President Petro Poroshenko has said that Ukraine is ready to resume gas purchases from Russia.

"What has happened in the past two years? We are energetically independent. They [Russia] are knocking: can you take our gas? No, we are all right. If it is cheap and honest, not corrupt, [then] please," he said during a working trip to the Odessa region, writes Interfax-Ukraine.

At the same time, Poroshenko stressed that, with respect for the above-mentioned conditions, the Ukrainian authorities …

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that the deployment of Aegis Ashore ground-based anti-ballistic missile defense systems in Japan would negatively affect relations between Moscow and Tokyo, TASS reports.

According to Zakharova, this decision by Tokyo causes "deep regret and major concerns."

"We see this move by Japan as running counter to efforts to ensure peace and stability in the region," she went on. "Such actions by Tokyo are directly at variance with the …

Deputies from the Democratic Party of Moldova appealed to the Constitutional Court with a request to clarify the conditions necessary to appoint an acting President, Newsmaker.md reported.

The appeal to the Constitutional Court was submitted by deputies of the Democratic Party, Sergei Syrbu and Corneliu Padnevich. It was reported that the request was registered "on behalf of the parliamentary legal commission."

"We asked the Constitutional Court to resolve the institutional crisis provoked by …

During a working trip to the Odessa region, President Petro Poroshenko signed two bills to launch medical reform: one on improving the accessibility and quality of medical care in rural areas, and a second on government financial guarantees for the provision of medical services and medicines.

At the same time, he stressed that the decision on the bill on state guarantees was not easy for him.

"For me as president, this decision is not easy. But nevertheless, I decided to sign it. And in …

Ukraine refused to transfer a key witness to the separatists of Luhansk (LPR) and Donetsk (LPR) People’s Republics as part of a prisoner exchange. The witness is part of an ongoing investigation into the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 in the skies over the Donbas in the summer of 2014.

"LPR/DPR asked for a person who is actually listed as a witness in the case on the shooting down of the Malaysian Boeing. Of course, we did not give away this man. He remains here. We could not have …

On December 26, Russian programmer Pavel Lerner, a professional in blockchain-mining technologies was abducted in Kyiv. Witnesses who knew him reported to the police that the 40-year-old Lerner was kidnapped by unknown suspects wearing black masks.

Lerner is a noted expert in blockchains, which are encrypted lists of digital currency transactions. He moved to Spain with his family in 2014 but he also has a residence permit to live in Poland. Most recently, Lerner has been participating in a …

In Sevastopol, on December 28, more than 40 ship crews from the Russian Black Sea Fleet practiced preparation for an extended naval, the use of weapons and technical equipment, as reported by the press service of the Southern Military District of Russia.

"The crews are training to work for the survivability of the ship when berthing at the pier, practicing counter-sabotage and anti-aircraft defense," the report said. The training tasks include daily organization of service; routine and rest of …

The creation of the WannaCry and Lurk computer viruses was supervised by employees of the Federal Security Service (FSB) of Russia, said Russian hacker Konstantin Kozlovsky, who was arrested in connection with the Lurk case, reported Dozhd TV.

Russia denied its involvement in the emergence of WannaCry, which infected hundreds of thousands of computers around the world. Nothing was reported about the role of Russian special services in the creation of the Lurk virus as well, which was used to …