The Biržai District Municipality in the north of Lithuania placed signs near the monuments to Red Army soldiers indicating that the inscriptions on them "are inconsistent with historical facts,” as reported by Lietuvos žinios.

The signs that appeared near the memorials state: "The burial of soldiers of the USSR are from the times of the Second World War (an object of cultural heritage). The ideological inscriptions of the Soviet period are inconsistent with historical facts."

These signs are …

NATO has rejected accusations by the German edition Der Spiegel on the inability of the Alliance forces to rapidly deploy or bring in reinforcements across Europe. NATO spokeswoman Oana Lungescu said that "NATO forces are now more ready and capable of deployment than they have ever been in the last decade".

 “We do not comment on alleged leaks. NATO is the strongest alliance in the world because it's been able to adapt for almost 70 years," Lungescu said.

The media representative for the …

Russia is considering options for the possible withdrawal of the US from the Iranian nuclear program agreement, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said.

He noted that although Washington did not officially announce the withdrawal from the agreement, "the essence of the demands put forward by President Donald Trump puts many things into question."

According to Interfax, Ryabkov said that the Russians are now holding consultations and "considering various options," especially at the …

Russia will lift its restrictions on the import of tomatoes from Turkey beginning November 1, as announced by the Russian Energy Minister, Alexander Novak, who is also the Co-Chairman of the Russian-Turkish Intergovernmental Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation.

"The decision has been prepared. The possibility of supplying 50,000 tons of tomatoes to the Russian Federation starting November 1 has already been agreed upon by our authorities," said Novak to the reporters, TASS quotes.

He …

On October 7, a meeting between the US Department of State's Special Representative for Ukraine, Kurt Volker, and Russian Presidential Aide Vladislav Surkov took place in Belgrade. However, the details of the meeting had remained unknown- until now.

The publication LB.ua, citing sources in diplomatic circles, has reported that the meeting itself consisted of three elements. First, lunch; further, a tête-à-tête, which lasted more than an hour; and, finally, communication with members of their …