Brussels 11.04.2025 Today the European countries pledged to continue supporting Ukraine with billions in funding to keep resisting Russia’s invasion amid growing doubts about the President’s Putin true intentions. During the meeting in NATO HQ in Brussels with Ukraine Minister of Defence Rustem Umerov, the UK Defence Secretary John Healey has announced the next tranche…
Tag: Putin
Ukraine: EU to discuss further support
Brussels 24.01.2025 The EU aid to Ukraine shifted to the third place on the list of the bloc’s priorities. During the press-conference in Ankara, Türkiye, the top diplomat Kaja Kallas said: ‘Third, Ukraine. Russia’s invasion will soon enter its fourth year. Our priorityis to strengthen Ukraine’s position, because there are no signs that Putin wants…
EU demands release of Navalny lawyers
Brussels 17.01.2025 The Petushinsky District Court of the Vladimir Region, Russia, sentenced defence lawyers of late Alexei Navalny for performing their professional duties defending Alexei Navalny in the farcical justice system in Russia. Vadim Kobzev, Alexey Liptser and Igor Sergunin were respectively sentenced with 5 and a half, 5 and 3 and a half years…
Borrell: focus on support to Ukraine
Brussels 19.11.2024 “…It is clear that Russia’s aggression against Ukraine is the biggest threat to the European security and stability since the end of the Second World War. It is good to remind that security is the most important asset for a society. If there is no security, it is difficult to build anything else”…
MEPs: Russia crackdown on media
Strasbourg 23.10.2024 “…Russia lacks any respect for media freedom inside its own country. It also blatantly disrespects protection of journalists in conflict zones. Inside the country, the space for media has dramatically shrunk after the start of full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. Many media outlets were forced to terminate their operations, the majority of independent…
EU-Mongolia: Putin arrest warrant
Brussels 03.08.2024 “The European Union has taken note of the visit of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin to Mongolia on 3 September despite the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) arrest warrant issued against him” reads the statement by the spokesperson on the visit of the Russian President Vladimir Putin to Ulaanbaatar. “The EU regrets that…
Kremlin downplays Kursk failure
Brussels 12.08.2024 The Kremlin decided to declare a counterterrorism operation avoiding a state of war or martial law to downplay the scale of the Ukrainian incursion into Kursk Oblast to prevent domestic consequences of the failure. The move demonstrating that the Kremlin is reluctant to take relevant measures to respond to the Ukraine successful operation…
EU extends Russia sanctions list
Brussels 27.05.2024 The Council today established a new framework for restrictive measures against those responsible for serious human rights violations or abuses, repression of civil society and democratic opposition, and undermining democracy and the rule of law in Russia. The decision to establish this new sanctions’ regime is part of the EU’s response to the…
EPP: Weber denounces Russia “fake elections”
Brussels 21.03.2024 Today at the European People’s Party (EPP) Summit which preceded the European Union Summit of the heads of states and governments, the EPP leader Manfred Weber called for non-recognition of the results of Russian “fake elections”. Manfred Weber is a German politician who has served as President of the European People’s Party (EPP)…
EU condemns Russian “elections” in Crimea
Brussels 18.03.2024 “The presidential elections held by Russia on 15-17 March took place in a highly restricted environment exacerbated also by Russia’s illegal war of aggression against Ukraine” reads the statement by the High Representative Josep Borrell on behalf of the EU on Russian presidential elections and their non-applicability on Ukrainian territory. (Photo above: Crimea…