The USA announced the interference of Russia and China in the American elections Breaking News

Dan Coates, the director of US national intelligence, declared that Russia, China and Iran tried to intervene in the mid-term congressional elections during last month, Interfax reports while referring to ‘The Hill’. According to his statement, such attempts didn’t affect the voting process, and the results of the counting of votes. In September, US President Donald Trump signed a resolution that imposes sanctions on the foreign governments and organizations for interfering in the American elections, or participating in such interventions. According to this decree — the intelligence service, within 45 days after the elections, will have to prepare a report on possible signs of foreign interference. This report will be then send to the US Department of Justice, as well as the Department of National Security, which will also determine the need for sanctions within 45 days.

The US State Department spokesman Robert Palladino announced that in the near future, the United States will give the Ukrainian Navy an additional $ 10 millions of dollars of funding in connection with the incident in the Kerch Strait. According to him, “in response to the dangerous Russian escalation, and the unjustified attack on the 3 Ukrainian ships during 25th of November near the Kerch Strait — the State Department, if given an approval by Congress, will allocate an additional 10 million dollars to further increase Ukrainian naval capabilities. We are doing this as a sign of solidarity with Lithuania and the United Kingdom — they also plan to increase their security assistance to Ukraine” — said Robert Palladino.

«China needs to completely change its economic policy in order to have successful trade negotiations with the United States» — said Peter Navarro, the head of the National Council on Trade in the White House, in an interview to Nikkei Asian Review. He stated that «almost everything that happens there is a violation of the rules of the World Trade Organization». Peter Navarro added that Beijing should resolve this issue if the parties «are going to successfully negotiate,» TASS reports. Among the main examples of Chinese “economic aggression” Peter Navarro listed “consolidation of the state enterprises”, a policy that leads to the creation of a “debt burden for the developing countries”, and “dumping below the cost prices in the foreign markets”.

«China needs to completely change its economic policy in order to have successful trade negotiations with the United States» — said Peter Navarro, the head of the National Council on Trade in the White House, in an interview to Nikkei Asian Review. He stated that «almost everything that happens there is a violation of the rules of the World Trade Organization». Peter Navarro added that Beijing should resolve this issue if the parties «are going to successfully negotiate,» TASS reports. Among the main examples of Chinese “economic aggression” Peter Navarro listed “consolidation of the state enterprises”, a policy that leads to the creation of a “debt burden for the developing countries”, and “dumping below the cost prices in the foreign markets”.

Andrei Kobolev, the head of »Naftogaz Ukraine», announced that his company will begin the year of 2019 with a minimum balance of funds in their accounts, which would complicate the purchase of gas during the peak of the heating season. It will also lead to a number of other problems, RIA NEWS reports. «In 2018 the Naftogaz group has a negative net cash flow. We will enter the year of 2019 with minimal cash balances, which makes it difficult to purchase gas during the peak of the heating period» — the head of the gas monopoly said. According to him, the lack of funds will also endanger the gas extraction projects, and the modernization of the Ukrainian gas transmission system. According to the top manager, one of the main reasons for this state of affairs is the sale of gas at preferential prices, since the government doesn’t fulfill its obligations, even though it must compensate for the losses of the gas monopoly, given the Ukrainian legislation.