The attack of drones on Russian military facilities in Syria, is believed to be the work of US special services, as stated by the first Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security, Franz Klintsevich to RIA Novosti.

On Monday, January 8th, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that the militants operating in Syria had access to advanced technologies that allow drones to drop professionally assembled explosives precisely on assigned coordinates at a distance of up …

On December 2, 2017, Russian President Vladimir Putin assigned the grade rank of Full State Counsellor of the Russian Federation, Third Class (corresponding to the rank of Major-General) to 27-year-old Inal Ardzinba, who is wanted in Ukraine on charges of terrorism, reported the Russian news agency Sputnik.

Ardzinba is the head of the Department of the Presidential Administration for Social and Economic Cooperation with the CIS member states, Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

Ardzinba has been …

An ex-"Minister" of annexed Crimea, Petro Mikhalchevsky, who is suspected of treason, was taken into custody for a month, the Press Secretary of the Prosecutor's Office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Tatyana Tikhonchik announced on January 8.

According to Krym.Realii, during the court hearing, the representatives of the Prosecutor's Office insisted on the detention of Mikhalchevsky for a period of 60 days.

"The work of Mikhalchevsky in the Russian government of the Crimea is an …

The flights of the US heavy unmanned RQ-4A Global Hawk and the R-8A Poseidon maritime reconnaissance aircraft along the demarcation line in the Donbas and over Black Sea waters close to annexed Crimea are related to the US’s interest in Russian weaponry, believes Ivan Konovalov, director of the Russian Center for Strategic Conjuncture, RT reports.

“The goal is obvious – reconnaissance of Crimea’s modern military infrastructure. And that it is powerful is also obvious, the Russian leadership is …

The technology and devices that were used by militants to attack the Russian Khmeimim Airbase in Syria are “easily accessible on the open market,” Adrian Rankin-Galloway, a representative of the Pentagon, told RIA Novosti.

“We’ve seen the Islamic State use this kind of technology,” he said, adding that “these devices and this technology can be easily purchased on the open market…and this is cause for concern,” Rankin-Galloway said.

The fact that Russian soldiers, on the night of January 5th, …

Law enforcement officers arrested a person suspected of murdering lawyer Iryna Nozdrovska. This was reported by Artem Shevchenko, director of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry’s communication department.“A person has been arrested who is objectively suspected of committing the crime,” Shevchenko said.

As reported by the Interior Ministry’s press service, law enforcement authorities identified and questioned all six drivers of the route buses in the interval between 17:00 and 18:00, who were …

Russian military forces prevented drone attacks carried out by militants on two Russian bases in Syria – Khmeimim and Tartus, stated the Russian Ministry of Defense, reports Interfax.

According to the Russian ministry, militants attempted to send ten unmanned vehicles to the airbase in Khmeimim and three more to the naval facility in Tartus. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, all of the drones were neutralized.

“Seven unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed by the standard Pantsir- …

Officers of the State Border Guard Service, during 2017, have been offered over UAH 1 million ($35,440 USD) in bribes, which they turned down, the press service of the State Border Guard reported.

“Last year officers of the State Border Guard Service completed and filed with the National Police more than a thousand crime alerts under article 369 of the Penal Code (offering, promising, or rendering unlawful benefits to an official),” the statement read.

In 2018, the first attempt to bribe …