Russian pilgrims have difficulty obtaining visas to visit the Greek Athos peninsula, reported the Govorit Moskva of (Moscow Speaking) radio station.

 “There is already a problem and it is not even related to church. The Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs does not issue visas not only to servants of the Russian Orthodox Church but also to pilgrims to visit Athos,” said the representative of the St. Andrew Foundation.

In order to go to Athos, pilgrims had to obtain Italian visas and Catholics …

In November Russian President Vladimir Putin is heading to Paris, where he will attend a ceremony commemorating the 100-year anniversary of the end of the first world war.

“We plan on flying to Paris on November 11th. We will take part in the ceremony at the Champs Elysees fields,” Putin’s foreign policy adviser, Yuri Ushakov, said on October 16th.

The ceremony will be attended by other heads of state, including US President Donald Trump who confirmed his attendance at the event.

Answering a …

Channel 24 reports that according to the Ukrainian political prisoner’s sister Natalia Kaplan, Oleh Sentsov was sent to the intensive care in Labytnangi hospital.

According to his cousin Natalya Kaplan, the hunger strike, which Sentsov held for 145 days, led to irreversible consequences for his health. Including ischemia, cardiac arrhythmia, problems with the liver, stomach and other organs.

Currently, the political prisoner is in the process of ending the hunger strike. “The situation is …

A friendly relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin is important for Israel’s safety, stated Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reports the newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth.

He noted that he supports “frequent friendly contact” with Putin which is marked with “mutual respect.”

“This relationship is important for the safety of Israel,” stated the prime minister.

It was also reported that earlier Putin and Netanyahu scheduled their first meeting since the incident on September 17th, …

Hungary will continue blocking the NATO-Ukraine Ministerial Commission, stated Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto during a meeting with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin on the sidelines of the meeting of EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg, reports DW.

Szijjarto said that Ukraine didn’t make any progress on the law on education and didn’t implement the recommendations of the Venice Commission. The Hungarian Foreign Minister also expressed dissatisfaction with the petition to …