The State Duma [Parliament] of the Russian Federation adopted a statement to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly and the OSCE, as well as to the national parliaments of the Balkan states, in which it warned about the possibility of starting a new ‘Cold War,’ as reported by Russia's TASS news agency.

The statement particularly notes the necessity to "intensify the dialogue in connection with the danger of the U.S. missile defense system deployment in Eastern European countries and NATO’s policy of …

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has predicted that Russia’s economy will continue to decline in 2016, although not as much as last year. RIA Novosti reported that this was said by the head of the IMF, Christine Lagarde, at a press conference on Wednesday.

She was asked to comment on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s statements that the Russian economy will grow in 2016. “Those statements might be seen as good news for Russia but we do not have a positive forecast for their economy. We …

Colonel Vladimir Cheban informed separatists about the routes of OSCE Special Monitoring Mission

The Security Service of Ukraine expelled the head of the Russian office of the Joint Centre for Control and Coordination (JCCC) of Cease-fire, Colonel Vladimir Cheban.As was reported on the website of the agency, Russian Colonel supplied the deputy staff commander of the so-called first army corps of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Pepublic called "Yakub" with the monthly schedules and routes …

Ukrainian authorities have until the 14th of July to adopt a law on local elections in the Donbas. This law must, however, be agreed to by representatives of the Donbas. If not, the date of the election process will be determined unilaterally. This was said by the head of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), Alexander Zakharchenko, on the 21st of June.

“Ukraine has to adopt a law on elections, which will also satisfy us, before the 14th of July. This law must be agreed to by …

The European Union is ready to approve the extension of economic sanctions against Russia, but this process is hindered by France, Sweden, and the UK, which haven't yet agreed on this issue in their National Parliaments, Ukrinform reported with reference to a high-ranking EU diplomat.

“This week, Ambassadors approved political decision to extend sanctions against Russia for subsequent years. The EU, presided by the Netherlands, seeks to complete this process on Friday at a meeting of the EU …

Russia may deploy additional nuclear-capable missiles to its Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad by 2019 in response to the US’s missile shield in Eastern Europe, Reuters reported, citing sources close to the Russian military.

The sources also noted that such missile installations may be put in the Crimea as well.

According to Mikhail Barabanov, a senior research fellow at the Moscow-based Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (CAST), which advises the Russian Ministry of Defense, said …

Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland and National Security Council Senior Directors Charles Kupchan and Celeste Wallander met with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin, and other senior Ukrainian officials on Wednesday, June 22 in Kiev, as stated in a press release issued by the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine.  

According to the Embassy, the diplomats met “to discuss Ukraine's reform agenda and implementation of the Minsk …

NATO together with Ukraine will work on creating a new framework to counter hybrid warfare. This was reported by Ukraine’s Deputy Minister of Defense, Igor Dolgov, at the press briefing on Wednesday, June 22 as reported by RBC-Ukraine.

“A new mutual framework to counter the hybrid war will be a practically a new undertaking. This is unlike anything we have had before. We hope that after the  specific political approvals are made Kiev will become the center of this mutual operation,” Dolgov …