US played key role in ousting Ukrainian president in 2014, researcher says...BELGRADE, January 31. /TASS/. The US played a key role in the toppling of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich in 2014 in order to install an anti-Russian regime, Jeffrey Sachs, a UN expert on sustainable development goals, said in an interview for Serbia’s Politika.
"The [US] neocons continue
NATO has been involved in hybrid war against Russia for a long time...MOSCOW, January 31. /TASS/. NATO has been involved in a hybrid war against Russia for quite a long time, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said during a press conference after the talks with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry Tuesday.
"Whatever our Western partners may say, however they
Russia’s data on US labs sparks global concern...MOSCOW, January 30. /TASS/. The information made public by Russia has forced a number of states to weigh the possible consequences of their interaction with the US on the track of biosecurity, Chief of Russia’s Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Force Igor Kirillov said on Monday.
He noted that the issues raised by Russia at the Ninth Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention and at the UN Security Council demonstrated the unwillingness of the US to maintain a meaningful dialogue. "Concerns of the world community re
Scholz says he will continue telephone talks with Putin...BERLIN, January 29. /TASS/. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz considers it necessary to continue telephone talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
"I will have telephone conversations with Putin again as it is necessary to talk to each other," Scholz said in an interview with Der Tagesspiegel da
Palestinian envoy does not confirm reports about Israeli army entering Palestinian cities...MOSCOW, January 29. /TASS/. Palestinian Ambassador to Russia Abdel Hafiz Nofal has not confirmed social network reports about the intrusion of the Israeli army into Palestinian cities.
"So far, their army has not [entered Palestinian cities]," he told TASS on Sunday, commenting on the Israeli gov
NATO escalating arms race to continue geopolitical standoff with Russia...MOSCOW, January 29. /TASS/. NATO is escalating the arms race not for the sake of peace and talks but in order to continue geopolitical struggle against Russia, a Russian lawmaker said on Sunday.
"We should clearly understand: the North Atlantic Alliance is rallying its ranks and escalating the ar
Russian and Pakistani Foreign Ministers to hold talks in Moscow on Monday...MOSCOW, January 30. /TASS/. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will hold talks with Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in Moscow on Monday, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced.
This is the first visit of the Pakistani minister to Russia since he took office.
According to
Europeans should decide their future for themselves, Russia cannot help them ...MITSIWA /Eritrea/, January 27. /TASS/. The European Union should decide what kind of future it sees for itself, and Russia cannot help in this regard, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told reporters at a news conference after talks with his Eritrean counterpart Osman Saleh.
When asked by a
Reflections on red lines for West are now in the past ...MOSCOW, January 25. /TASS/. Reflections on whether the West has crossed any red lines are a thing of the past, since the United States has openly declared its plans of defeating Russia strategically, the Russian Foreign Ministry has told TASS.
Commenting on Russian First Deputy Permanent Represen
How Russia cultivated ties with African nations...TASS-FACTBOX. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov set off on a tour of African countries on January 22, 2023. TASS-FACTBOX brings you a review of the Soviet Union and Russia’s relations with the countries of the continent.
History
The first political contact between Russia and African natio
Moscow expects second Russia Africa Summit to take relations to new level, Lavrov says...PRETORIA, January 23. /TASS/. Moscow expects the second Russia-Africa Summit to take its relations with the continent to a new level, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday.
"We talked about preparations for the second Russia-Africa Summit that will take place in St. Petersburg in
Lavrov calls out sluggish US approach to negotiations on Ukraine...MOSCOW, January 18. /TASS/. Only the lazy ones are not calling for negotiations on Ukraine now, but the US argues that time is not ripe yet and Ukraine needs help on the battlefield, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a press conference on Russian diplomacy in 2022 on Wednesday.
"As f
Budapest not supplying arms to Kiev over concerns about Hungarians in Ukraine’s west...GENEVA, January 18. /TASS/. Budapest is not supplying weapons to Kiev because it is concerned about the safety of ethnic Hungarians in western Ukraine, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto told the CNBC TV channel on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos.
"We decided not to del
Russia imposes entry ban on EU officials in response to 9th package of sanctions...MOSCOW, January 17. /TASS/. In response to the European Union’s ninth package of sanctions, Moscow has expanded its blacklist of EU officials who are barred from entering Russia, the Russian foreign ministry said on Tuesday.
According to the ministry, Russia’s sanctions cover chiefs of EU law
China castigates US for stealing oil from Syria...BEIJING, January 17. /TASS/. US theft of Syrian oil exacerbates the energy and humanitarian crisis in the war-torn Middle Eastern country, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Wang Wenbin said at a briefing on Tuesday.
