The Russian opposition activist and world chess champion, Garry Kasparov stated in his interview with Voice of America that the surrender of the Crimea would be suicidal for the Russian President, Vladimir Putin.

“Regarding the Crimean issue, I think that Trump will fail to return it to Ukraine because the surrender of the Crimea would a suicide for Putin. However, the U.S. has significant opportunities to influence Putin’s fate,” Kasparov said.

Garry Kasparov also added that sanctions …

The Federal Air Transport Agency, Rosaviatsia, stated that the reformatting of data obtained from Russian radar showing the moment of the crash of a Malaysian Boeing in the Donbas into the required file format will lead to "significant data loss,” as reported by Interfax , citing the Federal Air Transport Agency. 

"The data from the radio detection and ranging station was transferred to the Dutch in an unprocessed form, which automatically indicates its authenticity and exclusivity. The …

Pro-Russian residents of Sevastopol organized a rally to demand that Russia’s leadership recognize the Donetsk (DPR) and Luhansk (LPR) People’s Republics as independent States and establish trade and economic relations with them. The rally took place on the 18th of February, 2017.

As reported by Krym.Realii, approximately 150 people attended the event. The organizers of the event said that "the vent was attended by ordinary citizens, who gathered at local city forum". People mostly held DPR …

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko instructed the Cabinet to develop a bill that would allow the blocking of websites in accordance with the decision of the court.

This was stated in the text of the president's decree Number 32 dated February 13 on enactment of the National Security and Defense Council's (NSDC) decision "On the threats to cyber security of the state and urgent measures to neutralize them" from December 29, 2016.

The President also instructed the Cabinet to approve the …

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) published the notes of the last head of the Soviet KGB, Nikolai Golushko. The documents contain the reaction of the Chairman to studies of the Holodomor in the West. The Holodomor was a man-made famine of Soviet Ukraine in the 1930s that claimed the lives of millions of Ukrainians.

The Soviet agency was actively monitoring foreign investigations of Holodomor and reported on them to the party leaders. In the notes, Golushko refers to an artificial famine …

The Russian Investigative Committee is trying a case against 37 members of the Ukrainian military as stated by the head of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Viktor Muzhenko, at a meeting with the members of the Kyiv association of military attachés,

"There are more than 30 Ukrainian soldiers, against whom the Investigative Committee of Russia initiated criminal proceedings. According to our information, there are 37 such people. I think that in this situation, law enforcement …

A subsidiary of "Belorusneft" has signed a contract with the Iranian NIOC (National Iranian Oil Company), as reported on the latter’s website. Additionally, talks are ongoing about a deal with Polish Beloil Polska on the supply of 600,000 barrels of oil. This will be the first purchase of Iranian oil by Minsk after the lifting of sanctions against Tehran last year.

The oil is expected to be delivered to Odessa, Ukraine or Ventspils, Latvia, where it will then travel to Belarus by rail. …

Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid expressed support for the continuation of sanctions against Russia at a meeting of the heads of the Baltic States with US Vice President Mike Pence on Saturday in Munich.

“I emphasized that by attacking Ukraine, Russia has violated the principles of international law. Russia has no "special" right in Ukraine and shouldn't also have any special interests. Therefore, it is important for countries that think as we do to stand collectively for the continued …