The European Union is offering to help Ukraine draft laws on the seizure of illegally acquired assets

The head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine, Hugues Mingarelli, stated that the European Union offered Ukraine expert assistance in the development and implementation of laws on the seizure of illegally acquired assets, the minister of justice of Ukraine, Pavlo Petrenko, reported on his Facebook page.

“The development and adoption of legislation that will enable the state to return illegally acquired assets became a separate paragraph of the dialogue. In particular, Mr. Ambassador proposed to …


Russia and Armenia will create joint group of forces in Caucasus

Russia and Armenia intend to create a joint group of forces. The corresponding document was published on Tuesday on the official Internet portal of the Russian governmemnt for legal information.

“The parties will create a joint group of troops (forces) of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in order to ensure security of parties in the Caucasus region of collective security,” stated the draft agreement between the two countries. The …


Media: Russia is getting ready to launch airstrikes on Aleppo

The Russian Navy group, headed by the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov and the battlecruiser Pyotr Velikiy, is preparing to launch strikes on rebels in Aleppo. This was reported by Gazeta.ru citing a source in the Russian Ministry of Defense.

According to Gazeta.ru, the strikes will be launched on the remote outskirts of the city and not on the residential areas. Gazeta.ru’s source stated that the Russian military intends to use Kalibr cruise missiles and the naval aircraft to carry out this …


US, German and Swedish aircraft conducted reconnaissance flights near Russian borders

According to Russia's TASS news agency, on Monday, aircrafts from the air forces of the United States, German Naval Forces and Swedish Air Forces made a simultaneous approach to the maritime borders of the Kaliningrad region to perform operational reconnaissance tasks. According to the agency the information was initially reported by western websites monitoring the movement of military aviation.

As was reported, at approximately 12:30 an aircraft from the US Air Forces was recorded near the …


Peskov: NATO's aggressive nature cannot be eradicated

NATO’s aggressive nature is impossible to eradicate, despite the fact that there are no blocs opposing them. This was said by the press secretary of the Russian President, Dmitry Peskov. He said this in response to statements made by NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, on the strengthening of the Alliance’s forces in response to the development of Russian activity.

“Stoltenberg’s statements once again testify to the aggressive nature of the organization,” Peskov began. “Despite the fact …