The press service of the President of Belarus reports that a five-day, visa-free policy has entered into force. The citizens of 80 countries, including the U.S. and the EU will have the right to free entry but on the condition that they arrive via Minsk National Airport.

The decree was signed by President Alexander Lukashenko on January 9 and took effect on February 12.

Among the countries mentioned in the decree there are 39 European countries, including the entire European Union, as well as …

The organizers of the ''Blockade of the Donbas' whose members are blocking the railroad in Luhansk region are initiating a "public discussion" of the situation at the Independence Square in Kyiv. This was reported on February 12 at the headquarters of the Blockade.

According to the organizers, a “veche" or popular assembly should be held in the center of Kyiv on February 19 in response to the "intention of the authorities to hold a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council."

The …

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will hold talks next week in Germany. This will be their first official meeting.

The Russian minister mentioned this during an interview with channel NTV.

"Rex Tillerson, like me, will be attending the events that will be held this month in Germany. There will be a meeting of G20 foreign ministers in Bonn as well as the annual Munich Security Conference, which will be held back to back ... there will be a good …

Russia has begun a dialogue with the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, as stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during an interview with Channel NTV.

"We respect the positions of any country, and are always ready to sit down and discuss any approaches, even those that completely contradict our own. I believe that our dialogue with the administration of Donald Trump, which has already begun, will become more intensive as soon as all parts of the administration engaged in …

Russia is trying to turn everybody against each other in international politics, as Estonian President, Kersti Kaljulaid, stated in an interview with the LNT channel, Delfi reported.

According to Kaljulaid, Russia wants to influence the democratic processes in countries using any visible rifts.

The Estonian President believes that until Russia starts to change from the inside, we should not expect that the West will renew a close cooperation with them.

She agreed with the views expressed by …

NATO accused Russia of strengthening its disinformation campaign after the annexation of the Crimea in March 2014, Deutsche Welle reported.

According to NATO’s data, the Russian media companies Sputnik and Russia Today (RT) have repeatedly published fake material.

"NATO has been dealing with a significant increase in Russian propaganda and disinformation since Russia's illegal annexation of the Crimea in 2014," the spokesperson of the Alliance, Oana Lungescu, told Reuters on Saturday, …

Ukraine has successfully tested a new 57 mm missile for the Ukrainian Air Force. The missile is designed to destroy ground targets as was announced by President Petro Poroshenko on Facebook.

"I have good news. Ukroboronprom has developed a new rocket for the Air Force of Ukraine. 57 mm missiles are designed to destroy ground targets and are projected to be used to arm attack helicopters and planes," the President wrote.

According to him, during the test, the crew of the helicopter, which is …

Almost three weeks ago, Ukrainian veterans of military actions in eastern Ukraine blocked several railway stations in the Donbas, thus declaring an economic blockade with the uncontrolled Ukrainian regions in the Donetsk and Luhansk Republics. Authorities did not support this action, insisting in particular that without anthracite coal, Ukrainian thermal power stations (TPSs) will not be able to function for a long time (of the 24 million tons annually consumed by Ukrainian TPSes, 9 million …