International News
On November 23, Maria Zakharova, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, promptly responded to a publication by The Washington Post which announced U.S. plans to establish a new local government in northern Syria, Interfax reports.
The Principal Deputy Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine Alexander Hug warned the parties to the conflict of a possible escalation of the armed conflict in Donbass, Deutsche Welle reported on November 24.
Russian Embassy in Norway has published comments regarding the provocative article published on November 22nd by the NRK Norwegian public broadcaster. The comment was posted on November 22nd on the official Twitter page of the Embassy.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs (Russian: MVD) of the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) is functioning normally, Police Major General I. A. Kornet said on November 23 through the MVD web site.