Common sense has prevailed in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe where for the first time over the past five years the aggressive anti-Russian minority has failed to impose its viewpoint, Russian Senator Konstantin Kosachev wrote on his Facebook page, commenting on a resolution enabling Russian legislators to return to PACE and take…
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Russian senator against “euphoria” to Trump’s G7 remarks
Russian senator, and chair of the Committee of Foreign Affairs of the Council of Federation (higher chamber of Russian parliament) Konstantin Kosachev said, there is no place for ‘euphoria’ reacting of President’s Trump remarks about Russia’s return to the G7 club. He pointed out that the opinion of the U.S. President is not shared by…
Kosachev: USA lost perception of reality
Konstantin Kosachev, OPINION Trump’s signature of the sanctions bill is news for the US domestic policy more than for the foreign affairs. The idea that the bill will come into force became clear after the overwhelming vote first in the Senate, then in the House of Representatives and again in the Senate. So the bad…
Russia warns about retaliation on US sanctions
Russia warned about the retaliation on new U.S. sanctions package against Kremlin approved by the House of Representatives unanimous vote in the U.S. House of Representatives. Russian appeared in the same context as Iran and North Korea, indicating the further degrade of already suffering a serious setback bilateral relations. House overwhelmingly approves Russia sanctions bill that…
Duma on US ‘sabotage’ of soltuion for Syria
The head of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Council of Federation, Konstantin Kosachev, defined as a ‘sabotage’ the statement of the US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley about the inability to find a political solution to the conflict in Syria. He wrote about it in Facebook. In an interview with CNN, Haley…
Anti-Trump press gloating on Kosachev
In a Russian-language statement on his Facebook page, Russian senator Konstantin Kosachev voiced concern over US President Donald Trump’s criticism of the existing nuclear arms reduction treaty, called for the urgent engagement in negotiations for a new treaty, while the current one will expire in 2021. ‘Trump’s Make America Great Again slogan, if it means nuclear supremacy, will…
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