"According to Syrian government data, in the first half of 2022, over 80% of Syria’s daily oil output was smuggled out of the country by US occupation troops <…> Such banditry
Putin proposes to denounce Statute of Council of Europe, conventions on human rights...MOSCOW, January 17. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has introduced a draft bill to the State Duma which proposes to terminate the Statute of the Council of Europ
Russian envoy extols Belgrade for its military, political neutrality ...BELGRADE, January 13. /TASS/. Belgrade’s sovereign position on military-political neutrality is worthy of respect in the wake of a joint declaration the European Union and NATO adopted in Brussels earlier this week, said Russian Ambassador to Serbia Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko.
"I suggest focus
West ramps up training of Ukrainian soldiers and Turkey plays both sides...MOSCOW, January 12. /TASS/. The West is ramping up the training of Ukrainian troops, Turkey is playing both sides, maintaining relations with Russia while adhering to the West in the Ukraine crisis and the CSTO is looking for a new location for its drills. These stories topped Thursday’s newspaper
Russia widens blacklist against UK politicians, security officials, journalists ...MOSCOW, January 12. /TASS/. Moscow has expanded its sanctions stop-list for British nationals, blackballing 36 politicians, security officials and journalists from the UK, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Thursday.
"In view of the UK government’s anti-Russian course, which co
Moscow to respond appropriately to West’s plans to use frozen assets...MOSCOW, January 12. /TASS/. The plans of unfriendly countries, including Estonia, to use Russia’s frozen assets for their purposes will meet with an adequate response from Moscow, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a briefing on Thursday.
"We perceive the plans of unfr
Europe may be unable to take on new wave of illegal migrants, Hungary’s top diplomat warns ...BUDAPEST, January 12. /TASS/. Europe may not be able to cope with another wave of illegal migration triggered by the food crisis in the poorest countries of Asia and Africa, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in Beirut on Thursday.
"Hungary and Lebanon are two countries geographicall
Putin to speak with IAEA chief Grossi if necessary...MOSCOW, January 12. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin will speak with Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi if necessary, but such a meeting is currently not on the Russian president’s work schedule, Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thur
EU to extend sanctions against countries providing military aid to Russia ...BRUSSELS, January 10. /TASS/. The European Union will expand sanctions pressure on Russia as well as on those countries that provide military aid to it, such as Belarus and Iran, President of the Euro
Putin submits bill to Duma to withdraw from Criminal Law Convention on Corruption ...MOSCOW, January 9. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has submitted a bill denouncing the Criminal Law Convention on Corruption to the State Duma (the lower house of parliament).
The document appeared in the State Duma’s digital database on Monday.
"The Criminal Law Convention on Corru
Italy’s ex PM Prodi says current crisis in Ukraine worse than 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis ...ROME, January 9. /TASS/. Italy’s former Prime Minister and ex-president of the European Commission Romano Prodi said on Monday that he thinks that the current crisis in Ukraine is more serious than the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.
"We are currently living through a difficult period, even more dra
Top diplomats of Russia, China denounce US policy of sparking Moscow Beijing conflict ...MOSCOW, January 9. /TASS/. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his newly appointed Chinese counterpart Qin Gang agreed in a telephone conversation on Monday that the US policy of igniting a confrontation between Beijing and Moscow was unacceptable, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a state
Macron broke taboo, seized leadership in helping Kiev by agreeing to send tanks...LONDON, January 7. /TASS/. French President Emmanuel Macron, by agreeing to send AMX-10 RC wheeled tanks to Ukraine, has crossed a red line and broke a military taboo, becoming the first Western leader to make the step, the Daily Telegraph reported on Friday.
The French president has beaten his c
Germany’s seizing Russian assets may force other nations to ignore law...1
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Germany’s seizing Russian assets may force other nations to ignore law, speaker warns
The German government has decided to shift problems created by their predecessors on Russia, Vyacheslav Volodin said
Russian State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin Anton Novoderzhavin/TASS
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Western policy of sanctions leads to "third world war" Lukashenko...MINSK, February 27. /TASS/. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has said that the policy of sanctions is aimed at eliminating Russia as a competitor and is leading to another world war.
"In a
Russia to block military threats coming from Japan ...MOSCOW, January 3. /TASS/. Moscow considers Tokyo's policy of abandoning peaceful development as a serious challenge to the security of Russia and the Asia-Pacific Region in general and warns that if this practice continues, it will be left with no choice other than to take adequate counter-measures
Tokyo follows anti Russian course, discussion of peace treaty impossible...MOSCOW, 3 January. /TASS/. Japan does not abandon its anti-Russian course, so any dialogue on a peace treaty is impossible, Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko told TASS in an interview.
"It is absolutely obvious that it is impossible to discuss the signing of such a document [peace treaty] wi
