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Russia says Su-27's barrel roll over US aircraft was not dangerous
Military commanders in Moscow insist on compliance of the Russian fighter jet with international rules in the case of the incident with a US spy plane over the Baltic Sea.
Russian fighter jet Su-27 did not commit a dangerous rapprochement with the US Air Force aircraft in the skies over the Baltic Sea. The official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Major General Igor Konashenkov, made such a statement on Sunday, April 17. According to him, "the entire flight …
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PACE President urges Russia to release Savchenko
PACE President Pedro Agramunt urged Russia to release Ukrainian pilot and member of the Assembly, Nadiya Savchenko, Interfax-Ukraine reported.
"At the beginning of the April session of PACE, I have to reiterate our serious concerns about the situation of our member Nadezhda Savchenko, who remains in custody in the Russian Federation,” Agramunt stated
According to him, the release Savchenko is especially important in light of the reports of her ongoing hunger strike and the deterioration of …
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Yerofeyev and Alexandrov found guilty by Ukrainian court
A court in Kiev found Evgeny Yerofeyev and Alexander Alexandrov guilty of waging war, sentencing the two Russian soldiers to 14 years in prison, Interfax-Ukraine reported.
Both were found guilty and are “to be punished for multiple crimes by having the least penalty absorbed by a harsher one, with the court determining the final penalty… in the form of 14 years of imprisonment with a confiscation of all the property owned by the convicts," the verdict read.
According to Ukrainian law, the …
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Russian Ministry of Finance will continue negotiations with the IMF on Ukrainian debt
The Russian Minister of Finance, Anton Siluanov, stated that Russia will continue negotiations with the International Monetary Fund concerning the non-payment of $3 billion, which the former President of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovich, took on credit, TASS reported.
“We have been discussing the cooperation of the International Monetary Fund in an effort to secure its obligations on behalf of Ukraine and the consequences of the default that Ukraine allowed to happen with this debt,” Siluanov said. …
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Deputy Secretary General of NATO: the implementation of the Minsk agreements is disappointing, but not disastrous
The progress on the implementation of the Minsk Agreements is disappointing, but not disastrous and pressure on Russia needs to be maintained, said the Deputy Secretary General of NATO, Oleksandr Vershbow, on the TV program TSN Tyzhden, on Sunday, April 17, 2016.
"I don't agree that the Minsk process is already a failure. Clearly, the international pressure, including the sanctions, need to continue. Russia needs to understand that complying with only half of the measures will not satisfy the …