Will UN Security Council undergo changes?
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on to carry out reforms in the Security Council and international financial institutions. "If you look at the UN for instance, there is a clear lack of …
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Alexander Gusev: "US foreign policy to become very tough"
The Director of the Institute of Strategic Planning and Forecasting on Washington's intention to "drive a wedge" between Moscow and Tehran
Obama says goodbye to America
After eight years in the top job, US President Barack Obama gave his farewell speech as the country's leader on Tuesday night in Chicago. "By almost every measure, America is a better, stronger …
EU sanctions on Russia to be extended for six months
The European Union will prolong sanctions against Russia for six more months by the end of 2016, a high-ranking EU official said ahead of the bloc’s summit. "Not one of EU countries has voiced concern over a possible …
European Parliament proposes NATO without US
The European Parliament backed an EU plan to deepen coordination of member states' defense policies and rely less on the United States, driven in part by US. President-elect Donald Trump's suggestion he may scale back …
Does EU change its opinion about sanctions against Russia over Syria?
None of the European Union’s member states has proposed introducing sanctions against Russia because of the Syrian crisis, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica …
Experts expect Putin's meeting with Erdogan to be landmark in nature
Today the first meeting of the Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after a long break will be held in St. Petersburg. The experts Alexander Gusev and Aydin …
Erdogan tired of European visa games
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's statement that if the EU is not liberalizing the visa regime for Turkey in the middle of October, Ankara may scrap the agreement on migrants, came like a bolt out of the blue. …
West has paid $60 billion during half a year of sanctions against Russia
According to experts at Centre d`Etudes Prospectives et d'Informations Internationales (CEPII, the French research center on the global economy), for half a year of anti-Russian sanctions this countries that supported them, have received less …
Is there EU after Brexit?
On Thursday, June 23, the UK will host referendum on the country's secession from the European Union (the so-called Brexit). The voting was preceded by an extensive media campaign of both opponents and supporters of Brexit. …
Merkel: I do not see any reason to lift sanctions against Moscow, but ...
The press service of the German government today issued a statement, which indirectly informs about Berlin's readiness for the lifting of the anti-Russian sanctions. The document sets out the personal position of the German …
What will result of September 11 conflict between the US and Saudi Arabia be?
The US Senate passed legislation that would allow families of September 11 attacks victims to sue Saudi Arabia's government for damages, setting up a potential showdown with the White House, which has threatened a veto, Reuters reports. …
Steinmeier: no sense in isolating Russia
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier wants Russia to play a more active role in the international arena. He noted he supported a strategic partnership with Russia in …
Steinmeier to visit Moscow before Kerry
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier will visit Russia. The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said that the talks between the Foreign Ministers of Russia and …
German Foreign Ministry: EU needs to rebuild relations with Russia
Today, the Minister of State for Europe at the Federal Foreign Office of Germany, Michael Roth, said in Brussels that Russia is a neighbor of the European Union, which is why it is necessary to build relationships with it. …
Relations between Russia and Europe to never be the same again
Russia's Permanent Representative to the European Union, Vladimir Chizhov, spoke about the impossibility of restoring the former relations between Moscow and Brussels. "This is not about restoring what we had …
Will Europe cancel Schengen?
The Ministers of Interior and Justice of the EU member states met today in Amsterdam where they tried to determine the method in the framework of informal discussions that will help to limit the flow of migrants to the EU passing through the …
Will EU extend sanctions against Russia in order to please Washington?
Today the German publication Handelsblatt, citing high-ranking sources in the EU and the government of Germany, reported that in December the EU may extend the economic sanctions against Russia for another six months. According to the newspaper, …
Sochi hosts 'Valdai' meeting
Sochi is hosting the first day of the Annual Meeting of the International Debating Club ‘Valdai’. This year the forum is titled “War and Peace. The Individual and the State. The Threat of Large Conflict in the 21st …
Is Merkel refusing to open borders?
Angela Merkel refuses to open borders after her decision to let refugees in the country was severely criticism. Reintroduction of border control in Germany in connection with the influx of refugees proves that migration …
