Oleksandr Yanukovych, son of the fugitive former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, decided to invest thirteen million dollars in real estate construction in Montenegro, according to a report by the Serbian tabloid, Informer.

According to Informer, Yanukovych intends to build apartments and business facilities. He was prompted to invest by 31-year-old Serbian model and Playboy star Soraja Vučelić, who will be an intermediary in the deal.

The publication calls Yanukovych Jr. a "successful …

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine for the European Integration, Olena Zerkal, stated that the International Tribunal on maritime law that will study issues related to the Crimea is expected to begin its work in the summer of 2017.

“We have completed all the necessary pre-trial procedures. The fact that Russia agreed to create arbitration and tribunal, and to participate in the selection of arbitrators – all this give us hope for a more serious approach to its decision. We …

In 2017, Ukraine will have to implement three more reforms stipulated by the Association Agreement with the European Union, as reported by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine on European Integration, Olena Zerkal, in an interview with Yevropeyska Pravda.

"The Association Agreement specifies the key points which have already passed. For example, as for the technical regulation, we need to start negotiations with the ACAA (Agreement on Conformity Assessment and Acceptance of …

The U.S. Embassy in Ukraine reported that the U.S. Ambassador in Kyiv, Marie Yovanovitch, is excluded from the recall of diplomats due to the election of Donald Trump as the President of the U.S.A., as reported by a source in the Embassy to Ukrainian News.

“There are two types of diplomatic appointments, political and career. Marie Yovanovitch is a career diplomat, therefore she will not be affected,” the representative of the agency said.

According to a mandate issued by Trump, all diplomats …

The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that the Strategic Missile Troops of the Russian Federation will launch more than 10 intercontinental ballistic missiles in 2017. In general, the Strategic Missile Troops of the Russian Federation will conduct more than 150 command-staff, tactical and special exercises, including exercises that involve interspecific interactive means and forces.

Moreover, The Russian Ministry of Defense noted that “the number of combat training in the coming year, …

The Ambassador of Ukraine to the United Kingdom, Natalia Galibarenko, stated in an interview with LB.ua that London treats the Budapest Memorandum as a non-binding political document. 

The ambassador said that during her contacts with British partners she informed them of the fact that “the Ukrainian society is frustrated by the unjustified political guarantees that the Budapest Memorandum provided. Due to the lack of security guarantees our country was left face to face with the aggressor”. …

Despite the opposition of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), Nadiya Savchenko has published on her Facebook page a list of the Ukrainians who are imprisoned by the LPR and DPR, as well as those who are considered missing. She also posted the names of those who the DPR (Donetsk People's Republic) and LPR (Luhansk People's Republic) demand to be released. The SBU believes that this move could harm the prisoner exchange process and their families. Savchenko herself believes the opposite: that …

Artillery Captain Marat Akhmetshin from Tatarstan was killed in Syria in the summer of 2016. He became at least the 24th Russian soldier killed during the Syrian operation. Information about his death was published on January 7 by the Tatar news website, Shahrikazan.com.

According to the statement of his widow, Guzel Akhmetshin, which was published by Shahrikazan.com in April last year, the captain was sent on detached duty. After a while, he was able to call his wife from an unknown number, …