It is Russian patience, not US’, that waning over Syria (Valery Gerasimov)

It is Russia’s patience - and not the United States’ - that is waning over the situation in Syria, the chief of Russia’s General Staff, Valery Gerasimov, has told the media.

Lavrov on Kerry’s Statements: Russia Gave No Promises to Anyone on Syria

Russia has given nobody any promises regarding Syria, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday commenting on recent statements by US Secretary of State John Kerry, Sputnik news agency reported.

Lavrov suspects West of keeping al-Nusra handy for ousting Assad

Moscow suspects that the West would like to preserve the Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist organization (outlawed in Russia) in some form and use it for the overthrow of Syria’s current authorities, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a meeting of the Valdai discussion club on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.

US Loses Patience with Europe: Washington Wants Tough Russia Sanctions

By Gregor Peter Schmitz in Brussels.(spiegel.de)
Following the downing of the Malaysia Airlines flight in eastern Ukraine, calls are growing in Washington for tough sanctions against Moscow. Many European governments are still hesitating, paving the way for the next big trans-Atlantic row. 

Usually, it takes quite an effort for the ambassador of a European Union member state in Washington to raise the attention of the American government. But lately, it hasn't been difficult at all. "The calls and requests just don't stop," said one European diplomat in the US capital.

Jeroen Dijsselbloem: EU ministers 'losing patience' with Greece

Eurozone finance ministers are "losing patience" with Greece, Eurogroup president Jeroen Dijsselbloem told a Greek daily as the crisis-hit country prepared to unveil its next budget on Thursday.

"Many finance ministers of the eurozone are starting to lose patience," Dijsselbloem told Ta Nea daily after a lecture in The Hague on Wednesday.

A statement issued by the International Monetary Fund early on Thursday said that auditors from the IMF, the European Central Bank and the European Commission had concluded their latest visit to Greece to review progress on the country's economic programme.