The former President of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, will participate in court hearings on his case only after the assassination attempt on his life is considered in the proceedings. Yanukovych’s lawyer, Vitaliy Serdyuk, stated this in his interview with Ukrainian National News.

“Yanukovych will remotely participate in court hearings until the General Prosecutor’s Office takes seriously the attempts on his life. Currently, this case is in the Prosecutor’s Office of Ukraine and the defense makes …

In 2017, the Russian Federation will try to destabilize the situation in Moldova, either by using its loyal political forces or by the "resuscitation" of the so-called “Kozak Memorandum” on the Transnistrian settlement, which may lead to the federalization of Moldova. This was stated in the study "Risks of 2017" presented by the Institute for Development and Social Initiatives Viitorul, in Chisinau, as the Ukrinform reported.

"Russia doesn't have many tools of political influence in Moldova, …

The Russian Defense Ministry has sent a large number of Vodnik armored vehicles to the Syrian port of Tartus. These vehicles are intended for the army of the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad which is assisted by Moscow, as reported by the Iranian agency Fars.

It also states that Russia is allegedly planning to send additional equipment to the Khmeimim Air Base where the Russian Aerospace Forces’ aircraft are based.

On 29 December the ceasefire agreement established through mediation with Iran, …

Linas Balsys, the former press secretary of the Lithuanian President, has become a member of the Seimas and has suggested that the issue of Kaliningrad be raised again, as he stated on 20 January during the conference “The World in 2017” in Vilnius, BaltNews.lt. writes.

According to a parliamentarian, Kaliningrad was not given to Russia forever. Now Lithuania or the leadership of the European Union should address its return, or it should be done as a joint effort.

“During talks in both …

Dutch Investigators received data concerning the case of the MH17 flight crash from Russian radar controls in a format that does not conform to international standards. Consequently, the attempts to decipher the data to get a clearer picture of the events have failed so far, as reported by Deutsche Welle with reference to the representative of the Netherlands Prosecutor's Office in Amsterdam.

In particular, "more data is needed to properly understand what is depicted on the images from the …