Employees of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) stopped an attempt by the Russian Special Services to destabilize the situation in the city of Dnipro. As reported by the press service of the Security Service, a local resident, who, according to the SSU, was instructed by the Russians to lead an active propaganda campaign promoting the "Russian world", has been detained.

"The 47-year-old administrator of a radical online community has been sharing and reposting separatist materials prepared …

As part of the Arms and Security International Exhibition which started on October 11th in Kyiv, an agreement was signed between the Slovak company, Grand Power, and the Ukrainian state company, Ukroboronservice (a division of Ukroboronprom) regarding the manufacture of firearms, the press service of Ukroboronprom reports.

"An agreement was signed by the head of Grand Power, Jaroslav Kuracina, and the Director of the State Company Ukroboronservice, Sergiy Mykytyuk. In accordance with the …

According to Turkish Minister of Customs and Trade Bulent Tyufenkchi, Russia remains Turkey’s main trade partner despite the tumultuous relationship between Moscow and Ankara over the last year, RIA Novosti reported.

"In spite of the cyclical reduction in bilateral trade, which previously reached $ 38 billion, Russia remains Turkey’s main trade partner,” Tyufenkchi said in an interview with the Turkish Anadolu news agency.

The minister explained that the two countries have taken important …

French President François Hollande warned about the possibility of the conflict in the Donbas turning “frozen” if the Minsk agreements are not implemented. He made this assertion when answering questions at the plenary meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.

Hollande stressed that he believes the implementation of the Minsk agreements is the only way to solve the conflict. He also noted that the priority is to hold local elections, rather than return control of the …

Speaking at the VTB Capital “Russia Calling” forum, Russian President Vladimir Putin acknowledged that Western sanctions do hurt the Russian economy, but they also negatively affect the global economy.

According to Putin, the detrimental effect of the sanctions, both in Russia and throughout the world, are especially apparent in the sphere of technology.

"We often repeat the mantra that these so-called notorious sanctions do not really affect us. Their influence, and above all the threat I …

The Ukrainian delegation in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe is preparing to question the power of the president of the Assembly, Pedro Agramunt. This was reported by the first deputy speaker of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament), Iryna Herashchenko, to a correspondent from Evropeyskaya Pravda in Strasbourg.

Herashchenko noted that recently Agramunt has made public statements that are fully in accordance with Russia’s position, including lifting the political …

In the event of war, governors, Regional Offices of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the Federal Security Service and Offices of the National Guard of Russia will be transferred under the management of the Command of Military Districts of the Ministry of Defense, Izvestia reported.

“During the Caucasus-2016 drills, the Ministry of Defense evaluated for the first time how the Command of Military Districts will manage various public offices of the …

Last week, NATO fighter jets performing patrol missions in the Baltic States scrambled twenty times to identify and escort Russian military aircraft flying over the Baltic Sea. The press secretary of the Joint Staff of the Lithuanian Armed Forces, Captain Thomas Pakalniskis, told the Baltic News Service that Russian military drills taking place near Vilnius account for the great number of Russian aircraft over the Baltic Sea.

“Russia conducts intensive drills in the Baltic region and performs …