• Russia denied reports about Putin and Trump meeting in Iceland

    The press secretary for the President of Russia, Dmitry Peskov, assured Radio Liberty that there have been discussions about arranging a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in Iceland.

    "So far there are no talks about the meeting there," Peskov said in his commentary to the Russian RIA Novosti news agency. According to media reports, the Russian Embassy in the UK has called such messages "nonsense" and "a Briton’s attempt to undermine the …

  • Peskov calls report made by U.S. intelligence on Russia’s cyber-attacks ‘unprofessional’

    Press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov stated that the part of the published report of U.S. Intelligence about Russia’s involvement in cyber-attacks is unprofessional and does not stand up to scrutiny. TASS reports that he made the statement in an interview with NBC TV.

    "The published report is just a strange thing and nothing more. It was made unprofessionally; it does not contain any evidence but has some silly statements and unsubstantiated conclusions. In …

  • Media: Russia will retain two military facilities in Syria

    Russia plans to retain two military facilities in Syria after it reduces the number of troops stationed in the country, Interfax reported.

    "Russia will retain two military objects in the country, the Russian air group at the Hmeymim airport and the greatly expanded and modernized naval facility in the city of Tartus," Interfax's source stated.

    According to news agency’s source, the Russian air group at the Hmeymim air base will continue to be covered by the powerful S-400 air defense and anti- …

  • The head of the CIA warned Trump to be careful with Russia

    The CIA Director, John Brennan, advised the President-elect, Donald Trump, to fully realize the danger that Russia poses for Washington as soon as possible.

    "Spontaneity is not something that protects national security interests, therefore when he [Trump] speaks or reacts, just make sure he understands that the implications and the impact on the United States could be profound," Brennan said during an interview with Fox News.

    The CIA chief warned that ill-conceived "conversations and tweets" …

  • The Kremlin said that hackers attacked Putin's website

    The website of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin is exposed to hundreds and sometimes thousands of hacker attacks each day, but Moscow is in no hurry to throw accusations around, the official Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, stated in an interview with NBC.

    “Some of those attacks on the website are from locations in the United States, in China, India, European countries and so on,” Putin's press secretary said.

    At the same time, according to Peskov, Russia is in no hurry to accuse the …

  • Lithuania to build a fence along the border with Russia

    Lithuania decided to build a fence on the border with the Kaliningrad region in 2017. Until recently, only special signs and a 13-meter control zone indicated the border between Russia and Lithuania, Delfi reported, referring to Lietuvos žinios as a source.

    The fence with total value of 3.6 million Euros would be constructed on the 135-kilometer area from Vištytis to Neman. Modern surveillance will be installed near the fence. The funds for this system are planned to be found in 2017.

    The …

  • Leader of the Night Wolves biker club spoke at Russian Economic Forum

    Biker Alexander "The Surgeon" Zaldostanov was invited to speak at the Gaidar Economic Forum, which takes place in Moscow. He took part in the discussion "Innovations in the formation of tourist-recreational clusters in the Russian Federation."

    As reported by TASS, during his speech The Surgeon spoke of Patriot Park, which is being created in occupied Sevastopol by the Night Wolves motorcycle club.

    Zaldostanov believes it is a popular and promising project that "can become a kind of informal …

  • Ukrainian analogue to Russian Armata tank was patented

    A competitor to the Russian Armata tank, the Ukrainian Tirex tank, was patented in Ukraine. A patent for the development was published on the website of National Industrial Portal.

    Similar to the Armata, the Tirex will be equipped with an armored capsule with seats for three crew members, as well as an uninhabited tower. The tank will be equipped with 125-millimeter guns with a remotely controlled automatic loading mechanism and machine guns, as well as Nizh and Duplet explosive reactive armor. …

  • Ukrainian Information Policy Ministry is developing an information reintegration strategy for the Crimea

    On January 13th, the First Deputy Minister of Information Policy of Ukraine, Emine Dzheppar, stated at a press conference in Kyiv that the Ukrainian Information Policy Ministry is developing an information reintegration strategy for the Crimea which is scheduled to be presented in late March.

    According to the Information Policy Ministry’s idea, the document should become an action plan for the Ukrainian Government regarding the issue of the Crimea. If this happens, each Ukrainian Ministry will …

  • US State Department has not received an invitation to participate in negotiations on Syria in Astana

    The U.S. government stated that they have not yet received an official invitation to participate in the Syrian negotiations to be held in Astana, which will take place on January 23, as stated by State Department spokesman Mark Toner when responding to the question regarding the role of the USA in these negotiations. 

    "I don’t know whether we will have our role in negotiations. Ask the organizers, Russia and Turkey. We have not been invited,” he said. "We support any negotiations which attempt …