Russia will sue for the protection of Russian diplomatic property in U.S. courts after the Trump administration closed the Russian consulate in San Francisco and seized the Russian trade mission in Washington, D.C. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told American Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson about the decision over the…
Russia Warns US Not To ‘Meddle’ In Russian Elections.
Image by Ziko Russian Foreign Secretary Sergei Lavrov has informed Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjorn Jagland that Russia will no longer pay its dues to the council until Russia’s rights are fully restored. The Russian Foreign Ministry issued a statement on the issue Friday. “The minister has…
Trump Urges Ukraine And Russia To Make Peace.
American Secretary of State Tillerson and Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov will meet soon in Washington to discuss the situation in Syria and in East Ukraine. “On Ukraine, the sides will discuss the need to stop the violence in eastern Ukraine and resolve the conflict through the full implementation of the…
Russia’s FM Lavrov Will Visit Georgia’s Occupied Abkhazia.
Early expectations of an easy rapport between the Trump administration and Russia are crashing into reality as U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has a fraught meeting in Moscow beset by escalating allegations over Syria. The first Trump Cabinet official to visit Russia, Tillerson is on a thus-far-futile mission to…
Tonight U.S.Secretary Of State Rex Tillerson makes his first official visit to Moscow, but Russian President Vladimir Putin may not find time to see Washington’s top diplomat tête-à-tête. Putin’s spokesman, Dmitri Peskov was certainly not happy when asked if the president will meet Tillerson. “We have announced no meetings…
The question of abolishing the visa regime for citizens of Georgia is connected with the establishment of full cooperation between Russian and Georgian law enforcement agencies. Such cooperation is hampered by the lack of diplomatic relations between two countries – Lavrov, Foreign Minister of Russia, said in Munich on February…