In an interview with the Union TV channel, Minister of Revenues and Duties of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) Aleksandr Timofeev said that the DPR trades with European states.  

“As of today, we are trading not only with the Russian Federation and Asia. As of today, we are trading nicely with Europe – with Spain, Italy and France. We are trading with them. I can’t get into the details, since their inspection authorities would arrive at their facilities tomorrow,” Timofeev stated. …

Participants of the protest action under the Verkhovna Rada "All-Ukrainian gathering for large-scale political reform" intend to expand their demands and add adopting a law on the impeachment of the President.

"The moment they refuse our conditions, we will have to expand them," said Mikheil Saakashvili, leader of the New Forces Movement (Rukh Novyh Sil) on Sunday in Kyiv.

He stated that if the Verkhovna Rada and the President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko did not want to listen to the demands …

On Sunday, October 29, forty people in balaclavas tried to raid and seize the military unit A3571 in Odessa, the command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on Facebook.

"Today, at about 8:45 a.m., about 40 unknown people in balaclavas attempted to capture part of the territory of the military facility in Odessa, which is the property of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine," the message of the Ukrainian military command says.

The attackers partially dismantled the fence of …

Russia believes that it has every reason to expect Ukraine to pay back $3 billion for the debt of Viktor Yanukovych, news agency Tass reports.

“The High Court of London made a decision, and at the beginning of next year the appeal will be considered. I am confident that an objective decision will be made, and we will have every reason to demand from our neighbor the fulfillment of its obligations,” said Russian Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov on Sunday on the Russia 1 television station.

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The formation of a coalition government was completed in the Netherlands on October 26. This process, which took over seven months, had become the longest in the history of the country. According to observers, the country's new government may act against Russia's interests.

The ruling coalition included the party of Prime Minister Mark Rutte, the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), as well as right-wing liberals, the centrist Democrats D66 party, and two Christian parties - the …

The Russian authorities are considering the option of reducing the military contingent in Syria, reports Russian newspaper Kommersant, citing its sources.

According to two military-diplomatic sources, the plan assumes a partial reduction in the equipment from the composite air group at the Khmeimim air base, as well as the departure of a portion of the military contingent from Syria back to their permanent duty stations in Russia.

However, one of the newspaper's sources said that "in any case, …

During an event devoted to the human rights situation in the Russian-annexed Crimea which took place in the UN’s New York office, Vice Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze called on the UN to support the resolution on human rights in Crimea, as reported by the Vice Prime Minister’s press service.

According to the report, Ukraine will soon submit a resolution titled “Provision on human rights in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of …

In September, the UN reminded Russia through its report that, according to Article 51 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, an occupying state is prohibited from coercing protected persons to serve in its armed or auxiliary forces. Pressure and propaganda in favor of voluntary entry into the army are also prohibited, writes Ukrainian human rights activist Mykola Mirnyj in his article for ZN.UA. The author notes that transferring citizens of Ukraine to serve in the regions of Russia also violates …