The Ukrainian Prosecutor’s General Office has demanded that Russia extradite the ex-commander of the Berkut Special Police
The Prosecutor General's Office (GPU) has asked Russia to detain and extradite Serhiy Kusyuk, the former chief of the Kyiv Special Police Regiment, Berkut, as reported by the head of the GPU Department of Special Investigations, Sergei Gorbatyuk on 112 Ukraine.
“A request was sent to the Russian Federation to detain and extradite him,” he said.
So far, there has been no answer from the Russian Federation.
Gorbatyuk also noted that Kusyuk was made aware of GPU’s suspicion during seven …
Russian schoolboy was dissatisfied with Putin's answer to the question about corruption
A schoolboy named Danila, from Nefteyugansk, remained dissatisfied with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s response to his question about corruption.
During the ‘Direct Line with Vladimir Putin’ Q&A TV show, the young man asked Putin how the President could solve the problem of corrupt officials. The teenager also expressed the opinion that placing corruption suspects on house arrest does not yield results, yet the problem affects most of the country's population.
He added that in the Khanty- …
USA congratulated Russian Federation on Russia Day with a three-day delay
According to the Voice of America, the United States congratulated Russia on their national holiday, but only after three-day delay accompanied by complaints from the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
On Thursday, the State Department issued a statement by the Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, in which he, on behalf of President Donald Trump and the American people congratulated “all the residents of Russia on the Day of Russia.”
The statement by the Department of State was dated June 15 …
Media: Assad’s forces bombard areas of Syria that are part of de-escalation zones
The forces of Bashar Al-Assad resumed the bombardment of the areas controlled by the opposition, Anadolu news agency reports. According to the agency, air strikes have continued on neighborhoods in Idlib, Latakia, Hama, Homs, Daraa, and Damascus, all of which are part of the de-escalation zones in Syria.
According to media reports, the towns of Jisr al-Shugur and Bdama, the Kurdag region, the northern region of Latamna, the central part of Dar’a, and districts in East Ghouta and Jobar have …
Former US Secretary of State stresses importance of providing Ukraine with defensive weapons
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko met with a delegation from the National Democratic Institute of the United States (NDI), which was headed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the organization, former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, as reported by the Press Service of the President of Ukraine.
"Madeleine Albright stressed the importance of providing Ukraine with defensive weapons in order to ensure the lawful right of a sovereign state to self-defense in accordance with …