Russian Finance Ministry: National Wealth Fund will be exhausted by the end of 2019
The National Wealth Fund (NWF) will be reduced to 500 billion rubles by the end of 2019, the Russian Minister of Finance, Anton Siluanov, stated at the Sochi-2016 forum,” TASS reported.
“The total of all reserves, the NWF and the Reserve Fund, will only contain 500 billion rubles at the end of the three-year plan. These 500 billion rubles will remain in the NWF,” the Minister said.
He also noted that it is necessary to be careful with NWF spending on new projects.
“At a time when we are …
Russia to equip its Southern district with new generation of BUK missiles
This year the Southern military district of Russia will be equipped with the new generation of surface-to-air BUK-3M missiles. According to the Russian TASS news agency, this was stated by the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces, Colonel-General Oleg Salyukov.
“As a part of strengthening of the ground forces the air-defense units will be equipped with modern missile systems. And these are in particular BUK-3M surface-to-air missile systems capable of engaging up to 6 air targets …
Lutsenko: Russian Prosecutor General inadvertently disclosed the names of more Ukrainian prosecutors who deserted to Russia
The Prosecutor General of Ukraine reported that he has received a letter from the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation. According to Lutsenko, in this letter, the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office expressed their indignation over the criminal proceedings against a number of former Ukrainian prosecutors who accepted the Russian citizenships at the time of the Russian annexation of the Crimea. The Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine had filed charges of treason against the …
Separatists open fire following withdrawal of troops from demarcation line
After the withdrawal of troops, separatists opened fire with grenade launchers in the Luhansk region near the Novo-Aleksandrovka settlement, the press officer of the Luhansk sector of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Valentin Shevchenko, said on-air with Channel 5.
According to Shevchenko, the parties withdrew forces from the Zolote settlement in the Luhansk region; specifically, forces were withdrawn by 1 km along the front line.
The press officer said that a few minutes after the withdrawal, …
US does not recognize Russia's ban of Crimean Tatar Mejlis
Washington has refused to recognize Russia’s decision to ban the activities of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatars.
“The United States does not recognize the legitimacy of the supreme court decision to ban the self-governing body of the Crimean Tatars – Mejlis. We reject the characterization of Mejlis as an ‘extremist’ organization, and condemn the suspension of the work of this democratic institution,” a US State Department statement read.
“Russia continues the practice of arbitrary arrests of …