The President of Moldova, Igor Dodon, said at a press conference on Tuesday that he hopes that the country's Prime Minister, Pavel Filip, will resign after the decision to expel Russian diplomats from the republic.

"I hope that in the near future I will see other resignations (on Tuesday, Dodon signed four decrees on the resignation of other ministers - members of the Liberal Party of Moldova). Maybe the Prime Minister himself will leave because of what happened yesterday," Dodon stressed.

He …

The Prosecutor’s Office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (a unit that remains within the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine) has opened a criminal case against Russian officials for conducting a "hybrid war", as stated in a message published on the Prosecutor's Office website.

The case was opened, according to the materials of the Security Service (SBU), under Part 1 of Article 437 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (planning, preparation, unleashing and waging an aggressive war).

It is …

Russia did not hold special expectations from Donald Trump’s administration coming to power. Moscow understands that an internal political struggle continues in Washington and that this hinders the establishment of relations. This was Russian President Vladimir Putin’s expressed opinion in an interview with Le Figaro newspaper.

"We did not expect anything; nothing special actually [from the Trump administration]," he said. "Of course, during the election campaign we heard about Mr. Trump’s …

Under court order in Kazan, three activists from Aleksey Navalny campaign headquarters were arrested: Iskander Gumerbaev, Azat Shaimukhametov and Andrei Boyarshinov. The three are being incarcerated for 12 days.

As Russian “Radio Liberty” reported on May 30, the activists were found guilty of violating the rules for conducting a protest. The court sentenced each activist to 35 hours of compulsory work because of disobedience to the demands of a policeman.

On May 14, activists held an …

Maria Zakharova, official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, commented on the Netherlands’ ratification of the Ukraine—European Union Association Agreement, as reported by the press service of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry said that the agreement on the association of Ukraine and the EU is essentially anti-Russian, and the people of the Netherlands have been cheated by their own leaders.

“However, all of this …

Former head of the state enterprise Ukrspirt Viktor Pankov was shot dead in a quiet area of ​​Kyiv on the morning of May 30. An unknown person shot him in the back from a car. Pankov received three injuries, which became fatal. The attacker managed to escape.

The police are working out several theories of the murder. One of them is professional activity: in the past few years, Pankov worked as an advisor to the head of Ukrspirt. The Adviser to the Head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, …

The NATO Support and Procurement Agency has proposed to include Ukrainian defense-industrial companies in the list of defense products manufacturers. Thus, the state-run enterprise Ukroboronprom can obtain permission to participate in bidding for the supply of goods and services to NATO member nations and partners within the framework of the random brokerage services program. This was reported on Ukroboronprom’s website.

“Ukraine is the first among the Eastern European partners of NATO which …

Ukrainian Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak has signed an order summoning reserve officers to military service in 2017. This was announced at a briefing on Tuesday by General-Lieutenant Artur Artemenko, deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).

“Today an order was signed by the Defense Minister which determines the procedure for summoning officers to military service in 2017. The order has been sent to the Ministry of Justice and after ratification by the relevant …