• 270,000 tons of Donbas coal exported from Russia in July

    In July 2017, about 267,000 tons of coal mined in the separatist-held territories of eastern Ukraine were exported to European countries from Russia, reported LIGA.net citing Russian Railway and Russian Federal Customs Service data.

    The largest exporter of Ukrainian coal was Gaz-Alyans, controlled by Serhiy Kurchenko. In July, more than 50,000 tons of anthracite were exported from the Russia’s ports. The entire quantity was exported by the South Ossetian company Vneshtorgservis JSC, and was …

  • Moldova has refuted plans to introduce a visa regime with the Russian Federation

    The Moldovan Foreign Ministry has denied media reports that the country's authorities intend to introduce a visa policy with Russia.

    "The information that appeared in the media about the Moldovan authorities' intention to introduce a visa policy between the Republic of Moldova and the Russian Federation is not factual," the ministry explained.

    Earlier, an article in Izvestia, cited sources stating that the Moldovan parliament was discussing the introduction of a visa policy for Russian …

  • Russian media: Putin has not appeared publicly for a week already

    Since August 9th, the Russian Federation President, Vladimir Putin, has not appeared in public, Dozhd reports.

    "The Kremlin website publishes reports on the President's meetings, but journalists are not invited to attend. It has been reported that they have been recorded in advance. At the same time, there is no mention of Putin's vacation this year," the message says.

    According to the channel’s report, the last time Putin appeared in public was on August 8th, and the next time will be when …

  • Former Ukrainian representative to UN: Russia granted Yanukovych’s request to deploy troops in Ukraine an official status of UN Security Council document

    An appeal by Viktor Yanukovych to Russian President Vladimir Putin for the use of Russian Armed Forces to restore "constitutional order" in Ukraine was not only read by the Russian representative to the UN, Vitaly Churkin, at a meeting of the UN Security Council, but the Russian side additionally granted this document official UN status, stated the former Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations, Yuriy Sergeyev, stated this, reports Interfax-Ukraine.

    "Yanukoych’s request was …

  • Kyiv: Russia could have removed Ukrainian engines from Cyclone rockets and sent them to North Korea

    There are between 7 and 20 Cyclone-2 and Cyclone-3 rockets with Ukrainian RD-250 engines in Russia, and it is likely that these are the engines that Ukraine is accused of supplying to North Korea, stated  the Chairman of the State Space Agency, Yuri Radchenko.

    “According to operational information, Russia currently has between 7 and 20 Cyclone-2 and Cyclone-3 missiles, which have these engines (RD-250). There is documentation,” he said.

    According to him, these engines were previously …