Slovak Parliament Adopts Resolution To Recognize Holodomor In Ukraine As Genocide

 The Slovak parliament on Tuesday adopted a resolution to recognize the famine in Ukraine in 1932-1933, which is labeled "the Holodomor" by Kiev, as genocide, according to materials published after the meeting.

China questions sovereignty of ex-Soviet states

China’s ambassador to France has called into question the sovereignty of Ukraine and other former Soviet republics, suggesting that their hazy status under international law makes it difficult to resolve conflicts over disputed territories such as Crimea.

Putin to residents of new regions: "Welcome home!"

 

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French delegation insight: In Moscow, Macron found a different, tougher Putin – EURACTIV.com

Russian President Vladimir Putin spent much of his marathon talks with France’s Emmanuel Macron this week on the Ukraine crisis reciting grievances that date back to the end of the Cold War, two sources in the French leader’s entourage said.

Russia-Japan territorial dispute cannot be solved 'in one go': Kremlin

The long-standing territorial dispute between Russia and Japan cannot be solved "in one go," the Kremlin said Tuesday.

Tokyo says its position on Kuril Islands remains unchanged

The Japanese government said on Monday its previous approach towards the Southern Kuril Islands remains unchanged.

Moldova may lose Transdniestria due to rapprochement with Romania : Russian official

Moldova risks losing its territorial integrity due to the rapprochement with Romania, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said in an interview with the Kommersant daily on Friday after his visit to Moldova.

The fragmentation process of the EU : Kremlin says EU's turbulence not analogy to Soviet Union’s collapse

Kremlin says EU's turbulence not analogy to Soviet Union’s collapse...

EU confidential cargo : Russia concerned over Soviet-type weapons delivery to Syrian opposition

Russia is concerned over Romanian media reports on the supply of large batches of Soviet-type weapons from Romania and Bulgaria with the US assistance for transfer to Syrian opposition groups, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told TASS on Thursday.

Berlin Receives Moscow's Note on Ukraine's PM Soviet Invasion Remarks

The German Foreign Ministry confirmed Monday that it had received a note verbale from the Russian Foreign Ministry regarding Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk’s much-publicized World War II statements. Yatsenyuk made those remarks during his official visit to Berlin.

Ukrainian Official Ridicules Yatsenyuk's 'Soviet Invasion of Germany'

Ukrainian Defense Ministry adviser Oleksandr Danylyuk mocked Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk's recent statements about the Soviet invasion of Ukraine and Germany on Saturday, stating that he is glad the minister is not involved in the country's foreign policy matters.

Upper house to discuss recognizing Crimea transfer to Ukraine in 1954 illegal (Valentina Matviyenko)

Chairperson of Russia’s Federation Council (upper house) Valentina Matviyenko said on Tuesday she is hopeful that a draft law to recognize the transfer of Crimea to Ukraine in 1954 as illegal will be discussed at the spring session.

Westernization/Klitschko: I don’t want to go back to days of USSR

Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko denounced anti-Semitism and Putin’s Russia during a speech to business leaders in Tel Aviv on Monday.

The reformist politician and former world heavyweight champion boxer arrived on a trip focused on encouraging Israeli investment in Ukraine, which is suffering severe inflation and a Moscow-backed insurgency in its industrial east.

Russia writes off 90% of Cuba's debt ahead of Putin's 'big tour' to L. America

Russia has written down $32 billion of Cuba’s Soviet era debt. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the law ahead of his official visit to Latin America, with Havana as his first stop.

The agreement was first signed in October 2013 and draws a line under a twenty-year dispute.

Cuba is now required to pay back $3.2 billion over the next 10 years.

Kiew rückt von Europa ab – Putin triumphiert....

Die Ukraine will in letzter Minute das Abkommen über die europäische Integration nicht unterzeichnen. Präsident Janukowitsch wird von Russland dazu gezwungen. Die deutschen Warnungen kamen zu.

Von der Ostsee bis zur Adria, sagte 1946 Winston Churchill in seiner berühmtesten Rede, "ist ein Eiserner Vorhang über den Kontinent gezogen". Die Länder östlich davon seien "nicht nur dem sowjetrussischen Einfluss ausgesetzt, sondern auch in ständig zunehmendem Maße der Moskauer Kontrolle unterworfen".

Karabakh: Arménie et Azerbaïdjan veulent une "solution pacifique".

Les présidents arménien et azerbaïdjanais se sont mis d'accord mardi "pour faire avancer les négociations afin de trouver une solution pacifique" au conflit opposant les deux pays sur la région séparatiste du Nagorno Karabakh.

Cette rencontre à Vienne entre l'Arménien Serge Sarkissian et l'Azerbaïdjanais Ilham Aliev était la première depuis des négociations tripartites à Sotchi (BIEN Sotchi) en janvier 2012.
Le sommet dans la capitale autrichienne s'est déroulé sous l'égide des diplomates américain, français et russe qui coprésident le Groupe de Minsk de l'OSCE (Organisation pour la sécurité et la coopération en Europe). Ce groupe supervise la médiation dans le conflit qui empoisonne les relations entre les deux pays depuis la fin des années 1980.

Marine Le Pen: "l'UE est une anomalie mondiale" qui "s'effondrera".

AFP - La présidente du Front national Marine Le Pen a qualifié d'"anomalie mondiale" l'Union Européenne, prophétisant qu'elle "s'effondrera comme l'Union soviétique s'est effondrée".

"L'UE est une anomalie mondiale", a-t-elle lâché mardi lors d'une interview accordée à RFI/AFP/Libération.

"C'est l'UE qui est anormale dans le monde. Il n'y a pas un seul espace qui est ouvert comme l'UE dans le monde", a déclaré Mme Le Pen.

"Nous sommes les 5% d'habitants du monde qui n'avons aucune maîtrise ni de notre économie ni de notre monnaie, ni de la circulation des personnes sur notre territoire", a-t-elle fustigé.

Queen's 'World War III' Speech Revealed In Newly Released UK Archive Papers

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      By Li-mei Hoang

LONDON (Reuters) 

- Relations between the Soviet Union and the West had become so tense 30 years ago that British officials drew up a speech for Queen Elizabeth to deliver to the nation in the event of a nuclear war, newly released archives showed on Thursday.

In the speech, the monarch was to urge Britons to remain united and resolute in the face of the "madness of war."

Cuba admits sending weapons to North Korea. Soviet-era weapons were being sent to North Korea for repair

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Cuba has said a North Korean cargo ship seized in Panama was loaded at one of its ports with 10,000 tons of sugar and 240 tons of "obsolete defensive weaponry".
The Cuban foreign ministry said in a statement on Wednesday that the Soviet-era weapons were being sent to North Korea for repair and included two anti-aircraft batteries, nine disassembled rockets, and two MiG-21 aircraft.

Top-Ökonom, Thomas Mayer, sieht Euro auf dem Weg in die Rubelzone

Der Deutsche-Bank-Berater Mayer sieht Parallelen zwischen der Euro- und Rubelzone: Die postsowjetische Währungsunion brach in den 90er-Jahren zusammen – nach einer Phase unkontrollierten Gelddruckens.

  Von Anja Ettel und Sebastian Jost

Der Top-Ökonom Thomas Mayer kritisiert die Rettungspolitik der Europäischen Zentralbank (EZB). "Ich fürchte, dass sich Europa seit vergangenen Sommer auf einer schiefen Ebene befindet und sich in Zeitlupe in Richtung Rubelzone entwickelt", sagte der frühere Chefvolkswirt und heutige Berater der Deutschen Bank der "Welt".