The Russian News Agency, TASS, the Federal State Unitary Enterprise, Rossiya Segodnya, RT (Russia Today) and the All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK) may lose part of their subsidies. The Russian Ministry of Finance called these changes preliminary estimates. The government plans to reduce the cost of public media over several years.

The Russian Ministry of Finance has proposed to reduce funding for public media in the budget for 2017 - 2019, as reported by …

The Estonian government may lose control over the northeast region of the country where the Russian-speaking population prevails, in the event of a conflict with Russia. Ilmar Raag, advisor to the government on psychological defense, together with other contemporaries, authored a report that explained the risks.

In winter, the Governmental Commission for Security was presented with a secret analysis of the situation in Ida-Viru county in the northeastern part of the country. The report spoke …

The Russian Defense Ministry is creating a new combined-arms army and a 150th motorized rifle division in the south-west.

Interfax stated that the Head of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, General Valery Gerasimov, told reporters that the command of these units have been involved in the strategic Caucasus-2016 command-staff exercises.

“The commanders and staff of the future 150th division and the future command of the army that we are creating this year in the south-west …

The German Minister of Foreign Affairs, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, and the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Marc Ayrault, said that their countries do not recognize the annexation of Ukrainian Crimea by Russia.

"Concerning the second question, about the legitimacy of the elections to the State Duma in Crimea, as my colleague Ayrault said, we do not recognize and will not recognize the annexation of Crimea," Frank-Walter Steinmeier said, answering a question by a correspondent of LB.u as …

Moscow has urged Kyiv to respond to the ‘silence’ mode initiative of Donetsk and Luhansk in order for a long-term ceasefire to be implemented in Donbas. This was reported by the press service of the Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation.

The ministry noted that the decision of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) and the Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR) to declare this ceasefire is an important step in stabilizing the situation.

“We regard this decision as an important and …

Next week an agreement may be signed on the withdrawal of troops from three pilot areas, as stated by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development, Jean-Marc Ayrault, at a joint briefing with the Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Pavlo Klimkin, and the Foreign Minister of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

"Turning to security issues, I want to say that next week there will be an important phase, which may at the same time give us both consolidation of these …

On Wednesday, the Board of Directors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) issued a positive decision on the allocation of financial assistance to Ukraine. This was announced by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.

“The IMF Board of Directors have just now adopted a positive decision to extend the program of cooperation with Ukraine and to allocate financial assistance,” Poroshenko posted on Twitter.

The press service of the Ukrainian President quoted Poroshenko as saying that this …

Alexei Navalny, Russian oppositionist and head of the Anti-Corruption Foundation, has complained to the Constitutional Court about the failure of the Tver Court of Moscow to consider his claim against Russian President Vladimir Putin. This was reported by Kommersant on Wednesday.

The oppositionist is planning to dispute in court the regulations of the article that allows courts to refuse administrative claims that "should be considered and resolved within a different court of law." According …