Russia and the International Criminal Court

             Russia withdraws from the International Criminal Court (ICC), though it had never ratified the agreement at the first place. It might seem like Putin is bothered by the accusations of Crimea’s occupation or other investigations against Russia. However, it is just another way of making it clear to the world that Russia does not care much about what is going on. Kremlin does not respect the international organizations which serves them as a platforms to show their power and bias. Up until now Russia has not ratified the Paris agreement on Climate Change. It is also another tool to make the rest of the countries to consider Russia as an important partner for negotiations in the international arena.

Crimea: milestone of US-Russian dialog

Two years ago Russia annexed Crimea after the referendum taken place on the 16^th March 2014 during the most tragic historical moment for Ukrainians. Today US government maintains its readiness to keep sanctions against Russia until Kremlin returns Crimea to Ukraine. The situation of freedom of speech and prosecution of ethnic and religious minorities in Crimea is disturbing. One hundred countries supported the UN Resolution qualifying the results of Crimean referendum as illegitimate.

Tomatoes issue

    It seems like Russian government is more concerned, how to prevent Turkish tomatoes coming to the Russian market, than to bring the light to covered in darkness in winter time Crimea, annexed by Russia in March 2014.  On the 28^th of November President V. Putin approved sanctions against Turkey: it concerns food, flights between Russia and Turkey, however not manufactured products. From the 1^st of January the non-visa regime between two countries will be stopped. How fragile a friendship can be.