Linas Balsys, the former press secretary of the Lithuanian President, has become a member of the Seimas and has suggested that the issue of Kaliningrad be raised again, as he stated on 20 January during the conference “The World in 2017” in Vilnius, BaltNews.lt. writes.

According to a parliamentarian, Kaliningrad was not given to Russia forever. Now Lithuania or the leadership of the European Union should address its return, or it should be done as a joint effort.

“During talks in both …

British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson is furious over information that an official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Maria Zakharova, is a guest at a reception at the UK House of Commons.  

As was reported by The Daily Mail, the event was organized by Tory MP Daniel Kawczynski. The Politician is known for his loyalty to Moscow.

The article has been already been commented on by Zakharova herself, noting that she refused the invitation.

“The …

Russia blocked the implementation of the Minsk Agreement, as it anticipates a new and more loyal U.S. administration and a leadership change in several European countries, as stated by Iryna Herashchenko, the First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, and a representative in the humanitarian subgroup of the Minsk process.

Herashchenko stated on her Facebook page that, "The implementation of the Minsk agreements was blocked by Russia and their puppet 'leaders of the republics' not only …

Dutch Investigators received data concerning the case of the MH17 flight crash from Russian radar controls in a format that does not conform to international standards. Consequently, the attempts to decipher the data to get a clearer picture of the events have failed so far, as reported by Deutsche Welle with reference to the representative of the Netherlands Prosecutor's Office in Amsterdam.

In particular, "more data is needed to properly understand what is depicted on the images from the …

Participants of the railway blockade in the Luhansk region said they will turn to alternative tactics if they are dispersed, Ukrainskaya Pravda reported.

"Volunteers’ information about the reassignment of special units towards Bohdan Redoubt for the violent dispersal of Veterans of the War of Independence has been pre-confirmed,” reported the "staff of trade blockade" on Facebook.

"The staff of trade blockade says that in case of scenario of violent dispersal of protesters, it will have to …

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Pavlo Klimkin, stated on Inter TV on the evening of January 29 that the hearings on Ukraine’s lawsuit against Russia will begin in March 2017 at the UN International Court of Justice in The Hague.

“The hearings on our lawsuit that we filed against Russia due to its consistent violations of the International Convention for the suppression of the financing of terrorism and Convention for elimination of racial discrimination are scheduled to begin in …

Sergei Roldugin has been called a close friend of Vladimir Putin and the owner of a shadow offshore empire with billions of dollars in assets. He is also a cello player who said on channel Russia 24 that he is ready to play in a concert in Palmyra, Syria once again, RIA Novosti reports.

According to the musician, the orchestra conducted by Valery Gergiev is also ready to go to Palmyra. "They were not told initially that they were going to Palmyra, and when they were told, many of them wanted …

A group of squatters occupied the London mansion of the former top manager of Gazprom, Andrey Goncharenko, which is located in one of the most expensive streets of the British capital ¾ Eaton Square in Belgravia, as reported by The Guardian.

The group of squatters stated that it is opening a shelter for homeless in an empty 5-story house worth 15 million pounds, that was bought by the Russian oligarch in 2014. The squatters, the Autonomous Nation of Anarchist Libertarians (ANAL), stated that …