About 86% of Russian citizens believe that people in the world fear Russia and 75% of them believe that this is a good thing, Interfax reported, citing a survey conducted by the Russian Public Opinion Research Center.

Moreover, about 67% of respondents are convinced that Russia’s influence in the world in the recent years has increased and about 19% of them that it has decreased.

The respondents’ opinions regarding the world’s attitude towards Russia are divided. 48% of the respondents …

The Ukrainian State Film Agency announced the statistics for 2016, including how many Russian films were allowed to be shown in the country and how many were forbidden.

Based on the statistics, the Expert Committee on Distribution and Screening banned 38 Russian films and TV series in Ukraine, while it allowed the release of only only Russian films in movie theaters.

Among the banned films and TV series are The Master’s Last Secret, Lyutyy, Under Cover, Ladoga, The Way to A Man's Heart, The …

Only one detective from the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine is investigating the Party of Regions’ "Black Accounts" case. This was said by the head of the Specialized Anti-corruption Prosecutor's Office, Nazar Holodnitsky in an interview with the Ukrayinska Pravda Internet newspaper.

"In fact, only one person in the NABU is investigating the so-called ‘black account books’ case at the moment, although previously there were seven to ten detectives. I do not know where they have all …

On January 12th the Ukrainian National Council on Television and Radio Broadcasting has required Ukrainian providers to stop broadcasting the Russian television channel Dozhd. What has caused this reaction, and why many were surprised by the reaction of the Russian authorities, who are not very friendly towards the TV channel?

Why was Dozhd banned

The National Council cited two reasons for the ban on broadcasting – their non-recognition of the territorial integrity of Ukraine (they show the …

The Krasnoyarsk Machine Building Plant will begin flight and engineering tests of a modern RS-28 Sarmat liquid-fueled intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in 2017, as was reported by Russia's Interfax news agency citing sources in military industry.

"Krasmash and other enterprises engaged in the production of these ICBMs, are preparing them for testing which is expected to begin this year," the news agency’s interlocutor said. Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry stated that the Sarmat …

Denmark is planning to increase military spending due to Russia’s deployment of anti-ballistic missile systems in the Kaliningrad region, which is considered by the Danish Government as potential threat, as stated on Friday by the head of the Defense Ministry of the Kingdom, Claus Hjort Frederiksen.

"We can see today that the Russians are deploying new missiles in Kaliningrad which can reach Copenhagen. Of course, it is a serious threat,” the Minister said in an interview with the local …

As reported by the press service of the Prosecutor General, on Friday, January 13th, the Prosecutor General, Yuriy Lutsenko, met with the Prosecutor General of Latvia, Ēriks Kalnmeiers, and the guidance of the Bureau on prevention and struggle against corruption (KNAB).

As noted, the parties were discussing the cooperation in current criminal proceedings and particularly agreed with the government of Latvia to assist in the investigation of Ukrainian ex-officials and the return of illegally …

The German energy regulator, Bundesnetzagentur, has reduced the limit of use of the OPAL gas pipeline for Russian Gazprom to the same level that was installed before, to 50%. As stated in the press-service of the company on Facebook, "The German regulator reduced the limit for Gazprom to use the OPAL pipeline to its former 50% but the actual amount of this reduction has not yet affected the actual volumes."

In late October, the European Commission allowed Gazprom to increase its pumping gas …