Finland plans to conduct joint military exercises with the US and other allies, as indicated by the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Finland, Jussi Niinisto.

According to him, they plan to attract recruits, reservists, and soldiers to participate in the exercises. Niinisto said that Sweden, the United States, and "other countries" will also take part in the exercises. The Minister specified that the events would be similar to the Aurora 2017 exercises that were held in Sweden and …

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is making the next tranche allocation to Ukraine contingent on adoption of a law on privatization, the creation of an anti-corruption court, and an increase in gas prices, Ukrainski Novyny reports citing the IMF representative in Ukraine, Goesta Ljungman.

"The conditions for the fourth revision of the program are the adoption of a law on privatization that will ensure the transparent sale of state assets, as well as a requirement on pension reform, which …

Grigori Shkundin, Vice-President of the Russian Association of World War I historians, and Dmitry Surzhik, a Research Associate at the Institute of World History of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Executive Secretary of the Russian-Belarusian Association of Historians "Union Initiative of Remembrance and Concord", were detained at the airport in Chisinau on the evening of November 2, according to RBC news agency.

"Four scientists from Russia were to take part in a conference, ‘The Russian …

Russia has rejected a call by the United States to not block an international investigation by the UN into the use of chemical weapons in Syria in the UN, reports Radio Liberty.

According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, department head Sergei Lavrov “noted the inadmissibility of politicizing" the so-called joint investigation mechanism of the UN and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, whose current mandate expires on November 17, during a telephone conversation with US …

The National Intellectual Development Foundation, which operates under the trade name “Innopraktika” and belongs to Yekaterina Tikhonova, who is considered by the media to be Putin’s daughter, increased its profits 3.5 times – to 113.9 million rubles ($1.95 million), RBC reports.

As the foundation explained, this came about due to the realization of research projects.

The foundation’s net annual profit increased by a factor of 3.5 and thus amounted to 113.9 million rubles (compared to 31.5 …

The Latvian Saeima has approved, on its second reading, a draft law on awarding the status of participant in the Second World War, Delfi news agency reports.

As stated in the law’s commentary, the goal of this step is to recognize the merits of Latvian citizens who participated in this global conflict, regardless of who they fought against: Nazi Germany and its allies, or against the USSR.

Additionally, the law stipulates that Latvia does not bear legal responsibility for crimes committed by …

Russia banned the entry into the country for many Canadians, responding to new Canadian sanctions in connection with the recently adopted Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act– Canadian equivalent of the "Magnitsky Act", as stated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia Maria Zakharova.

According to Zakharova, Moscow repeatedly warned the Canadian authorities against attempts to exert sanctions pressure on Russia.

We have to act in a similar fashion. Based on the principle …

The Russian cargo airline, Volga-Dnepr, and the state enterprise, Antonov, are conducting closed-door negotiations to extend the airworthiness of the An-124-100 Ruslan aircraft, Kommersant reports, citing sources in the aviation industry.

Due to the aggravation of relations between Russia and Ukraine, Antonov, under the order of the Ukrainian government, withdrew from the Ukrainian-Russian joint venture between the United Aircraft Corporation and Antonov and stopped servicing the aircraft of …