Vitaliy Rudenko, acting judge of the Luhansk Court of Appeals, was released from captivity by separatists, announced the press service of the Security Service of Ukrain. According to the SBU, Rudenko was returned to Ukrainian-controlled territory the day before with the assistance of the Patriot volunteer group.

"For nine months he was illegally detained and subjected to torture by the LPR (Lunahsk People’s Republic) MGB. The leadership of the SBU informed the President of Ukraine about the …

Russian security forces released Vadim Pogodin, the former commander of the Kerch battalion of the DPR (Donetsk People’s Republic). He is suspected of murdering Stepan Chubenko, a 16-year-old resident of Kramatorsk, as well as of other murders and robberies in the Donbas.

Pogodin was arrested on June 20 in Yalta at the request of the Ukrainian Interpol National Central Bureau. According to one of his supporters who writes on Facebook under the name of Ioann Semenov, Ukrainian law enforcement …

For the longest time, Russia had hoped for positive changes in relations with the US, before introducing new measures against Washington, stated Russian President Vladimir Putin, Vesti.Ru reports.

"We waited for quite some time that maybe something will change for the better, had such hope that the situation will somehow change. However, judging by everything, if it changes, it will not be soon," the Russian leader said.

Putin noted that he considered it necessary to show that Russia "will no …

On July 30th, on the occasion of the Russian Navy Day, the Russian military presented more than 20 units of caterpillar and wheeled military equipment, facilities, and weapons in the center of the annexed Sevastopol.

As reported by Krym.Realii, the Bastion mobile coastal anti-ship missile system equipped with a Yakhont modernized self-directed missile, a mobile command and staff radio station, a floating wheeled armored personnel carrier, a S-300 Favorit anti-aircraft missile system designed …

Washington regrets Moscow’s decision to reduce the staff of American diplomatic missions in Russia and is considering a response, as stated to RIA Novosti by a U.S. State Department representative.

"This unjustified measure is regrettable. We are estimating the impact of this reduction and how to respond to it. There are no other comments at this time," the U.S. State Department representative said.

Russia responded to the passing of a new sanctions bill by the U.S. Congress by demanding a …

The Minister of Justice of Georgia, Teja Tsulukiani, appearing on Imedi, stated that the former President, Mikheil Saakashvili, is politically uninteresting to anyone in his homeland and the issue of his extradition is a legal and investigative-prosecutorial process, Interfax reports.

At the same time, she expressed the hope that Kyiv would begin the process of extraditing Saakashvili as soon as he returns to Ukraine.

“This is a legal and investigative-prosecutorial process. We heard various …

The Moldovan government believes that the presence of Russian peacekeepers in Transnistria helps to freeze the Pridnestrovian conflict. This was expressed in a statement distributed by the government on the 25th anniversary of the peacekeeping mission to Transnistria.

The Moldovan government said that it appreciates the positive contribution of the peacekeeping operation on the Dniester since the end of July 1992, but regrets to report that this operation has still not been able to provide the …

For years the counterintelligence of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has been monitoring Sergey Semenchenko, leader of the missile and artillery weaponry service of one of the LPR (Luhansk People’s Republic) battalions. A citizen of Ukraine and resident of Luhansk, Semenchenko was involved in the distribution of ammunition for nearly two years, but later left the separatist-controlled territory for family reasons. According to TSN TV program, he is already in a pre-trial detention center …