This week in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) the impossible happened. The Ukrainian delegation achieved the resignation of PACE President Pedro Agramunt, Evropeyskaya Pravda writes.

It seemed like there was no chance of this: PACE lacks methods for dismissing the president. There was a small chance of stopping his re-election in January, but the assembly did not want to go against tradition, and kept Agramunt as its leader for the second consecutive year.

On Monday …

Equipment for THAAD anti-ballistic missile system has been delivered to the deployment site in south-eastern part of South Korea, reports Yonhap news agency.

According to the agency, six trucks with radar and other equipment arrived at a Golf Club in the city of Songdo.  The delivery reportedly angered local residents that led to a clash with the police.

The South Korean Ministry of Defense later confirmed the delivery of the equipment.

THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) anti- …

Russia was third in the world in military spending in 2016. This was reported by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).

Russia's expenditures on armaments were $69.2 billion, a 5.9% increase over the previous year. The United States remained in first place in terms of military spending; in 2016 its expenditures increased by 1.7% to $611 billion. China was second at $215 billion.

The amount spent on arms globally increased by 0.4% to $1686 billion. Total military …

Russian singer Yuliya Samoylova, who is banned from entering Ukraine is scheduled to perform in the Crimea again. This information was confirmed by the singer’s press service in comments to Radio Liberty Project "Krym.Realiyi.”

"Yes, she will perform in Sevastopol. At least, as of today it is confirmed. It is expected that Yuliya will sing two to three songs there," said the press service. Crimean media had earlier reported the probability of Samoylova performing in Sevastopol on May 9.

On …

The demand for Crimean vacations among Russians is declining due to competition with Turkey and the Krasnodar Krai, as well as the costs which are exceeding the expectations of tourists. This conclusion was reached by experts at the Association of Tour Operators of Russia, Krym.Realii reported, citing Interfax.

According to Russian travel companies, on average, prices for hotels in the Crimea increased by 10-15%.

"When making calculations, we focused on the average amount spent on purchased …

A Russian journalist managed to track down a person who claims that the voice which can be heard in the SBU (Security Service of Ukraine) recordings about the Boeing belongs to Russian Colonel Sergey Dubinsky, who is believed to be responsible for the transfer of the Buk missile system which shot down the Boeing MH17.

This is described in the research of Pavel Kanygin for Nova Gazeta.

Sergey Tiunov, leader of Zaporizhia Self-Defense organization and war veteran in Afghanistan, recognized …

The creation of anti-corruption courts in Ukraine is necessary, according to the IMF Resident Representative in Ukraine, Jerome Vacher, as he stated in an interview with LB.ua.

"The critical element, anti-corruption courts, is absent. We support both the creation, as well as the initiation of their activities. Ukraine’s other international partners support them too," Vacher said.

Presently, according to him, most of the anti-corruption cases fall apart in the courts. In addition, the IMF …

The National Anti-Corruption Bureau or NABU published a video revealing the destination countries in which the money illegally withdrawn from Ukraine had “settled.” Most of the money was withdrawn to Britain, Austria and Latvia.

It is reported that more than 2.27 billion hryvnias, 420 million US dollars, 4.3 million euros and 825 thousand pounds sterling were taken out of Ukraine.

Most of this money was withdrawn by Britain in the amount of 208 million dollars. Latvia accounted for 73.36 …