The Russian Ministry of the Interior said that UK authorities themselves may have “staged” the attack on former intelligence agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, who were poisoned in Salisbury.

This was stated by the director of the Department for Nonproliferation and Arms Control of the Russian Foreign Ministry Vladimir Ermakov, reported Nastoyashaya Vremya.

“Here, elementary logic suggests only two possible options: the British authorities either are not able to provide protection …

Gazprom considers the arrest of its Ukrainian assets to be an attempt to illegally seize its property under the pretext of implementing the ruling made by the Anti-Monopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMKU) in 2016.

“Gazprom does not recognize the legitimacy of the fine, and considers Ukraine’s actions to be an infringement of its rights,” the company’s report states.

The Russian gas company intends to file a new case at an international arbitration court in connection with the Ukrainian …

Russian Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces General Valery Gerasimov and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the U.S. Armed Forces General Joseph Dunford discussed Syria in a telephone conversation and agreed to continue contact, reported the Russian Defense Ministry.

“On March 21, a telephone conversation took place between the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia, the First Deputy Defense Minister of the Russian Federation, General of the Army Valery …

Russia will be the first to give a helping hand to Belarus because “they are still afraid of losing Belarus,” stated Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko during a youth meeting, BelTA news agency reports.  

Lukashenko spoke about the history of Belarus, particularly the hundredth anniversary of the creation of the Belarusian People’s Republic that lasted less than a year. “A strong desire to make Belarus independent could push them even to Kaiser, or God knows who else. There were such …

All funds belonging to the Russian company, Gazprom, which were located in Ukraine, have been collected by the State, according to the Minister of Justice of Ukraine, Pavlo Petrenko, as reported by Ukrinform.

"I can say that the Justice Ministry will collect $6 billion from Gazprom in accordance with the decision of a Ukrainian court regarding a fine in our favor initiated by the Anti-Monopoly committee. We have already recovered some of the funds - an inventory of everything that Gazprom had …

Romania does not recognize the annexation of the Crimea and Russian presidential elections on the peninsula, LB.ua reports, citing the press service of the Romanian embassy.

"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania reminds that it [Romania] does not recognize the illegal annexation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol by the Russian Federation, and therefore does not recognize the elections in this territory, and shares the position of the European Union and its …

Ukraine is continuing to study the prospects for the purchase of Qatar's liquefied gas. This issue, according to the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service, President Petro Poroshenko discussed this topic in discussions with the Emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.

"President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko met with Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani... The interlocutors discussed prospects for the Qatari liquefied natural gas (LNG) to enter the Ukrainian market," the report said. …

Ukraine's ambassador to NATO, Vadym Prystaiko, confirmed that the meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Commission is in jeopardy because of Hungary's actions. However, according to the diplomat, President Petro Poroshenko will still take part in the July NATO summit, where he has been invited.

Prystaiko broke the news to Ukrainski Novyny, commenting on the Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó’s statement on Hungary’s continued efforts to block Ukraine's European integration aspirations. Recently, …