Naftogaz of Ukraine and its constituent companies have filed a lawsuit against Russia at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague demanding compensation for the losses caused by the seizure of $5.2 billion of their assets in Crimea, Naftogaz announced in a statement.

The Naftogaz Group has asked the court to obligate Russia to pay back this amount. The court is expected to make a decision concerning the compensation amount no earlier than the end of 2020.

The court has already …

The Russian government does not intend to appeal the ruling by a Ukrainian court to seize the Russian tanker NEYMA, which was used to obstruct Ukrainian military vessels in the Kerch Strait. However, the Kremlin will monitor the situation closely, said Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin in an interview on the Russian radio station Kommersant FM.

Moscow’s official stance on the matter is that, since the ship is private property, the onus is on its owner to appeal the seizure.

“For …

The US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations has approved a bill to impose sanctions on companies involved in the construction of Nord Stream 2, announced Hanna Hopko, head of the Foreign Affairs Committee of Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada.

“The Senate committee has supported the sanctions against Nord Stream 2 with a score of 20:2 in our favor. I will remind you that these same sanctions will stop the Turkish Stream in the part of it that harms our transit, if it is built,” she wrote on Facebook. …

Ukrainian Lieutenant-General, a veteran of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine Vasyl Bogdan in an interview with the newspaper Obozrevatel said that Ukraine must develop and adopt missiles that can hit targets in Russia.

According to him, these missiles do not have to be equipped with nuclear weapons, but Kyiv should have a plan of creating such missiles.

"Ukraine is free to design and produce medium-range missiles that could reach the strategic points of the aggressor country - …

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom owns elite property in the center of Moscow worth at least $9 million, Baza news outlet reports.

The British monarch owns four apartments in building number 10 on 1st Obydensky Lane. These are some of the most elite residences in the Russian capital, boasting a view of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, the Kremlin and the Moskva River.

According to the official property register, at least four of the apartments in the complex belong to the British …

Russia and Belarus will strengthen control on the common border of the Eurasian Economic Union with the EU countries due to the outbreak of African swine fever in Eastern Europe, reads the message of the Rosselkhoznadzor (Russian Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision).

Rosselkhoznadzor, together with the Department of Veterinary and Food Supervision of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of Belarus, will provide additional control measures. Special attention will be …

Russia decided not to participate in the international conference on the ongoing crisis in Venezuela on August 6 in Lima.

Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs explained that the Ministry has studied the purpose of the conference "in support of democracy" and considered it inappropriate. According to Moscow, the dialogue does not make sense without representatives of the government of Nicolás Maduro.

"It is unlikely that 100 delegations with different views will be able to agree on measures of …

Russia may support Iran in the “tanker war” in the Persian Gulf, which has forced the UK and US to transfer naval forces to the key oil extraction and transit region to escort tankers.

The General Staff of Iran’s armed forces and the Russian Defense Ministry have signed a memorandum of understanding with the aim of expanding their military cooperation, said Iranian Naval Commander Hossein Khanzadi following a three day visit to Russia.

“This is the first document of this nature, which will …