The first set of restrictive measures against US diplomats in Russia will take effect on the 1st of September, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told media. #Ryabkov: we are restoring parity, which for a long time was violated by the #US and was by and large unfair ➡️https://t.co/hYDWXYoWf8 pic.twitter.com/fdtfvKOAT8 — Russian Embassy in USA…
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Putin received Tillerson in Kremlin
Russian President Vladimir Putin received in the Kremlin the head of the US State Department, Rex Tillerson, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who reported to the Russian president on the results of the joint negotiations according to press secretary of the Russian leader Dmitry Peskov. However he declined to reveal the issues discussed during…
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…
US-Russia: demining
US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are scheduled to speak on the phone Saturday in their first conversation since Trump took office, an administration official told CNN. Trump has vowed to have better relations with Russia than his predecessor. This month, he suggested he would lift sanctions imposed by the Obama…