Tag: Crimea

• Monday, February 28th 2022 - 20:55 UTC

  CFK decries double standards within UN Security Council regarding Ukraine and Falklands/Malvinas

  

  Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) Sunday said Western powers had double standards when addressing the Ukraine crisis. The former head of state (2007-2015) recalled that in 2014 -under her presidency-, Argentina supported Kyiv against Russia’s annexation of the Crimean peninsula by force.

• Wednesday, January 20th 2021 - 09:58 UTC

  Russia supports dialogue and UN resolutions on Falklands dispute: criticizes UK ' 'double standards'

  

  The United Kingdom dissenting approaches to the situation with the Falkland Islands and the Crimean Peninsula is a display of double standards, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview.

• Friday, June 21st 2019 - 09:07 UTC

  EU extends economic sanctions against Russia over Ukraine until February 2020

  

  European Union leaders agreed on Thursday to prolong economic sanctions against Russia over the turmoil in Ukraine until the end of January 2020, a spokesman for the bloc said. The EU first slapped sanctions on Russia after Moscow annexed Crimea from Ukraine in March 2014 and supported rebels fighting Kiev troops in the east of the country. That conflict, which killed 13,000 people, is still simmering.

• Thursday, November 29th 2018 - 17:53 UTC

  No talks with Putin at G-20 over Crimea tensions, says Trump enroute to Argentina

  

  US President Donald Trump Thursday shocked the world as he announced he would not be meeting one-on-one with his Russian colleague Vladimir Putin during the G-20 Summit in Buenos Aires due to the escalating military crisis in Crimea.

• Thursday, November 17th 2016 - 09:38 UTC

  Putin eyes Russia's withdrawal from International Criminal Court after Crimea ruling

  

  The draft for a presidential decree, available on the internet, would mean that Russia will “accept the proposal of the Russian Ministry of Justice in agreement with the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other federal bodies of executive power, along with the Russian Supreme Court, the General Prosecutor of the Russian Federation and the Russian Investigative Committee, about sending the Secretary General of the United Nations notice of the intention of the Russian Federation to no longer be a party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.”

• Friday, June 12th 2015 - 05:24 UTC

  Pope tells Putin “a sincere and great effort” was needed for peace in Ukraine

  

  Barely a few days after Europe’s most powerful leaders presented a common front on Russian sanctions; President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia landed in Italy and met privately with Pope Francis at the Vatican, his second audience with the pope in the past 18 months.

• Wednesday, March 25th 2015 - 06:27 UTC

  Falklands: no surge in troop numbers but upgraded infrastructure and £180 million in ten years

  

  United Kingdom Defense Secretary Michael Fallon has dispelled media reports suggesting a surge in troop numbers was likely. Fallon on Tuesday outlined £180 million infrastructure spending plans, but told MPs numbers would remain at around 1,200 military and civilian personnel.

• Tuesday, March 24th 2015 - 04:55 UTC

  Falklands' defense review full statement from Secretary Fallon expected soon

  

  A statement from UK Defense secretary Michael Fallon relative to the Falkland Islands' garrison is expected sometime this week, according to reports in the British media. The Falklands' military response capacity has been a matter of much ongoing debate among analysts and former officers, as Argentina allegedly is involved in increased military expenditure.

• Monday, March 23rd 2015 - 11:58 UTC

  Falklands resurges in controversy over Russian annexation of Crimea

  

  Russia has more claim to Crimea than Britain has to the Falkland Islands, a senior Russian lawmaker insisted Sunday as London again denounced Moscow's “illegal annexation” of the peninsula.

• Monday, July 14th 2014 - 05:39 UTC

  Falklands: Putin calls on UK to sit and talk with Argentina to resolve the dispute

  

  Russia's president Vladimir Putin has got involved in the Falkland Islands row, urging Britain it must sit down with Argentina for fresh talks to resolve the dispute, as indicated by the United Nations.