Russian coal companies had to resort to indirect supplies of coal to Ukraine through Belarus because of trade restrictions imposed by Russia, RBC news agency reports, citing sources in the coal companies. 

“We cannot supply them directly. Quotas prevent us from doing so,” one of the interlocutors stated. 

According to one of RBC’s sources, Russian companies used to export coal to Ukraine under the guise of export to Europe. Raw materials were delivered to Ukrainian ports ostensibly for export, …

The group of Russian meteorological satellites “has died,” the head of the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring of Russia or Roshydromet, Maxim Yakovenko told RIA Novosti.

“We have no satellite component left. The Russian group has just died... That is why we are now looking for opportunities to follow the Japanese who started using small satellites that are launched for half a year at low orbits... This year, if we gain consensus, we will try to make one trial …

The Russian Foreign Ministry official representative Maria Zakharova stated that, at the beginning of March, the US wants to transfer weapons to the opposition in Venezuela with the help of the Ukrainian Antonov company. In addition, according to her, starting on February 23rd, the US will send humanitarian aid to Venezuela while Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro does not intend to allow this aid into the country.

“The transport of cargo to Venezuela is planned for early March of this year …

Polish President Andrzej Duda said that the country expects an increase of the United States military presence in Poland and he is waiting for a response from Washington.

"We expect that the presence [of the US] will increase, but whether it will be an increase in the number of military personnel or in the number of the military bases, it’s up to the Americans to decide,” the Polish President said at a press conference in Lublin on Friday.

Duda reiterated that Poland is ready to accept more …

During a meeting with members of the Military Academy, President Alexander Lukashenko called the sovereignty and independence of Belarus his main achievement, BELTA reported.

 “I am both proud and happy to be the first president of this sovereign country. And what we have created together is the biggest achievement,” said the president of Belarus.

Commenting on the rumors about the threats to the sovereignty of Belarus coming from Russia, the president said that he could not “bury” an …