In an interview with Polish Radio, The Minister of National Defense of Poland, Antoni Macierewicz, said that the current threat from Russia requires a resolute response.

“Only decisiveness and strength can stop the strengthening of Russian aggression,” he said, adding that because of this, the decisions made at the NATO summit in Warsaw to strengthen the eastern flank of the alliance were very important.

The Polish minister stressed that tensions in the region have increased since Russia …

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko gave instructions to invite the authors of the New York Times article on possible shipments of Ukrainian rocket engines to North Korea.

“I am grateful to the editorial staff of the New York Times for drawing the world’s attention to the potential of Ukraine’s missile and space complex. It is elegant, but not the best way. We do not pass on rocket technologies, and we support the international non-proliferation regime responsibly. I have given instructions …

After the introduction of Lieutenant-General Anatoly Sirotenko as the new head of the Ivan Chernyakhovsky National Defense University of Ukraine, Ukrainian Minister of Defense Stepan Poltorak stated that the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has made preparations in case of a threat of invasion by Russian troops during the Russian-Belarusian West-2017 exercises, which will be held on September 14-20.

“We are monitoring the situation. We know about all the movements of Russian troops  …

During last year, Russian authorities continued to oppress members of religious minorities and detained them on suspicion of extremism, as stated in the U.S. State Department’s International Religious Freedom Report.

Several U.S. citizens were fined and expelled from Russia for their religious activities. In particular, volunteers from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon Church) were accused of publicly inciting attacks on representatives of other religions.

In addition, …

In an interview with the German daily newspaper Kolner Stadt-Anzeiger, German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel claimed that Christian Lindner, a leader among German liberals, is just trying to get headlines when speaking of the temporary postponement of the issue of Crimea's annexation, and that the main task at present is to achieve an ceasefire in eastern Ukraine. European Pravda reported this.

"In my opinion, Mr. Lindner is only concerned with headlines. We do not need debates on Crimea. We …