic preparation for further aggressive actions," the Polish Defense Minister, Anthoni Macierewicz, said in an interview with the Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita. The Defense Minister stressed that "the time has come to speak about it openly."
The head of the Defense Ministry of Poland commented on the …
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Herashchenko: 648 people are still missing in Ukraine; Red Cross should be allowed to search for them
During a meeting with the Deputy Chairperson of the Foreign Affairs Committee at the Polish Sejm, Małgorzata Gosiewska, the First Deputy Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada, Iryna Herashchenko, stressed that 648 people are still missing in eastern Ukraine, as the search continues.
"Our task is to look for these people. The Red Cross should be allowed to conduct search operations in the occupied territories," the press service of the Verkhovna Rada quoted Heraschenko.
According to her, "it's …
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Russian-Crimean Prosecutor General wants to ban US-funded news site
The Prosecutor General of Russian-Crimea, Natalia Poklonskaya, stated in her comment to TASS that she is preparing to fully block Radio Free Europe's Krym.Realii project.
“We have gathered materials for the General Prosecutor’s Office of Russia and Roskomnadzor for the complete closure of the Krym.Realii information service,” she said.
The Prosecutor General’s official website also reported its initiative on the blocking of separate publications of Krym.Realii. “Content analysis of this …
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Nemtsov's report presented at PACE session
Nemtsov’s colleagues, Ilya Yashin and Olga Shorina, have finished his report.
At a recent Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) session, a report entitled "Putin.War" was presented. The report provides information which essentially proves the participation of Russian troops in the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine as announced by an MP from the Permanent Delegation of the Verkhovna Rada (the Ukrainian Parliament) to PACE, Georgiy Logvynsky, on his Facebook page.
According to …
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Date of elections in the so-called Donetsk People's Republic moved to July 24
The separatist leader of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) signed a decree to change the date of elections from April 20 to July 24. On Tuesday, April 19, the website of the "News of the Donetsk Republic" published a photocopy of the decree that postponed the vote signed by the leader of the separatists, Alexander Zakharchenko.
Local elections in the breakaway republics is one of the key points of the settlement of the situation in eastern Ukraine. At the same time, according to …
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The Security Service of Ukraine: Restoration of control over the Donbas is imminent
Yuriy Tandit, the Advisor to the Head of the Security Service of Ukraine, claimed during a live broadcast of 112 Ukraine that the Ukrainian Armed Forces were sufficiently trained and armed to repel attacks and preserve the country’s territorial integrity.According to Tandit, Ukraine now has enough military force to maintain the state’s integrity. He said if "Putin planned to go to territories under Ukrainian law, he would be committing suicide.” Tandit believes that the Armed Forces of Ukraine …
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Naftogaz files lawsuit against Russia
Naftogaz of Ukraine has filed a lawsuit against the Russian Federation for damages incurred by the loss of its assets in the Crimea, according to the company’s head, Andriy Kobolev, Interfax-Ukraine reported.
"We have filed a lawsuit against the Russian Federation with respect to compensation for not only the cost of the towers, but all the assets that have been lost… in the Crimea because of the Russian occupation, or those assets to which we temporarily do not have access to. For example, …