By 2020, when the main part of the State Defense procurement is complete, the financial stability of state enterprises should be maintained by producing civilian products, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated during his visit to the Ufa Engine Industrial Association (UEIA), as reported on the Kremlin’s website.

The main task of Russian industry, as noted by the Russian President, is mastering the production of modern and competitive civilian products. At the same time Putin stressed that …

Maros Sefcovic, the European Commissioner for the Energy Union encouraged Russia and Ukraine to discuss the future of the transit of Russian gas through the territory of Ukraine after the Stockholm Arbitration passes its decision.

“We have discussed the dynamics of exporting Russian gas over the past year and we’ve concluded that the export volumes were quite impressive, and that the transit of gas through Ukraine played a very important role supplying gas to Europe. From our viewpoint, this …

TASS reported that according to the Moldovan Border Police, the famed Russian novelist Dmitry Miropolsky was denied entry into Moldova. Raisa Novitchi, a spokesperson from the Border Police stated, “The incident has occurred. We’re ascertaining the reasons for what happened, which we will share later."

According to the writer himself, the border police claimed to refuse his entry because he had not confirmed the purpose of his visit to the country. Miropolsky was slated to deliver a lecture on …