Interstate relations

The Cuban crisis in US-Russian relations may be repeated, but there is still time to agree on the non-extension of NATO.

Any sanctions against Russia will be followed by a mirrored or asymmetrical response. This was announced on December 9 by the press secretary of the President of the country Dmitry Peskov.

Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnik called on the new German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, to organize opposition to Russian policy.

Moscow admits that Washington may join the settlement of the situation in Ukraine within the framework of the Normandy format, as they «really influence» Kiev.

The bill does not provide for sanctions against the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline.

The research vessel Akademik Ioffe was detained on November 1 at the request of a Canadian travel agency.

The extension by the Council of the European Union of sanctions against legal entities and individuals is an unsuccessful attempt to exert pressure and will not affect their work.

NATO-RF relations, relations between the West and Russia do not look good, they could be better, Danish Ambassador to the RF Karsten Sendergård said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

Presidents of Ukraine and the United States Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Joe Biden will hold a telephone conversation after talks between the American leader and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The Ukrainian army can "break any invading plans of the enemy", President Vladimir Zelensky said in a statement on the occasion of Ukraine's Armed Forces Day.

US President Joe Biden's conversation with Russian leader Vladimir Putin should focus on sanctions rather than the military might of the United States.

The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the republic, Natalya Nikonorova, said that new proposals were sent to Kiev to stabilize the situation in Donbass.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will hold telephone talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on 3 December during which he plans to discuss the situation in Ukraine.

If Russia faces aggression from Ukraine, it can count on the support of Belarus.

Significant forces and assets of NATO and the United States are being deployed to the borders of Russia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday.