Ukraine hands over five pictures stolen from Dutch museum a decade ago to Netherlands
Ukraine has returned five recovered paintings that were stolen from the Westfries Museum in the city of Horn in 2005, the Dutch Foreign Ministry reported on Friday. The works of art were handed over personally to the museum’s director, Ad Geerdink, at the Dutch embassy in Kiev on Friday. “I am very happy that it finally happened. I put in much effort to achieve this goal. Thanks to cooperation with the Ukrainian authorities, the...
Kremlin says voting in upcoming elections to be conducted at Russian embassy in Ukraine
The diplomatic staff at the Russian embassy in Ukraine will be provided with an opportunity to vote in the upcoming parliamentary elections at the embassy, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists. Ukrainian authorities can’t prevent that, he stressed. “Of course, the voting will be arranged at the embassy and other diplomatic establishments because Russian nationals work there,” Peskov noted....
Moscow not yet notified of being taken to law of the sea tribunal by Ukraine
Russia has not received any notifications from Kiev yet Ukraine has filed a lawsuit at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told a news briefing today. Kiev accuses Moscow of violating the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. President Pyotr Poroshenko on Wednesday said he had instructed the Foreign Ministry to file a lawsuit against Russia and to notify Moscow by...
Protesters pelt Ukrainian embassy in Moscow with eggs
A group of young people gathered near the Ukrainian embassy in Moscow to protest against an attack by Ukrainian radicals on a Russian federal agency in Kiev, a TASS correspondent reports from the scene. The protesters chanted the slogans: “Hands Off Our Diplomats!” “Fascism Won’t Pass!” and “Junta Must Be Brought to Account!” The protesters set alight flares and pelted the embassy with eggs. The...
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