The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs called Kosovo’s “demonstrative invasion” to the north the region inhabited by Serbs as provocation. The purpose of this provocation is “to intimidate Kosovo Serbs and exert pressure on Serbia”, said Maria Zakharova, the spokeswoman of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Zakharova said that Russia condemns “the passive behavior of the International Forces for Kosovo (KFOR), which have not taken any action”. She noted that these forces must ensure …

GRU Colonel Anatoly Chepiga (Ruslan Boshirov), one of the prime suspects in the Skripal poisoning case, was head of the special operation to evacuate former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych from Ukraine, claims  Sergei Kanev, a journalist from the Investigation Control Center (ICC) who was recently forced to flee Russia. Kanev was part of the joint investigation into the Salisbury incident by The Insider and Bellingcat which uncovered the identities of the prime suspects.

According to …

A naval blockade of Russia would lead to an escalation with the USA, stated Russia's State Duma Committee on International Affairs member Anton Morozov. “We are concerned that our partners again turn to the   threats, sanctions and unfriendly acts instead of agreeing on current international problems. Of course, we would have a response for it,” he says.

According to Morozov, to maintain security and peace, Russia advocates normal mutual understanding and dialogue to “deal with all challenges …

If the UN General Assembly adopts such a resolution, UN peacekeepers will arrive in the Donbas no earlier than 10 months after the decision is made, said Yevhen Marchuk, Ukraine’s representative to the security subgroup of the Trilateral Contact Group in Minsk, 112 Ukraine reports.

“Even if at this session a decision was made to send [them], according to my experience, the peacekeepers could de facto arrive in Ukraine after 10 months, perhaps a bit later,” Marchuk observed.

According to him, …

 Ukraine will never return to the “Russian Empire,” Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko stated in an interview with CNN. According to him, it is Russian President Vladimir Putin who made Ukraine a more “European country” because during the conflict in the Donbas, the level of support of European integration among the population grew from 33% to 74%.

“Who did this? Putin. So, thank you Mr. Putin for making my country much more European and much more ready to protect European values, …

On September 30th, a delegation from Norway without asking permission from Ukraine beforehand crossed the administrative border near the Crimea, reports Kryminform.

It is noted that the Norwegians intend to visit four cities on the peninsula. The itinerary will include a visit to the ICC Artek, Livadia Palace, Nikitsky Botanical Garden, the House-Museum Chekhov in Yalta and other cultural sites.

The visit is likely to last until October 6th.

The Norwegian delegation included members of the …

The highly publicized murder of Russian investigative journalists in the Central African Republic may be directly connected to the recently founded Patriot private military company (PMC) which operates in the country,reported the Dozhd TV channel, citing its own sources in the Russian Defense Ministry, a mercenary from the Patriot PMC, and an veteran intelligence officer acquainted with a Patriot fighter.

All of the sources believe that the murder was motivated by the research which Orkhan …

Russia is prepared to release the Ukrainian political prisoner Oleh Sentsov to mainland Ukraine. However, they will only do so if the US hands over two convicted Russians, Viktor Bout and Konstantin Yaroshenko, and releases Maria Butina, who was arrested in the US this summer, reported Novaya Gazeta with reference to an unidentified source supposedly connected to the relevant negotiations. Russia is prepared to discuss such an exchange without Ukraine’s involvement.

Novaya Gazeta asked Russian …