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  • Coercion to ambassador
    Igor Solovey
    Therefore the notification procedure of ambassador appointment launched by Moscow is a challenge and a boorish act on the part of the Russian Federation. This behaviour is typical of internal affairs or in respect of vassals. If the Kremlin…
  • Russian helicopter shot down in Syria On 1 August, Russian helicopter has been shot down by rebels in northern Syria, Russia's Interfax news agency quoted officials as saying. Defence officials say the Mi-8 transport…
  • Moscow asks Kyiv agreement to appoint new envoy to Ukraine Moscow asked on 29 July Kyiv 's prior consent (agrément) for the appointment of Mikhail Babich, the new Russian ambassador to Ukraine, press secretary of the Russian president, Dmitry…
  • 243 Russian companies banned from working in Ukraine Over 240 Russian companies that have done business with commercial entities in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, are banned from working in Ukraine, the Security Service…
  • Russia blocked a Ukrainian draft of UN Security Council press statement on Crimea. LB.ua learned on 29 July from diplomatic sources that the document stated that the Security Council…
  • Ukraine protests Crimea's inclusion in Russia's Southern District The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has sent a note of protest to Moscow over its inclusion of the occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol into Russia's Southern Federal District…
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  • Putin cancels Crimean federal district President Vladimir Putin has stripped occupied Crimea of its status of a federal district of Russia. According to Interfax, Crimea has been made part of the Southern Federal District…
  • Putin changes Sevastopol administration head Sevastopol head Sergey Menyaylo, who has been in charge of the city since Crimea's annexation by Russia in April 2014, has resigned and will now take the post of the Russian president's…
  • Russian envoy to Ukraine Zurabov sacked (updated) Russian Ambassador to Ukraine Mikhail Zurabov is dismissed, the Kremlin press service reported on 28 July. Zurabov was appointed Russia’s Ambassador to Ukraine in 2009 and presented…
  • Trump does not rule out recognition of Crimea as Russian, if elected US presidential candidate from the Republican Party, Donald Trump said Wednesday that, if he is elected president, he would consider recognizing Crimea as Russian territory and lifting…
  • Ukrainians advised caution over travel to Russia The Foreign Ministry of Ukraine recommends Ukrainians to realistically assess the risks and threats when planning trips to the Russian Federation and assess all pros and contras of…
  • NATO needs to lock eyes on Russia - MP Verkhovna Rada deputy Andriy Andriy Teteruk urges NATO to shift attention from the Middle East to Russia. In a statement released by the press service of the People's Front party…
  • Ukraine files protest note to Russia because of Medvedev's visit to Crimea The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has filed a protest note to Russia over the visit of the RF Prime Minister Dmitriy Medvedev in the temporarily occupied Crimea. "Ukraine's foreign ministry…
  • Belgian call to ditch Russia sanctions reportedly filed by "phantom" party The resolution calling on the Belgian government to support the cancellation of Russia sanctions in the EU has been submitted to parliament by the "phantom" party, Ivan Preobrazhenskiy…
  • Border guards spot Russian drilling rigs in Ukraine's waters Ukrainian the State Border officers when monitoring the sea surface from air have registered Russian self-elevating drilling offshore platforms, fixed platforms and supply vessels…