Brussels 12.01.2022 Anna van Densky The NATO-Russia Council, which brings together all 30 NATO Allies and Russia, met in Brussels on Wednesday (12 January 2022) to discuss the situation in and around Ukraine, and the implications for European security. Deputy FM #Grushko following #RussiaNATO talks in #Brussels: Russia-NATO relations are at a critically low level….
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Leyen supports Europe defence Union
Brussels 07.01.2022 “…We agree that there is a need for a genuine Defence Union” the president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said, while attending event the EU event in Paris, hosted by President Macron. “A Defence Union that prepares us for new threats in the future. For example, the next hybrid attack,…
Kazakhstan: CSTO troops to quell protests
Brussels 06.01.2022 Anna van Densky The Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) approved the decision to send peacekeeping forces to Kazakhstan, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, incumbent chair of the Council in 2022, said on Thursday, January 6. (Image: social media). Russia has sent paratroopers into Kazakhstan as part of…
Borrell reaffirmed EU support to Ukraine
Brussels 22.12.2021 On 23 December 2021, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell held a phone call with Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister Dmitry Kuleba to discuss the security situation in Eastern Europe in light of Russia’s military build-up around Ukraine. Le haut représentant de l’UE Josep Borrell s'entretient avec le ministre…
EU leaders convene in Brussels
Brussels 16.10.2021 The EU leaders convene in Brussels to discuss developments related to COVID-19, crisis management and resilience, energy prices, security and defence, external aspects of migration and the situation in Belarus. The meeting has started at 10.00 am and will be followed by a press conference. EU leaders will discuss migration, focusing on its…
Sakharov Prize 2021 goes to Alexei Navalny
Strasbourt 15.12.2021 Аnna van Densky: Alexei Navalny’s daughter, Daria Navalnaya (picture), received European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize on behalf of her imprisoned father at a ceremony on 15 December. Alexei @navalny has tirelessly fought for the Russian people against the corruption of Putin's regime. His courage is humbling and inspiring. Threatened, poisoned, arrested, he has not been…
EU targets Russia Wagner group
Brussels 14.12.2021 Anna van Densky The European Council adopted a set of restrictive measures against the Wagner Group, a Russia-based private military entity. The measures target the Wagner group itself, and also eight related individuals.(Image above: illustration) #WagnerGroup: @EUCouncil imposes sanctions on the group, 8 individuals and 3 entities connected to it. The group has…
Borrell: EU “steadfast by Ukraine”
Strasbourg 15.12.2021 “We changed the geographical situation. We changed the latitude and the longitude of the coordinates, but the problem is also very worrying. Now we talk about the situation in the Ukrainian border and in the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine” the EU top diplomat Josep Borrell said, while addressing the Members of the European…
G7: calls Russia to de-escalate
Brussels 12.12.2021 “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 our condemnation of Russia’s military build-up and aggressive rhetoric towards Ukraine”. Discussed with @SecBlinken the importance of our coordinated action in view…
EU deplores liquidation of Memorial NGO
Brussels 13.11.2021 “The European Union deplores the Russian General Prosecutor’s decision to demand the liquidation of the International Historical Educational Charitable and Human Rights Society Memorial and the Memorial Human Rights Centre, an important independent voice in Russian civil society dedicated to the protection of human rights and the history of political repression in Russia”…
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