Russian gas conglomerate Gazprom has completed construction on the offshore sections of the two Turkish Stream lines on the territory of the Russian Federation, and has begun construction of the first line within the Turkish Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ),  Prime news outlet reported, citing South Stream Transport B.V.

"On November 4, 2017, the first line of the Turkish gas flow entered the Turkish Exclusive Economic Zone. Pioneering Spirit, the world’s largest construction vessel, laid into …

US Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker said that the Russian Federation and the United States have not yet reached an agreement on the possibility of deploying a UN mission in eastern Ukraine during a meeting with journalists.

He recalled that in September, Russia proposed deploying a peacekeeping contingent on the contact line in the Donbas to protect the staff of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM).

"The Russian proposal was only for the line of conflict and only to protect …

The Armed Forces of Ukraine have conducted medium-range anti-aircraft missile tests near Oleksandrivka village in Kherson region. The testing ground lies in the southeast area of Ukraine, not far from the Russian-annexed Crimean peninsula.

According to the press service of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, over the course of the training, the Ukrainian military fired over 40 shots from Buk-M1, S-300 and Osa antiaircraft missile systems.

The report stated that the exercise involved military …

The State Department refused to comment on media reports that Washington could provide Ukraine with a $47-million grant for the purchase of arms from the US. "We do not comment on possible or an anticipated transaction before Congress is notified about them," a representative of the Department of State told TASS news agency on Saturday.

Earlier, ABC news reported that advisors of US President Donald Trump could urge him to provide Kyiv with a $47-million grant, which would allow the Ukrainian …

During phone calls with leaders of countries in South-East Asia between August and October, US President Donald Trump repeatedly criticized Japan for not shooting down the North Korean ballistic missiles flying over its territory, reported Kyodo news agency with reference to diplomatic sources.

According to Kyodo’s investigation, the American leader expressed extreme dissatisfaction regarding the absence of any action by Tokyo. “They should have shot them down. Why didn’t they shoot down the …

The US advised Ukraine not to introduce a competing resolution on the UN peacekeeping mission in the Donbas in response to the Russian resolution, but rather to attempt to reach an agreement, as expressed by US State Department Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker.

“Several years ago Ukraine introduced the idea of deploying a UN peacekeeping mission in Eastern Ukraine. At the time Russia was not willing to look into it. When Russia put forward its own idea in September, Ukraine was …

Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump’s meeting at the APEC Summit in Vietnam is necessary in order for them to discuss the Syrian problem, said Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov, as reported by Interfax.

Peskov emphasized that in US-Russian relations many matters have accumulated which require discussion by the heads of state. It is thus in the interests of both countries “for both presidents to find an opportunity for more or less prolonged communication”, he remarked.The two presidents will …

In a speech at the 8th Annual Ukrainian Investment Forum on Friday, the Resident Representative of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Ukraine, Gösta Ljungman, said that Ukraine's losses due to corruption amount to 2% of GDP.

"In Ukraine, there is no genuine fight against corruption. Corruption costs Ukraine 2% of its economic growth, so the fight against it is an issue of economic prosperity," Ljungman said.

He stated that the next important step in this direction should be the creation …