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Ceasefire In East Ukraine To Start August 25.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will visit NATO troops operating in Poland as part of a tripwire recently established by the alliance to deter Russian aggression in Eastern Europe. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO, has recently stationed rotating battalions of armored forces throughout the Baltics and Poland. The…
Kazakhstan declared the next Syrian conference to finalize peace details could be held in mid September of this year in Astana, the capital, said Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov to reporters today. Putin Happy With Cooperation With Turkey In Peace Talks “According to the information received from the Russian side, the…
The Trump administration is celebrating the first shipment of American coal from Pennsylvania to Ukraine. The coal will be delivered to Ukraine’s national utility, Centrenergo. Energy Secretary Rick Perry said, “This shipment will boost both of our country’s economies by supporting jobs in the coal and transportation industries. The department…
Image by Министерство обороны Российской Федерации Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Anatoly Antonov was appointed by Russian President Vladimir Putin to be the new Russian ambassador to the United States, to replace Sergei Kislyac. Kislyac had been highlighted by the American mainstream press for ‘meeting’ American diplomats during the alleged ‘Russian…
The Kremlin and the Trump White House continue to negotiate and trade barbs through the media, where each is trying to spin the narrative in its favor, as only two major players in the great game can do. Today Russia declared the new Trump Afghanistan policy as actually aimed against…
Russian And American East Ukraine Envoys Meet In Minsk.