Day: April 24, 2018

The DNR has offered Kiev to exchange prisoners by the formula “80 14” The self-proclaimed authorities of Donetsk national Republic (DND) is ready to conduct a prisoner exchange with Kiev by the formula “80 14”, said “RIA Novosti”, the DND Ombudsman Daria Morozova. “At the moment there is a clear number — 80 that set us on the territory of Ukraine, and 14 people that are installed on our territory. We see no obstacles to exchange these people… We are ready to take this step to change the installed on installed and to continue working in the mode in which you have been working for four years,” she said. The Christmas truce in the Donbass Kiev and the breakaway Republic held the largest prisoner exchange. The agreement to release most of the detainees held by the parties to the conflict, was reached after negotiations that lasted more than a year.

The volume of Russian assistance to developing countries in 2017 exceeded $1.2 billion These funds went to help post-Soviet countries, Latin America and Asia. UN, April 24. /TASS/. Russia in 2017 has committed more than $1.2 billion for implementation of development programs in the former Soviet Union, Latin America and Asia. This was stated to journalists the Deputy Minister of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Alexander Pankin, participating in the forum on financing, which takes place at the site of the Economic and social Council of the United Nations in new York. The volume of our assistance to international development assistance last year exceeded 1.2 billion in dollar terms. It is through bilateral relations and through our contributions to international agencies, including the UN and the Bretton Woods institutions. Alexander Pancontinental foreign Minister of the Russian Federation According to him, a number of countries, aided by Russia, “sufficiently delineated”.

The Head Of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov © Yelena Afonina/TASS MOSCOW, April 24. /TASS/. The head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov believes that there should be in the new sanctions list of the USA in connection with the situation in Syria. In his opinion, it would be a recognition of his merits. “If I’m not there [in the sanctions list of the USA], I believe that it is unjustified sanctions. I should be there, because I consider myself a defender of the people, – said Kadyrov in an interview with TV channel “Russia 24″, which aired on Tuesday. – I am ready to be in Syria and Iraq is irrelevant”.

The headquarters of the OPCW in the Hague © AP Photo/Peter Dejong The HAGUE, 24 APR. /TASS/. The British side did not give answers to the most important questions in the case Skripal. TASS reported on Tuesday at the permanent mission of the Russian Federation to the Organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons (OPCW).