The Supreme Court of Russian Federation ruled on April 20, 2017 that the Jehovah’s Witnesses organization should be closed down and no longer allowed to operate legally in Russia, Human Rights Watch said today. The ruling, which affects more than 100,000 Jehovah’s Witness worshippers across Russia. Russia Outlaws Jehovah's Witnesses: https://t.co/XjCKYwliJ0 — Andy Reed (@andrew_c_reed)…
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Moscow for ‘politically important’ dialog with Pyongyang
A US-sponsored draft of UN Security Council statement condemning Pyongyang’s missile test, which some media claimed had been blocked by Russia, was actually withdrawn by Washington after a wording disagreement, Moscow said. The statement was to condemn the latest failed ballistic missile test by North Korea, but failed to get through the top security body…
Lavrov for counterterrorism coalition
“I believe that you have come at the right time. Your visit provides an indispensable opportunity to frankly and honestly discuss the outlook for cooperation on these issues, primarily the creation of a broad counterterrorism coalition, as President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump have agreed to do,” – said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov…
Tillerson’ voyage to Moscow
Anna van Densky OPINION It does not make much sense to discuss the possible outcome of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s (pictured) first visit to Moscow, because the new US administration was not given an opportunity to work out their political strategy, or even modify the concept of the Obama’s administration. From the moment of the…
EU sceptic about new anti-Russian measures
Britain and America have failed to win immediate support from European allies for new sanctions on Russia following the chemical weapons attack in Syria. Boris Johnson, the Foreign Secretary, propelled the idea a G7 meeting of foreign ministers of punitive measures against Moscow, but could not win the backing he expected from Germany, Italy, and some…
Duma to ban IT learning for childern
Russian State Duma has introduced a law prohibiting children to use electronic school diaries and to engage in online learning. The law is formally called “On the legal regulation of social networks” – according to the idea of the authors it was supposed to prohibit the registration of persons under 14 years of age in…
Trump considers sanctions against Russia
The US President Donald Trump (illustration) is discussing with members of his administration the possibility of introducing sanctions against Russia and Iran for supporting the Syrian government, US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said Sunday. https://twitter.com/SputnikInt/status/851089822303137793 The United Nations Ambassador Nikki Harley said there can be no peace in Syria with Assad in power. “There’s not any sort of…
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…
EU will not recognize South Ossetia referendum
“The European Union does not recognise the framework in which the so-called Presidential elections and the referendum on amending the name of the Georgian breakaway region of South Ossetia are due to take place on 9 April,” – says the statement of the European Action Service. EU statement on tomorrow's vote in South Ossetia https://t.co/u7weTFCPwZ…
Europe reacts on US missiles strike on Syria' airbase
“In response to the air strike that hit the town of Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib province on 4 April 2017, with many victims displaying symptoms of gas poisoning, the EU (in its Declaration 193/17 of 6 April 2017) has been unequivocal in its condemnation of the use of chemical weapon: the use of chemical weapons…
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