The CEO of the company “Luhansk Energy Association,” Volodymyr Gritsay, said on the TV channel 112 Ukraine that the company resumed delivering electricity to the Popasnjansky district water utility that provides water to Luhansk and its surrounding area, which is not under governmental control.

“There is information that the Popasnjansky district water utility received its first tranche of funds of 10.5 million USD, and since we saw about 6 million USD on its accounts, we decided to restore …

The U.S Secretary of Defense, Ash Carter, stated that the United States should continue to take retaliatory measures against Russia due to cyber-attacks, RIA Novosti reported.“I think that the response which we gave, probably means the beginning but not the end, the floor but not the ceiling. However, obviously, it is the decision of the incoming Administration and future Congress, but I believe that more retaliatory measures should be taken,” Ash Carter said. According to him, the United …

Russia has begun delivery of gas from Krasnodar Krai to the annexed Crimea through a new pipeline but currently only in the commissioning stages, as was reported by a member of the State Duma Committee on Energy, former first Vice-Premier of the Crimean government controlled by the Kremlin, Mikhail Sheremet.

"The gas is in the system already. Starting-up and adjustment works are being conducted, within the framework of which the gas is supplied from the mainland of the Russian Federation. …

After the report by the USA’s Intelligence Service regarding the cyber-attacks from Russia, the chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Germany of the Parliamentary Group in the Bundestag ,Thomas Oppermann, addressed the Federal Minister of the Interior, Thomas de Maiziere, calling for the strengthening of cyber protections by the Federal Security Agency from possible hacker attacks, as was stated by the politician during an interview with German newspaper, Süddeutsche Zeitung, published on …

The head of the British Anti-Doping Agency, David Kenworthy exhorted the disqualification of the Russian national team from participation in the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in South Korean Pyeongchang.

He stated this in an interview with the BBC on Saturday, January 7, commenting on the facts of the second part of the report of the World Anti-Doping Agency Commission under the direction of Richard McLaren.

"What has been done in Russia is unbelievable. It's even more incredible than a James …

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the accusations that the Russian government attempted to influence the US presidential elections “unfounded”, TASS reported.

“The absolutely unfounded accusations are at a rather amateurishly emotional level that can hardly be applied to a highly professional work of high-class special services,” Peskov stated.

"We still don’t know what is fact and what data those who make such unfounded accusations have," he added.

The Kremlin spokesman added that, "It …

According to the Pentagon chief, Ashton Carter, Russia has done "virtually zero" in the fight against the so-called Islamic State in Syria. Speaking in an interview with NBC News that was published on Sunday, January 8th, Carter said that Moscow promised to come in, fight the so-called Islamic State, and help end the civil war in Syria. However, Moscow hasn’t done either of those things and thus, “we are fighting the Islamic State on our own,” Carter said. The Pentagon chief stated that the US …

The Pechersky district court of Kyiv seized the property of former President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych. The court order empowered authorities "to seize an apartment house, two garages in a semi-underground parking and a ship named ‘Brig,’ prohibiting individuals who have the relevant right to dispose of the specified property.”

According to the document, Yanukovych is suspected of committing crimes related to articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine on treason, accessory to changing the …