Image by Kremlin.ru The leaders of France and Germany have once again pushed the leaders of Russia and Ukraine to settle their differences and allow the Minsk ceasefire agreements, put together years ago, to proceed and be implemented. Both sides have violated the accord many times and violence has flared…
Image by ДИП МИД РФ (фотограф Эдуард Песов) After Russia forced almost 800 diplomatic personnel to leave Russia in response to the sanctions that the Obama administration placed on Russia for ‘meddling’ in the 2016 U.S. election, the Trump administration drastically cut visa services to Russian citizens until staffing levels…
Image by Департамент транспорта Москвы The Russian economy has been battered over the last several years, mainly due to the imposition of Western economic sanctions due to Russian behavior in Ukraine, and the collapse of oil prices on international markets. However, 2017 saw Russia begin to grow again as sanctions…
Russia’s New US Ambassador Meets American Envoy In Moscow.
Image by Well-liked As Russia’s second-biggest private bank implodes, its billionaire owners have been conspicuous by their absence. By leaving Bank Otkritie FC to fend for itself, the four shareholders controlling more than a third of the company — their combined fortune valued at over $20 billion — may be…
Belarus Opposition Figure Arrested, Sentenced To 15 Days In Jail.
Following U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis commenting on America providing lethal weapons to Ukraine, US Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations Kurt Volker said that U.S. and Russian relations may be ‘crippled’ by the conflict. “We’ll Have To Give Up Crimea To Release Donbass” – Savchenko Causing Controversy Again “The…
Image by European People’s Party As French President Emmanuel Macron visited Eastern Europe and lashed out at Poland over its refusal to allow EU labor reforms pushed by France, Bulgaria, about to ascend to the presidency of the EU in January of next year, found itself in the middle of…
Image by Italian Presidency of the Council of Ministers On the heels of criticism and legal action against Eastern European countries by the EU Parliament, over migrant policy and rule of law issues, France became the latest Western European country to lash out at a former Soviet satellite, Poland. The…
Today, in front of the Socialist Party Assembly, Edi Rama, Prime Minister of Albania on a second mandate, introduced his new government. Video Of The New Scanderbeg Square in Tirana, Albania He maintained its main feature will be faithfulness to the people. He reiterated that in focus will be the…