The Kremlin has begun using the Katyusha system to monitor media and social networks, Vedomosti daily reported.

The system, which is owned by a company called M 13, was brought in to manage the government’s press service. The contract amount for the remainder of the year to use the Katyusha system is 79 million rubles.

"It allows you to monitor the status of the information field in a wide range of topics in real-time, to assess the nature and extent of dissemination of information with high …

Washington will not recognize the results of the Russian Duma elections in the Crimea, according to State Department spokesman John Kirby. "The United States does not recognize the legitimacy… [and will not] recognize the results of the elections of the Russian State Duma, which are planned on the occupied territory of the Crimea on the 18th of September," Kirby said.

According to Kirby, the US position on the Crimea is clear, "the peninsula remains an integral part of Ukraine."

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During a visit to Kyiv, Boris Johnson said that Britain would support further sanctions against Russia and help Ukraine to carry out reforms.

Britain intends to allocate two million pounds sterling for demining in the Donbas, as was announced by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Boris Johnson, during a meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart, Pavlo Klimkin, in Kyiv on Wednesday, September 14, 2016. As specified on the website of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office ( …

On Saturday, a US reconnaissance plane flew a short distance from Russia’s Hmeymim air base in the Syrian province of Latakia. It also approached the the logistics facilities of the Russian Navy in Syria's Tartus. The information was published by the web sites that track the movements of military aircraft. The P-8A Poseidon anti-submarine aircraft of the US Navy with registration number 168858 took off from the Sigonella air base in Sicily. Within an hour, the aircraft was flying over the …

The black box recordings from the Tu-154M that crashed near Smolensk in 2010 were rigged and many of the documents that are relevant to the case were hidden, as stated by experts of the sub-Commission on Investigation of the Smolensk disaster, Polish Radio reported.

A segment of the Polish registrars was deleted and a segment from a Russian registrar was inserted into its place.  The withdrawn piece contained information about engine problems, as well as issues with generators and radio …