The possible supply of US weapons to Ukraine would only postpone the settlement of the conflict in the Donbas, stated Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary for Russian President Putin while commenting on the statement of the US State Department's Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations, Kurt Volker.

"We have repeatedly said that any actions provoking tension on the line of demarcation and provoking the situation, which is already difficult, will only distance us from settling this intra- …

US States Department Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker said that possible shipments of weaponry to Ukraine cannot provoke Russia, because Russia has already concentrated a large military contingent in the Ukrainian territory.

In an interview for Radio Svoboda’s “Current Time” project on July 25 in Paris, Volker emphasized that the current US government is discussing the matter of shipping lethal weapons to Ukraine.

“Russia is already in Ukraine with all its heavy weapons. Right …

Budget expenditures for institutions promoting Russia's foreign policy agenda abroad will be reduced in the next three years, reported RBC, referencing materials from the "Electronic Budget" system.

Compared to 2014-2016, subsidies to the Alexander Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund and the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) will be reduced by 8%.

In 2014-2016, the funds received subsidies in the amount of 431.4 million rubles. In 2017-2019, they will be allocated 398.7 million. The …

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine is again asking citizens to inform them when the "incorrect image" of the Crimea is found on world maps. The Ministry launched the second stage of the project "Crimea on the World Map," dedicated to navigation systems and products, as noted on the official website of the Foreign Ministry.

The project was launched in late 2015. The Foreign Ministry emphasizes that during this time, there have been many instances to "correct the wrong representation of …

Ukraine has dismantled the main fiber optic communication lines connecting it to Crimea, Kryminform reports with reference to a competent source.

“Really, Ukraine has dismantled the infrastructure of the main fiber optic communication lines on the border with Crimea,” the source said.

According to Ivan Zima, general director of Miranda Media, one of the major internet providers in the Crimea, no internet traffic is currently coming to the peninsula from Ukrainian territory.

“We cannot …

Vladimir Litvinenko, the Rector of the St. Petersburg Mining University under whose leadership Vladimir Putin defended his Ph.D. thesis in 1997, has become a dollar billionaire, writes Vedomosti.

"Litvinenko's declarations reflect only a small portion of his fortune. This year, the rector became a dollar billionaire, having raised his shares in one of the world's largest fertilizer producers, Fosagro, in April to 19.35% of shares. As of last Friday, the value of this package amounted to 59.9 …

The words of Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite about the appropriateness of deploying American Patriot missile systems in the Baltic can lead to an escalation of tension in the region, as relayed to RIA Novosti by Mikhail Ulyanov, Director of the Department for Nonproliferation and Arms Control of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

On Thursday, Grybauskaite attended Tobruq Legacy 2017, a NATO Air Force exercise in Siauliai. In her speech, the Lithuanian President stated the need …

Pro-Russian separatists used a new type of weapon while shelling the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of Krasnohorivka in the Donetsk region on July 20, 2017. According to the Ukrainian contingent of the Joint Center for Control and Coordination (JCCC), they used a mobile, four-barrel rocket launcher system.

"The Ukrainians of the JCCC received information on the illegal armed groups’ use of mobile four-barrel rocket launchers developed in 2015 by the so-called ‘Republican …