The blockade of the Azov Sea is another proof of Russia's consistent destructive regional policy. Russia continues aggression in the Donbas and does nothing to de-escalate the conflict, said Latvian President Raimonds Vējonis at a joint briefing with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in Kyiv, Ukrinform reported.

"Latvia strongly condemns Russian aggression in Donbas. Unfortunately, Moscow does not take any steps to de-escalate the conflict. The blockade of the Sea of Azov is another proof …

The BBC Russian service has found a connection between the Wagner private military company (PMC) and the businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, who is also known as “Putin’s Chef”.

Megaline, a company affiliated with Prigozhin, built a chapel in Russia’s Rostov province to commemorate the Russian volunteers who died in Syria. It has also built a number of facilities for the Defense Ministry, including a small military town in the region of the Belgorod province bordering with Ukraine.

The company …

Director of the Czech Security Information Service (BIS) Michal Koudelka said during an international conference “Current Security Threats” that the Russian special services intend to destroy the European Union and the North Atlantic Alliance, and especially the Czech Republic.

“The main problem is posed by spies from the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service and the Main Intelligence Directorate, who are very active and aggressive,” said the Director of the BIS. He asserted that “agents of …