• China proposes establishing free trade zone with Ukraine

    At a forum in Kyiv devoted to developing the “Silk Road” infrastructure project in Ukraine, the Chinese ambassador, Du Wei, stated that China is initiating the establishment of a free trade zone with Ukraine and hopes that Ukraine will look into this issue as well, UNIAN reports.

    “The Chinese side has made an ambitious proposal, which is the creation of a Ukrainian-Chinese free trade area, in the hopes that the Ukrainian side will look into this issue,” he said.

    According to Du Wei, the Silk …

  • Analyst: Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov is almost useless in the Mediterranean Sea

    Russia’s aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, which is sailing to the coasts of Syria, will be almost useless in the Mediterranean Sea and definitely will not be able to influence the situation with a blockade or a possible attack of Aleppo. This was the opinion expressed by an analyst from Novaya Gazeta, Pavel Felgenhauer. 

    “It took almost a month for the crossing, and the average speed was less than nine knots. More than a thousand years ago, the Vikings could pass the same route on ltheir …

  • Ukraine is willing to provide a corridor for the withdrawal of Russian troops from Transnistria

    The ministers of defense of Ukraine and Moldova, Stepan Poltorak and Anatol Şalaru, have agreed at a meeting in Odessa that Ukraine will provide a corridor for the withdrawal of Russian troops and equipment deployed in Cobasna village in the unrecognized Republic of Transnistria, Deschide reported.

    Şalaru stated that the weapons that are located in military ammunition depots in Cobasna village pose a significant threat to both Moldovan and Ukrainian citizens, not to mention the population of …

  • Montenegro stated that Russian nationalists planned to assassinate Prime Minister Dukanovic

    Montenegrin authorities have said that “Russian nationalists” had planned to kill the country’s Prime Minister, Milo Đukanović, in order to give power to an opposition party. Reuters reported that this was stated by the country’s prosecutor, Milivoje Katnić.

    “The organizers of this criminal group were Russian nationalists who were convinced that the current Government of Montenegro, led by Milo Đukanović, would not be changed in the elections and should therefore be overthrown by force,” Katnić …

  • Bulgarian President accused Russia of cyber-attacks

    Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev believes that Russia is trying to divide and destabilize Europe with the help of cyber-attacks.

    According to him, the Kremlin is trying to influence the policy of his country and other European countries by financing political parties and spreading propaganda.

    Plevneliev said that the hackers who attacked the Bulgarian Central Election Commission website and a number of government sites last year may belong to the same group as the organizers of the …