Ukraine and Russia have prepared for close, consistent communication regarding gas transit issues, RIA Novosti reports, quoting a representative of the European Commission. "Ukraine and Russia have confirmed their readiness to remain in close contact with the European Commission," the source said.

According to him, the Vice President of the European Commission for Energy Union, Maroš Šefčovič was informed of Gazprom's intention to terminate contracts with Naftogaz. He also added that all …

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko approved a regulation on the Forces of Special Operations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine specified in the Presidential Decree Number 52/2018 on March 3, Ukrainski Novyny news outlet reports.

"According to part five of Section 10 of the Law of Ukraine "On the Armed Forces of Ukraine" I order the approval of the Regulation on the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine," the decree reads. The regulation itself, however, remains classified. …

The European Commission plans to take into account a variety of factors in deciding on a new program of macro-financial assistance for Ukraine, including the status of the country’s program of cooperation with the International Monetary Fund in particular, as noted in a written response by the Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine to a request by Evropeyskaya Pravda news outlet.

The statement notes that European Commission must give the Ukrainian authorities' request a positive …

A nationwide rally for the resignation of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and other senior representatives of the executive power will take place on March 18, the former Governor of the Odessa region and the Head of Movement of New Forces (Rukh Novykh Syl) Party, Mikheil Saakashvili stated on his Facebook page.

"I propose an all-Ukrainian peaceful march demanding the resignation of Poroshenko, [Ukraine's Minister of Internal Affairs] Avakov, and [Prosecutor General of Ukraine] Lutsenko to …

The US authorities must provide Russia with information that justifies its accusations against thirteen Russian nationals led by oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin that they unsuccessfully attempted to influence the results of the presidential elections in the United States, stated Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview with NBC.

"I first have to look at what they did. Give us the materials. Give us information. With all due respect to you personally, with all due respect to the Congress, …

US Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch has said that Washington will not recognize the Russian Presidential elections planned in the annexed Crimea. She said this on air during a broadcast of Ukrainian television channel Pryamoi.

"I think [it will be the same] as with all the elections in the Crimea…the way we treated these elections in the past is that we did not recognize them," Yovanovitch said.

The Russian presidential elections are scheduled for March 18, 2018 - the anniversary of …

The “American analyst” who said on Russian TV that the US has lost the arms race turned out to be a “singing poet” and soap vendor, The Insider news outlet reports.

In a program on the Russian TV channel NTV, one of the stories was devoted to the “violent reaction in the West” elicited by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s address to the Federal Assembly. According to NTV, the reason for the fuss is that “the US was absolutely convinced that it was ahead of the rest of the planet in the …

Russia has completed the testing of a portable nuclear propulsion system for cruise missiles and autonomous underwater vehicles, RIA Novosti reported with reference to an official source in the Russian military.

The source stated that such technology has only been developed and implemented in Russia.

According to the source, in recent years Moscow has gone to special efforts to send the West “signals” that the West’s attempts to neutralize Russia’s nuclear potential through anti-missile …