Category: International

US denies visas to Bolshoi star dancers

Russia’s Foreign Ministry (@MFA) informed about the failure of the Bolshoi Theater to perform in New York because of the denial to issue American visas to star dancers:  ballerina Olga Smirnova(pictured) and  first soloist Jacopo Tissi were not allowed to enter the United States. Russian foreign ministry regrets US refusal to issue visas to Bolshoi…

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Lavrov: Russia and US Presidents will not allow confrontation

Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump will not allow armed confrontation between Russia and the US, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said while interviewed by RIA  Novosti news agency. “Speaking about risks of a military confrontation, I am 100% sure that militaries won’t allow this, and of course neither will President  Putin or President Trump,” Lavrov said….

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US to impose new sanctions on Russia

The US ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, told CBS TV channel’ “Face the Nation” program that the United States would announce new economic sanctions on Russia as early as Monday, April 16, aimed at companies “that were dealing with equipment” related to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s alleged chemical weapons use. TOMORROW: @nikkihaley talks…

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Trump and May vow to deter Assad

British Prime Minister Theresa May and US President Donald Trump have agreed to continue working on a coordinated response to the alleged chemical attack in Syria’s Douma, they woved  it would not “go unchallenged.” The UK and US leaders discussed Syria in a phone call on Thurthday (12/04/2018) , a Downing Street spokesperson said in…

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Russians vow retaliation for possible Syria missile attack

Kremlin ambassador to Lebanon said any U.S. missiles fired at Syria would be shot down and the launch sites targeted, a step that could lead to a major escalation in the Syrian war. ‘Smart missiles’ should hit terrorists, not legitimate government — Russian diplomat https://t.co/gZ8nDWppvT pic.twitter.com/GT48mCR3Pe — TASS (@tassagency_en) April 11, 2018 Russian Ambassador Alexander…

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Turkey accused Gulen in Kremlin envoy assassination

A Turkish court has issued an arrest warrant for eight members of the Gulenist Terror Organization (FETO), including its leader Fethullah Gulen, for being involved in the assassination of Russian Ambassador to Ankara Andrei Karlov, the Haberturk TV channel reports. Turkey issues arrest warrant for Gulen for being involved in Russian ambassador’s murder https://t.co/g0auaJIHu6© AP Photo/Chris…

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Moscow started symmetrical expulsion of EU diplomats

Moscow is expelling European diplomats in a quid pro quo move after the EU coordinated action of declaring non-grata of Russians from embassies in Europe in a “solidarity” gesture upon the request of the UK Prime Minister Theresa May in a response to “highly likely” Russia being behind a murder attempt of a double agent Sergei Skripal.  On March 3⃣0⃣,…

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US-Russia diplomatic expulsions quid pro quo

Russia will expel 60 US diplomats and close the US Consulate General in St. Petersburg, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said. #Lavrov: We will retaliate in kind, but there will be more. These include the expulsion of the same number of US diplomats and our decision to withdraw our consent to the operation of @USinStPete https://t.co/fBjicEuykk…

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Russia: UK is “beneficiary” of Skripals provocation

Moscow does not have any doubts the UK and the US took synchronized actions against Russia in the situation unfolding around the #Skripals poisoning case, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said, according to TASS News Agency. #Zakharova: Almost 20 years have passed, but the methods of our Western colleagues have not changed. They…

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