LAST UPDATE: 17.00 Russian President Vladimir Putin has given his approval in principle to the Russian Foreign Ministry’s response to the West regarding the security guarantees requested by Moscow, according to the RIA news agency, citing the Kremlin. According to Reuters, Russian diplomats are now finalizing the text of the answers to the West. According […]
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Contradictory statements by the Ukrainian ambassador to London
Yesterday, Vadim Pristaiko hinted that Ukraine could withdraw its application for NATO membership, but this morning he “denied” himself. Ukraine’s ambassador to London, Vadim Pristaiko, said in an interview yesterday that “Ukraine does not rule out the possibility of relinquishing its ambition to join NATO in order to avoid NATO.” with Russia “. In fact, […]
Goldman Sachs: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will deal bigger blow than Crimea annexation
The blow to stock markets from a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine will be greater than the effects of the annexation of Crimea in 2014. This is what Goldman Sachs’s chief international market strategist Peter Oppenheimer told CNBC. Global stock markets plunged on Monday as fears of a possible Russian invasion intensified, with several countries […]
Get rid of car junk. In Moscow, the first car was disposed of through the service “Removal of unnecessary things”
The Moscow government has announced a new achievement of the “Export of unnecessary things” program. The first car, taken out with the help of the “Removal of Unnecessary Things” service, has already been disposed of. In the electronic service “Removal of Unnecessary Items” on the mos.ru website, any resident of the capital can leave a […]
EU official: We are ready if Russia attacks Ukraine – We are not sure it will
The European Union is preparing various responses to any further moves by Russia to destabilize Ukraine, but the European bloc does not know exactly what Moscow plans to do, an EU official said. The official said US talks with Russia were “not yielding much”, but added that dialogue with President Vladimir Putin was still open […]
Lavrov to Putin: Let’s give more time to the diplomatic route for Ukraine
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday suggested to President Vladimir Putin that Moscow continue diplomatic efforts to secure security guarantees from the West, amid escalating tensions over developments in Ukraine. Lavrov told Putin that the United States had made concrete proposals to reduce the military threat, but noted that responses from the European Union […]
Extraordinary teleconference of EU leaders with S. Michel, with the participation of Mitsotakis
LAST UPDATE: 15.06 The need for coordination between the Member States of the European Union and better preparation in case of escalation of the crisis, was underlined in the teleconference in which the Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis participated today with other European leaders, under the President of the European Council Charles Michel on the developments […]
Russia has refused to attend the OSCE special meeting
LAST UPDATE: 15.02 Russia will not attend the special OSCE meeting requested by the Baltic states, according to the Russian news agency Ria Novosti. Ukraine has called for an emergency OSCE meeting with Russia, accusing Moscow of failing to provide information on mass movements of Russian troops near the Ukrainian border, as well as the […]
Former US Ambassador to Russia: There is no indication that Putin will stop aggression against Ukraine
There is no indication that Russian President Vladimir Putin will stop the aggression against Ukraine despite recent talks with world leaders, said a former US ambassador to Russia. “There is absolutely no indication that Putin has stopped going to war, his readiness for war,” Michael McFaul, who is now director of the Freeman Spogli Institute […]
What emerged from the Biden-Putin conversation on Ukraine
By Costas Raptis “Constructive and professional.” This is how Russian President Yuri Usakov described the telephone conversation that took place on Saturday between Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin. in clear contradiction with the international alarm caused by the statements of the US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan from last week that the legendary Russian invasion […]
