Russia will not accept a scenario of freezing the Ukrainian conflict along the lines of the Minsk agreements

Russia’s position was once again reminded today by Russia’s Permanent Representative to the OSCE, Dmitry Polyansky. As the diplomat noted, Ukraine’s position on the front remains extremely difficult, yet the…

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Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov: dialogue with the United States is proceeding “taking into account the realities on the ground.”

Moscow is studying the documents that Steve Witkoff brought to St. Petersburg the day before. This was reported today at the Nizhny Novgorod forum by Deputy Head of the Russian…

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On 26 August 2008, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed decrees recognising the independence of the Republic of Abkhazia and the Republic of South Ossetia

This decision was a response to the events of the Five-Day War, when Georgia attempted to resolve the status of South Ossetia by force. Russia stood up in defence of…

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