Новости за 20.03.2016

Guido Westerwelle, a former German foreign minister and head of the Free Democratic Party who helped Chancellor Angela Merkel win backing for bailouts for Greece, died March 18 in Cologne, Germany. He was 54.

TWO YEARS after its illegal annexation by Russia, the Crimean Peninsula is one of the most isolated, poor and — literally — dark places in Europe. The economy is ruined: Power lines from Ukraine were severed in November, cutting off electricity to Crimea’s 2 million people, and Russian authorities have so far managed only a partial restoration. Imports from Ukraine are banned, medicines are in short supply and the once bustling tourist trade is moribund. The only thriving industry in this severed Ukrainian province is repression... Читать дальше...

I know, I know. It’s getting a bit tiresome to read and write about the 1994 Budapest Memorandum. But the passage of time does not diminish, it simply amplifies the glaring stain it has cast on U.S. trustworthiness and President Barack Obama’s commitments.

He's been described as Europe's most wanted man.

Aviation experts are examining two black boxes from the FlyDubai flight that crashed in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, killing all 55 passengers and seven crew on board.

Ukrainians killed during the Battle of Kruty in 1918 will be honoured every day, thanks to a new initative.

The meeting last month in Havana between Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) had far more import for geopolitics than it did for the reconciliation of two long-alienated branches of Christianity, as I recently wrote.

The meeting last month in Havana between Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) had far more import for geopolitics than it did for the reconciliation of two long-alienated branches of Christianity, as I recently wrote.

After Russia annexed Crimea two years ago, President Barack Obama dismissed it as a regional power that acts 'out of weakness.'

At least 14 people died after a bus traveling between the Spanish cities of Valencia and Barcelona crashed early on Sunday, a local government official said, adding it had been carrying a group of university students, many of them foreign.

Airlines flydubai has announced it will provide immediate support to the families of flight FZ981 crash victims in the amount of $20,000 per passenger, according to an official statement.

U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt and his Canadian counterpart Roman Waschuk condemn an attack on LGBTI activists, who wanted to participate in the Lviv Equality Festival on March 19.

The painting of Ukrainian artist Olena Shkliaruk became the cover of American musician Chris Brown’s newest music album “Royalty.”

Moscow has promised revenge afterCanada decided to impose more sanctions on Russian individuals and entities.

The hottest point of fighting on the frontline in eastern Ukraine is the village of Avdiivka and its surrounding area.

Editor's Note: The following remarks were delivered by U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power, the U.S. representative to the United Nations, on during remarks entitled “Crimea Was, Is, and Will Remain Part of Ukraine.”

The search operation at the site where a passenger plane crashed in southern Russia ended Sunday, with investigators moving on to the cause of the accident and identification of bodies, officials said.

DUBAI - The black boxes from the FlyDubai jetliner that crashed in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, killing all 62 people aboard, have been recovered and investigations have begun, the budget carrier’s chief executive said Sunday.

Investigators in southern Russia are examining the causes of a passenger plane crash that killed all 62 people on board.

Rescue work has been completed at Russia's Rostov-on-Don Airport after Saturday's plane crash.

After an OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine completed its work in Donbas and left for the permanent base on Saturday, March 19, Russian proxies started shelling Ukrainian troops at 17:00 local time, having intensified fire, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) headquarters.

Aviation experts on Sunday began examining the black boxes from the FlyDubai flight that crashed amid high winds at an airport in southern Russia, while emergency workers finished combing the debris-laden runway.

ROSTOV-on-DON - Investigators in southern Russia on Sunday were probing the causes of a flydubai passenger jet crash that killed all 62 people on board, as emergency workers at the site wrapped up the salvage operation.

The SMM observed an increase in ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Small-arms shots were fired in close proximity to SMM monitors south-west of 'DPR'-controlled Yasynuvata. The Mission monitored border areas not controlled by the Government and observed a calm situation. The SMM was restricted in its freedom of movement mainly in areas not controlled by the Government. The SMM observed actions related to the de-communization law.

Russian police poured into a village near Tula, south of Moscow to put an end to a rally by local Roma residents.