The Ministry of Temporarily Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons announced the launch of the 2017 humanitarian response plan for Ukraine. According to the Ministry, international humanitarian missions will implement measures to save people’s lives, including the provision of food products, basic necessities, clothing, accommodation, medical care, psychological assistance and basic education.

The government plans not only to fund certain projects on restoration or development …

In speaking at the European Parlaiment in Brussels, during a forum to discuss the illegal annexation of the Crimea, the Leader of the Crimean Tatar people, Ukrainian MP Mustafa Dzhemilev, stated that, "the invaders have brought nuclear weapons to the Crimea, and the Crimean Tatar people are being forced out of the peninsula," UNIAN news agency reports.

"According to our data, nuclear arms were brought to the peninsula. The Information Services of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People have …

Kęstutis Vaškelevičius, the Press Secretary of Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, said during an interview with Deutsche Welle on December 6 that Lithuania decided to prohibit entry into the country of all judges from the Russian Federation’s Constitutional Court. The reason for this decision was their formalization of a number of decisions on Russia’s annexation of the Crimea, Deutsche Welle reported.

According to Vaškelevičius, Russian judges were informed of this decision in November …

In 2016, 1,912 Russian citizens asked for asylum in the U.S.A. Compared to 2015, this number increased by 31%, and since 2012, by 164%. The only time a greater number of Russians were seeking asylum in the U.S.A. was in 1994 when the American government received 2,127 applications from Russia.

Radio Free Europe reported that according to immigration lawyers, the reasons cited by Russians wishing to migrate are discrimination against the LGBTQ community, dissent concerning Vladimir Putin’s …

Latvia and Estonia are launching a new and, according to their declaration, very important project for the countries’ energy security and energy market. Elering, an independent Estonian electricity and gas transmission system operator, has announced that they will be accepting proposals for the design and construction of a third high-voltage connection between the power systems of Latvia and Estonia, Delfi reports.

It was estimated that the project will cost 172 million euros. It will be …

Ukraine could confiscate the cargo ship Sky Moon which, under a Tanzanian flag, attempted to sail into one of the Crimea’s ports, as the State Border Service reported.

On November 30th border guards detained a cargo ship, Sky Moon, which tried to enter the Crimean port with Libyans and Syrians on board. The ship was later detained in the inland waters of the Danube river.

The department also noted that this is the first ship in respect of which such tough actions will be taken for visiting …

Japan will continue sanctions against Russia due to its aggression in Ukraine, as stated by the Japanese Ambassador to Ukraine, Sumi Shigeki, during a visit by the President of Ukraine to the main military hospital, the President’s press service reported.

According to their report, Poroshenko visited the outpatient and endoscopic center for abdominal surgery, where the ambassador of Japan presented the Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Stepan Poltorak, a certificate for a new video endoscope …

A Russian Investigative Committee has identified officers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who are allegedly involved in shelling Russian territory from June to August 2014, the official website of the committee stated. It was reported that dozens of inspections of crime scenes and 140 forensic investigations were carried out and more than 1000 witnesses were interviewed.

“The results of these investigative actions have revealed that the Commander of the 72nd separate mechanized brigade of the …