Attempts to prove that NATO and EU have monopoly on truth and that security and prosperity can only be achieved within their borders are disastrous, Russian FM Sergey Lavrov warned the meeting of the OSCE foreign ministers, reports GHN based on RT. "If that logic were to be followed, the OSCE should...
President Petro Poroshenko has announced a 'day of silence' in eastern Ukraine, to start from December 9. The move is aimed to secure previous ceasefire agreements reached in Minsk in early September, reports GHN based on RT. Meeting Ukraine's top military officials on Thursday, including...
Washington and its allies are pursuing a regime change policy towards Russia, deliberately introducing sanctions and attacking the ruble through manipulation of world oil prices, the head of Russia's external intelligence agency has said, reports GHN based on RT. Mikhail Fradkov, the head of the...
The militants stepped up firing positions of ATO forces to the north and northwest of Luhansk. Head of the Information Resistance group Dmytro Tymchuk wrote on Facebook. "Intensity of shelling positions of Ukrainian troops in the north and northwest of Luhansk increased. Before, a considerable...
Three civilians have been killed due to shelling in Donbas in the past 24 hours, the press center for the anti-terrorist operation has reported. "Reports of three civilians killed and three more injured have been received over the past 24 hours," the anti-terrorist operation headquarters reported. As...
President Vladimir Putin has warned Russians of hard times ahead and urged self-reliance, in his annual state-of-the nation address to parliament, reports GHN based on BBC. Russia has been hit hard by falling oil prices and by Western sanctions imposed in response to its interventions in the crisis...
Twenty years ago, Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons in exchange for security guarantees from Russia and the West. Today Kyiv feels betrayed - and not merely by Moscow, reports GHN based on DW. Until recently, the existence of a decades-old Ukraine security guarantee was known only by security experts...
Russia is open to the rest of the world and ready for developing equal partnership with other countries, said Vladimir Putin He dismissed treatment Russia through strength and sanctions as ineffective and warned against scheming, reports GHN based on RT. "Talking to Russia from a position of strength...
The Economist published article under the title "Dreams deferred" where there is discussed political situation in Georgia. GHN offers extract from article. "Russia's unacknowledged war in Ukraine did not start with the annexation of Crimea. The precedent was set six years earlier,...
The observed ruble devaluation creates preconditions for the emergence of risks to financial stability, the Central Bank of Russia says in a statement, released today. It is reported by TASS. "The dynamics of the ruble rate observed now, including its excessive volatility, creates a prerequisite...
Despite the ceasefire, Donetsk was shaken by volleys and explosions over the whole night. As reported by a Ukrinform correspondent, artillery bombardment and work of various systems were heard in all parts of the city. Shelling subsided in the morning. The situation is tense. No information yet about...
The strengthening of Russian-terrorist groups is continuing in the area of Debaltseve, as well as in the area of Pervomaisk-Stakhanov-Alchevsk. Additional armored vehicles and artillery systems (up to 20 pieces of conventional artillery) are arriving. Information Resistance group leader Dmytro Tymchuk...
A guerrilla group operating in Donetsk region has cleared the region of 110 militants over the past two days, the press center for the anti-terrorist operation has reported. "On December 1, in cooperation with the Armed Forces of Ukraine, soldiers of the guerrilla group killed about 50 militants...
President Vladimir Putin is expected to focus on Russia's economy when he delivers his annual state of the nation address to parliament later, reports GHN based on BBC. Mr Putin is due to address key issues in his speech at the Kremlin at 12:00 local time (09:00 GMT). It comes just days after the...
On the 3rd of December 2014, the Georgian Foreign Minister, Ms Tamar Beruchashvili met the NATO Secretary General, Mr Jens Stoltenberg, reports GHN based on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During the meeting special attention was paid to the issues of priority to Georgia, in particular, to the recent...
