The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution of Germany is concerned that Russia may interfere in the 2017 Bundestag election campaigns.

“Last year, we saw that Russia influenced the formation of public opinion in Germany. We are concerned that the same might happen next year,” this was said by the president of the agency, Hans-Georg Maaßen, during an interview with Reuters.

As an example of this, Maaßen mentioned the alleged kidnapping of a Russian girl named Lisa in Berlin. At …

Former Ukrainian military forces who now live in the Crimea could become "potential victims of the Russian special services." This opinion was expressed by the speaker of the Defense Ministry of Ukraine on ATO issues, Andrey Lysenko in an interview with Krym.Realii on November 16.

"The territory annexed by the Russian Federation is home to thousands of former Ukrainian servicemen who had retired to the reserve. At any time, the Russian security forces can detain and pass off such people as ' …

Even before winning the United States Presidential Elections, President-elect Donald Trump promised to raise the issue of the return of the wreckage of the Tu-154 during negotiations with Russia.

"I heard about the case and that the Russians do not want to return the fragments. I will try to help Poland in this regard," the politician said after the Congress of Polish Americans in September.

TVP Polonia reports that Trump also spoke about the "great respect to the Polish people" and that he …

The cancellation of economic sanctions against Poland and the return of the wreckage of the Polish president Lech Kaczynski’s Tu-154 plane are the conditions required to improve relations with Russia. This was stated by the Polish minister of foreign affairs, Witold Waszczykowski, while commenting on the statement by Russian President Vladimir Putin about restoring dialogue between the two countries.

Last week, the Russian leader, receiving credentials from a number of new ambassadors, …

Russia fears that Ukraine will not have enough stored gas for winter and so initiated trilateral consultations with the participation of an EU representative.

This was announced by the head of the Russian Ministry of Energy, Alexander Novak.

“We have been instructed to conduct appropriate negotiations and consultations in the near future. We are now negotiating the date of European Commission Vice President Mr. Maroš Šefčovič’s arrival in Russia. We are going to discuss issues concerning a …

Russia bribed countries to make them vote against “The human rights situation in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol (Ukraine)” resolution initiated by Ukraine, which was approved two days ago by the third committee of the United Nations General Assembly that specializes in human rights.

This was stated by the permanent representative of Ukraine to the United Nations, Volodymyr Yelchenko, in an interview with the Ukrinform news agency.

“Of course, this information is unlikely to …

On the 18th of November, the President of the United States, Barack Obama, and the leaders of five EU countries will discuss the extension of sanctions against Russia, as reported by Reuters, citing several sources. According to the news outlet, this issue will be discussed at a meeting in Berlin with the participation of the leaders of Germany, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Italy and Spain.

Reuters also indicated that Donald Trump, who won the U.S. Presidential election, has …

Ukraine’s draft resolution on the human rights situation in the Crimea will be submitted to the UN General Assembly. The document was adopted by the third committee of the UN General Assembly on social, humanitarian and cultural issues.

A total of 73 countries voted for the document, 23 voted against it, and 76 abstained from voting. Many European countries, and the US, supported the draft resolution. Russia, China, Kazakhstan, India and Serbia are among those who are against.

The document …