Brussels 07.10.2021 “There is a glaring discrepancy between NATO officials’ statements about their wish to normalize relations with our country and real actions. These actions, of course, leave no room for illusions regarding the normalization of relations and the resumption of the dialogue with NATO. These prospects are rather completely upset,” Peskov said. NATO's decision…
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MEPs strategy towards Russia
Strasbourg 16.09.2021 Parliament says the EU must push back against aggressive policies while laying the groundwork for cooperation with a future democratic Russia. Press release 🇪🇺🇷🇺MEPs call for new EU strategy to promote democracy in Russia⤵️ https://t.co/ynCmwhxtsl — EP PressService (@EuroParlPress) September 16, 2021 Assessing the state of EU-Russia relations, the European Parliament makes clear…
EU-Russia relations in focus
Brussels 17.06.2021 “Today we are presenting a Joint Communication from the High Representative and the [European] Commission that responds to an invitation of the European Council of the last 24th of May. This Communication sets out the state of European Union-Russia relations in all their complexity and proposes the way forward – that is an…
EU Condemns Russian actions
Brussels 25.05.2021 The European Council held a strategic debate on Russia. – It condemns the illegal, provocative and disruptive Russian activities against the EU, its Member States and beyond. It reaffirms the EU’s unity and solidarity in the face of such acts as well as its support to Eastern partners. (Image above: Crimea bridge, Azov…
Russia: Latvia Meduza news ‘Foreign Agent’
Brussels 26.04.2021 Russia has announced the independent news website Meduza a “foreign agent,” the Justice Ministry confirmed on 23 April amid what critics call the Kremlin’s continuing crackdown on freedom of speech. A statement on the ministry’s website said the decision, which also includes the Moscow-based Pasmi (“First Anti-Corruption Media”) news site, was made “in…
Russia expands retaliatory list
Russia has made a decision to expand on a parity basis the retaliatory list of EU officials banned from entering the country, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement spokesperson Maria Zakharova read out at a news briefing on September 23. Moscow to expand retaliatory list of EU officials banned from entering Russia —…
G7 condemns «hideous poisoning» of Navalny
‘We, the G7 foreign ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America and the High Representative of the European Union, are united in condemning, in the strongest possible terms, the confirmed poisoning of Alexei Navalny” reads the statement, referring to the chemical attack on Russian opposition leader,…
Navalny in Omsk – stabilised but in coma
Russian opposition politician and relentless anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny, 44, is still unconscious in Omsk hospital suffering from suspected poisoning, his spokesperson Kira Yarmysh said. Юля Навальная тоже здесь. Ее тоже не пускают, потому что «пациент не дал согласие на посещение». Они это так и говорят pic.twitter.com/08vjVTcUlB — Кира Ярмыш (@Kira_Yarmysh) August 20, 2020 Navalny…
Idlib: ceasefire from midnight
Presidents of Russian and Turkey signed a new memorandum on Idlib after five hours talks in Moscow. Vladimir Putin and Tayyp Recep Erdogan signed a document, agreeing on ceasefire from Midnight, safety corridors, resumption of patrols. – ceasefire today at midnight. – A safety corridor along the M-4 highway in Syria. – resumption of joint…
Duma approves new Prime Minister
President Putin has signed a decree appointing Mikhail Mishustin as the Prime minister. “In accordance with Article 83(a) of the Russian Constitution, Mikhail Vladimirovich Mishustin is appointed as Russia’s Prime Minister,” says the decree issued on the Kremlin’s website. President's Executive Orders appointing Dmitry Medvedev Deputy Chairman of the Security Council, Mikhail Mishustin head of…