Contents tagged with Russia
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European water equipment installed in Crimea despite sanctions
Water supply equipment manufactured by German company Siemens and Danish company Grundfos was installed in annexed Crimea, despite the ban on the supply of such equipment, established by a resolution of the Council of Europe back in 2014, reports the Current Time.
The presence of European equipment in the peninsula was shown on Russian television.
"It is 100% incomprehensible how these pumps got to Crimea. We see the statement of Siemens and Grundfos that they followed all the rules, that …
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Netherlands sues Russia in European Court of Human Rights over downed MH17 flight
The Dutch Government has decided to file a lawsuit against Russia in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) for its role in the downing of flight MH17, reports DW.
The Netherlands has submitted all information about the downed flight MH17 to the ECHR.
The Dutch government lawsuit is filed with the ECHR in parallel with the individual lawsuits filed by the next of kin of the victims.
"In this government complaint, the Netherlands also acts on behalf of all 298 victims of MH17 of 17 …
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Russia rejects possibility of paying Czech Republic compensation for Vrbetica explosions
Russia will not pay any compensation to the Czech Republic for alleged involvement in the explosions at warehouses in Vrbetice, Leonid Slutsky, chairman of the State Duma Committee for International Affairs, told TASS .
"Any demands by the Czech Republic for compensation for the far-fetched involvement of the Russian special services in the explosions at warehouses in Vrbetice are absurd," he said.
According to Slutsky, Prague should forward such demands to its "Washington bosses who are …
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Czech Republic to demand at least $48 million from Russia in compensation for explosions at ammunition depot
The Czech Republic will demand at least $48 million in compensation from Russia for the explosions at warehouses in Vrbetica, the country's finance minister, Alena Schillerova, said on Czech television.
She noted that Prague is going to recover the funds "in accordance with international law."
"If we go through, for example, with criminal proceedings to be compensated for damages , it will take a very long time," Schillerova explained.
Earlier, the Czech Foreign Ministry announced the …
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Russian warships interfere with U.S.-Ukraine joint naval drills in Black Sea
On May 8, Russian warships interfered with joint naval exercises of the United States and Ukraine which were held about 100 nautical miles from Odesa, reported Ukrainian State Border Guard Service on its website.
On Saturday morning, the flagship of the Ukrainian Maritime Guard Grigory Kuropatnikov was joined in the Ukrainian waters by the U.S. Coast Guard ship Hamilton.
It is noted that the American partners arrived in Ukraine on a friendly visit, which will include joint maneuvers at sea, …
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Czech Prime Minister calls on EU countries to expel at least one Russian diplomat in solidarity with Prague
Before the informal EU summit in Porto, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis appealed to the leaders of the European Union to expel at least one Russian diplomat from their countries in solidarity with Prague amid worsening of its relations with Moscow, Interfax reports, citing Czech radio.
On April 17, the Czech Republic announced the expulsion of 18 Russian diplomats, accusing Moscow of involvement in the 2014 explosion at an ammunition depot in Vrbetice. Two people were killed in the explosion. …
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Sudan demands Russian military leave
A new scandal erupted in Sudan after the country’s authorities banned any further construction of the Russian military base in the Red Sea. The Sudanese authorities demanded that the Russian military stop all construction work, immediately remove equipment, including radars and communications devices, and leave the country, reports Sudan Tribune, citing government sources.
A week ago, the Sudanese authorities suspended the Russian project. The newspaper believes that the agreement was …
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Yeltsin’s associate: Ukraine was forced to take Crimea in 1954
The first President of Russia Boris Yeltsin, when offered to conclude a deal with Kyiv, under which Crimea would be given to Russia, and Ukraine, in turn, would receive free gas for ten years, said: "Whey do we need this Crimea, this Sevastopol. We have free piers in St. Petersburg, we will move the fleet there," said Mikhail Poltoranin, a well-known Soviet and Russian politician, in an interview with Ukrainian journalist Dmitry Gordon.
"It was a good deal, not only to snatch Crimea for free, …
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Russian mercenaries in Central African Republic accused of rape, torture and executions
Radio France Internationale (RFI) published an investigation into the crimes of Russian "instructors" in the Central African Republic (CAR), which is based on the stories of dozens of witnesses and reports of human rights organizations.
The main source of information in the article under the headline "In the Central African Republic, victims of Russian atrocities broke the law of silence" is the report of a special working group of the UN. It reports that between January and mid-April this …
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Russia’s mortality rate reaches record high
Russia continues to record a sharp acceleration of natural population decline and double-digit increase in mortality on a scale that official statistics have not seen for more than 70 years.
As of March, 191,320 people died in the country, Interfax reports, citing data of the Federal State Statistics Service, Rosstat.
Compared to February, the mortality rate increased by 18,648 people, or 10.7%. The increase in mortality was 25.3% annually and compared to February it accelerated by 4.7 …
