Новости за 03.09.2016

Russia is on track to accomplish a major energy project aimed at cementing its ties with Turkey following a recent thaw in relations.

No Ukrainian soldiers were killed or wounded in the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) zone in Donbas, eastern Ukraine, in the past 24 hours, according to a presidential spokesman for ATO issues.

Odesa celebrates the City Day.

BRUSSELS – EU foreign ministers have not discussed a gradual cancellation of sanctions against Russia at a meeting in Bratislava, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini has stated.

VLADIVOSTOK - Russia and South Korea do not accept North Korea's self-proclaimed nuclear status, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

BISHKEK/OSH - Uzbekistan has increased the number of troops and military hardware on its border with Kyrgyzstan, a source from the Kyrgyz State Border Service told Interfax on Saturday.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the near future will decide on the issue of the next tranche to Ukraine, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko considers.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has no doubt the European Union will decide on granting Ukraine a visa-free regime in autumn.

VLADIVOSTOK – The issue of sovereignty over Crimea is historically closed, there is no way to return to the previous system, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said.

No one Ukrainian soldier has been killed or injured in the ATO zone over the past 24 hours, speaker of the Ukrainian presidential administration for ATO matters Andriy Lysenko has stated.

VLADIVOSTOK – Only the United States has an influence over the incumbent government in Kyiv, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said.

The EU, the UN and the World Bank have estimated funding required for implementing the "Restoration of Peace in the East" program at $1.52 billion, the Ukrainian minister for the temporarily occupied territories and internally displaced persons, Vadym Chernysh, has said.

Lithuania says it has supplied lethal weaponry to Ukraine for the first time since 2014.

VLADIVOSTOK - The U.S.' new sanctions against a number of Russian companies are "an unpleasant event," and they could somewhat complicate their operations, but they will not have a macroeconomic effect on the Russian economy, and Russia is unlikely to take countermeasures, Russian Economic Development Minister Alexei Ulyukayev said in an interview with the RBC TV television channel on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum.

WASHINGTON - The United States has welcomed the establishment of a ceasefire in Donbas, U.S. Department of State spokesperson John Kirby has said.

The air force aviation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces will take part in Czech International Air Show 2016 in Hradec Kralove (the Czech Republic), reads a report on the website of the Defense Ministry of Ukraine.

The Ukrainian minister for temporarily occupied territories and internally displaced persons, Vadym Chernysh, believes the law on the establishment of the Crimea free economic zone should be abolished because at this stage it is not necessary.

Russian-backed separatist force have taken more prisoners in war-torn Donbas region.

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin on September 1 took part in an informal meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council (Potsdam, Germany).

The public lustration committee has launched an online platform for posting reports that will help reveal false information in the property declarations of officials.

VLADIVOSTOK - Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed setting up an intergovernmental taskforce to implement an energy super-circle project in the Asia-Pacific region.

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that his country is ready to take decisive steps to resolve a seven-decade territorial dispute with Japan over a string of Pacific islands controlled by Russia.

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday spoke of their joint resolve to settle once and for all a territorial row over a string of tiny islands that has marred ties for more than seven decades.

VLADIVOSTOK - Russian President Vladimir Putin urged countries on Saturday to show caution when dealing with North Korea and to avoid any actions that might further enflame tensions with Pyongyang.

BEIJING - With world leaders en route to China's Hangzhou city for Sunday's opening of the G20 summit, a senior Chinese diplomat announced that Russian President Vladimir Putin would be the number one guest.