
LPR and DPR under siege
Kiev must either fulfill its social duties or state that residents of the LPR and DPR are not citizens of Ukraine
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Kiev must either fulfill its social duties or state that residents of the LPR and DPR are not citizens of Ukraine
Implementation of the Minsk Agreement is expected to be extended to 2016
US Ambassador to Russia John Tefft has not confirmed the information about new sanctions against Russia. "I have not heard anything about the introduction of new sanctions against Russia. But I can say that the current sanctions …
A year has passed since the day that residents of Donbass, who shortly before had declared the establishment of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics (DPR and LPR), held referendums on self-determination.
Supreme Ataman of the Union of the Cossacks Forces in Russia and abroad, General Viktor Ratiev, commented on the situation in Ukraine and spoke about the presence of Cossacks on the territories of the DPR and the LPR.
Victor Ratiyev: “Russian Cossacks are fighting in Novorossia as volunteers”
The self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic's (DPR) Defense Ministry spokesman Eduard Basurin said that foreign military units could be used by Kiev in provocations on the territory of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People’s republics during festive events devoted to the Victory Day.
The speaker of the Federation Council speaks about the integration of Crimea and the degradation of the Ukrainian authorities
Interview by Vladimir Nesterov. Exclusively for Vestnik Kavkaza
Russia, as well as the self-proclaimed DPR and LPR, is strictly implementing the Minsk Agreement, and if there are violations they are on Ukraine's conscience, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexei Meshkov said on Monday.
The task of Russia is to unite all efforts, including international, in order to force Kiev to implement the Minsk peace agreements - this was said in an interview to Vestnik Kavkaza by the deputy chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, Sergey Zhelezniak.
The EU Council has officially extended the individual sanctions against the representatives of Russia, DPR and LPR until September 15, 2015, the press service of the Council said.Previously it was assumed that the restrictions will be lifted on March 15, 2015, but the Foreign Ministers of the EU member countries have agreed to extend sanctions for six months against 150 persons and 37 entities, RIA Novosti reminds.
Tatiana Moskalkova: “In situations of armed conflict, the law stops operating”
Bringing humanitarian aid to the south-east of Ukraine is difficult
Adalbi Shkhagoshev: “Peace cannot be achieved in Ukraine due to the American position”
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said that the Obama administration has again issued threats announcing the extension of the old sanctions and the possibility of introducing new ones.
A member of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, Adalbi Shhagoshev, said that only the presence of such a strong diplomatic partner as Russia and its commitment to the people of the LPR and the DPR, constrain the United States.
$1 billion is enough to fan the flames, but not enough to win the war
The self-proclaimed President of the Parliament of the Union of the People's Republic of the confederal DPR and LPR, Oleg Tsarev, says supplies of US weapons to Ukraine have been going on for a long time.