Contents tagged with crimea
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Putin: Russia will not impose mirror restrictions for entry of Ukrainian citizens
Russia will not impose response measures against the entry of Ukrainian citizens, stated Russian President Vladimir Putin during a press-conference following the G20 Summit in Buenos Aires, the press-service of the Kremlin reports.
"We are not going to impose any restrictions against Ukrainian citizens. Moreover, on the contrary, we will move towards easing the requirements for the visits of Ukrainian citizens in our territory and easing the procedure for obtaining Russian citizenship, if they …
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American aircraft conduct reconnaissance flights near Crimea
On Sunday, the RQ-4B Global Hawk, a strategic unmanned aerial vehicle or UAV of the US Air Force carried out an eight-hour reconnaissance flight near the Black Sea coast of Russia, flying near the Crimea, the Kerch Strait and Kuban, Interfax reports, citing the monitoring data of Western aviation portals.
Later in the afternoon, a US Navy P-8A Poseidon patrol plane joined it. Both aircraft took off from Sigonella Naval Air Station in Sicily, Italy. Both aircraft which can conduct electronic …
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Ukrainian President: Putin ignores request for telephone conversation about Kerch crisis
In an interview with France 24, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said that Russian President Vladimir Putin has not yet responded to his request to have a telephone conversation about the crisis at the Sea of Azov. Poroshenko, reports the presidential press service.
The President of Ukraine stressed that when the attack on the Ukrainian ships in the Kerch Strait occurred, he instructed his officials to contact the President of Russia, Putin.
“Unfortunately, so far Putin has not responded …
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Kremlin: Russia is 'protecting' Europe from aggression
Maria Zakharova, official spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry, said on Facebook that Russia is “protecting Europe from aggression”.
“After Poroshenko said that Russia supposedly intends to capture Mariupol and Berdyansk, one can paraphrase his utterance with certainty: it is Russia that is protecting Europe from the barbarism, tyranny, terrorism, aggression and militarism that loom over our entire continent,” Zakharova wrote.
At the same time, in an interview for the program “Moscow. …
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Russia asks Ukraine to cancel the ban on entry for men
Adviser to the Russian President and Chairman of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights Mikhail Fedotov appealed to the Commissioner for Human Rights in Ukraine, Lyudmyla Denisova, asking to influence the Ukrainian authorities to cancel the ban on entry for men aged 16 to 60 with Russian passports, Interfax reports.
“I ask you, dear Lyudmyla Leontiivna, to use your authority as the main protector of human rights in Ukraine to reconsider this ban,” Fedotov said in his …
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President Poroshenko: Russia wants to seize the Sea of Azov and other Ukrainian territories
Russia intends to establish air control over the territories through which gas and oil are sent to Europe. Russia’s aggression must be stopped, said Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in an interview with the newspaper Corriere della Sera, as reported by the official presidential website.
It’s not enough to make joint statements, Poroshenko stresses, it’s time to take action against the aggressor: to stop the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, increase NATO’s presence in the …
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European Court of Human Rights demands that Russia explain why it detained Ukrainian sailors
The press service of the Ukrainian Ministry of Justice reported that the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has requested that Russia provide information regarding the 24 Ukrainian sailors who were captured on November 25 when Russian border patrol ships attacked and seized two Ukrainian Navy vessels and a tugboat in the Kerch Strait.
One of the court’s main requirements is for Russia to explain why Ukrainian soldiers were detained in the territorial waters of the Crimea and on what legal …
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Merkel says sanctions against Russia are necessary
Germany does not intend to soften sanctions against Russia even though German businesses would like to see the relations with Russia improve, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in Berlin on Thursday.
Although the German business circles often call for softening the sanctions, “this is about principles”, Merkel said.
“There are a number of states around Russia that were not able to develop as they would like to. We cannot shut our eyes to this. We can explain something with sanctions,” she …
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Kyiv: Ukraine will ask to close Bosphorus Strait for Russia
The commander of the Naval Forces Ukraine Armed Forces, Ihor Voronchenko, stated that Ukraine intends to ask for the closure of the Bosphorus Strait for the passage of Russian ships after the Russian attack on the Ukrainian military vessels in the Kerch Strait area.
"I am sure that the international community will nevertheless make a decision and acknowledge that there was an act of aggression against the Ukrainian state. Due to this, and according to the norms of the Montreux Convention, …
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Russia deploys fourth division of S-400 missile systems in Crimea
Russia has deployed the fourth division of S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems in the Crimea. It has assumed combat duty in Dzhankoy, in the north of the peninsula, writes TASS with reference to the press service of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation.
"Today, in Dzhankoy, combat teams of the S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft missile systems from the air defense unit of the Air Force and Air Defense of the Southern Military District have assumed combat duty on the Crimea’s air defense," …