In a number of Russian cities about 400 supporters of Vyacheslav Maltsev, leader of the “Artpodgotovka” movement, were arrested in Russia, after Maltsev urged them to start a revolution on November 5, Deutsche Welle reports.

Police in Moscow arrested 263 of Maltsev’s supporters. All of the detained persons have been taken to the local police departments for the relevant legal procedures.

Another 13 people were arrested in Saint Petersburg. Arrests also took place in Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, …

The People's Deputy from Petro Poroshenko Bloc political party and Presidential representative to the Verkhovna Rada, Iryna Lutsenko, stated on Inter TV, that to date, more than 2,000 amendments to the draft law on the reintegration of the Donbas have been submitted to the National Security Committee.

"To date, the Parliamentary Committee on National Security and Defense, headed by Serhiy Pashynsky, has received more than 2,000 amendments to this law," she said.

According to her, a …

Serbian Foreign Minister, Ivica Dačić, proposes to hold an international conference that would help resolve problems in Kosovo, as stated in a commentary to the Serbian newspaper, Novosti.

Dačić stated that Serbia's resistance to recognize Kosovo's independence was similar to Spain's rejection of the Catalan independence referendum.

"If Spain can fight for its vision of Catalonia, then we Serbs can fight for our country," said Dačić.

It is noted that at this conference, Belgrade and Pristina …

The Ukrainian aircraft manufacturer, Antonov, will conduct and assessment of the technical condition of the Ruslan aircraft belonging to the Russian cargo airline, Volga-Dnepr. The statement from the aircraft manufacturer, published on Friday, November 3rd, says that the company, as a developer of aircraft, is the "certificate holder for the An-type aircraft, in particular the An-124-100 transport aircraft, Ruslan. "That is why the maintenance of this aircraft is the sole responsibility of …

During a press briefing in Washington, US State Department Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker said that the Russian Federation controls 100% of what is happening in the Donbas.

In answering a question about the lack of dialogue between Kyiv and the pseudo-republics of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) and the Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR), Volker disagreed with the assumption made by Russian journalists that the situation in the Donbas constitutes an "internal strife".

"It's …

Normalization of relations between Russia and the United States is necessary to improve the world situation, stated the Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany, Sigmar Gabriel, in an interview published in the German newspaper Bild am Sonntag on Sunday.

"The completely undermined relationship between the US and Russia is the greatest threat to world peace. If North Korea is able to get nuclear weapons, then other countries will follow it. Only the US and Russia can jointly prevent …

Deputy Chairman of the Defense and Security Committee of the Russian Federation Council, Frantz Klintsevich stated that the activity of the Russian Air Force in Syria would increase. According to Klintsevich this is not only because of the need to “finish off the terrorists” but also has to do with the possibility of a face-to-face meeting between the US President, Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

"It’s likely that the activity of the Russian Air force in Syria will only …

Russian gas conglomerate Gazprom has completed construction on the offshore sections of the two Turkish Stream lines on the territory of the Russian Federation, and has begun construction of the first line within the Turkish Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ),  Prime news outlet reported, citing South Stream Transport B.V.

"On November 4, 2017, the first line of the Turkish gas flow entered the Turkish Exclusive Economic Zone. Pioneering Spirit, the world’s largest construction vessel, laid into …