• Russian and Chinese navies carry out defensive exercises in South China Sea

    The Russian and Chinese navies, as part of the joint Cooperation-2016 exercises in the South China Sea, have so far focused on ship defense, according to the head of the department of information support of the press service of the Russian Eastern Military District for the Pacific Fleet, Captain Vladimir Matveev.

    "The crew members have practiced the elements of anti-submarine-sabotage defense, air defense and anti-submarine warfare (ASW) on unprotected raid. In addition, in the course of joint …

  • Researchers accuse Russia of manipulating data of Smolensk plane crash

    The commission investigating the plane crash near Smolensk has evidence of Russia’s tampering with some data relating to the tragedy, according to the commission’s chairperson, Wacław Berczyński. Ukrinform reported the chairperson’s comments during a press-conference in Warsaw.

    "Collecting the data, we are also trying to determine its credibility because we received a lot of data, for example, from Russian, i.e. foreign sources. We have already found evidence that some data was manipulated,” …

  • EU extends sanctions against Russia for another six months

    The EU Council has adopted a decision on the approval of the proposal to extend individual sanctions against 146 Russian and Ukrainian individuals, and against 37 legal entities. These sanctions were extended for six months, until the 15th of March 2017.

    The sanctions apply to people and organizations who the EU considers responsible for the violation of the territorial integrity of Ukraine, and who have caused damage to its sovereignty. Sanctions include the freezing of their bank assets in …

  • Latvia to halt activities of public organizations that pose a threat to the country

    The Saeima of the Republic of Latvia supported the amendments to the law on associations, according to which, law enforcement agencies have the right to halt the activities of public organizations that pose a threat to security or order in the country, Delfi.lv reported. It is expected that the activities of public organizations that pose a threat to the country could be halted for up to two months according to the prosecutor’s decision.

    On the basis of the conclusions of the State Security …

  • US Ambassador to Ukraine: Washington doesn't recognize the legitimacy of Russian elections in Crimea

    The US Ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, stated on September 15 that the United States will never recognize the Russian State Duma elections in the territory of annexed Crimea.

    “I will remind you of the US position once again: The Crimea is and will always be part of Ukraine despite all possible legal actions of Russia. We will never recognize the Crimea as a part of Russia. We also don’t recognize the elections to the Russian State Duma that are taking place in the territory of the …