• Russia responds to Kremlin Report with 'sovereignty law'

    After publication of the United States’ “Kremlin List”, the Russian Federation Council’s Temporary Commission to Prevent Interference in Internal Affairs began work on a bill which will define the concept of “interference in state sovereignty”, Lyudmila Bokova, one of the bill’s authors, told RBC news agency.

    “There are many facts of interference by foreign powers in our country’s internal affairs. By putting forward the legislative initiatives, we are proceeding from a position of mirror …

  • Russia conducts military exercises in Transdniestria

    The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of Moldova expressed indignation at the Russian military conducting regular military exercises in the territory of Transdniestria, as stated in comments by the foreign ministry.

    “According to information published on the website of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, an operational group of Russian troops stationed in the Transdniestrian region of Moldova is again conducting military exercises, the purpose of which is …

  • Ukrainian military gains control of another village in Donbas

    The Ukrainian military announced that it has taken control of the Novoaleksandrivka village in the Popasna region of the Luhansk province, a village which lies on the demarcation line. This was reported in a Military TV Ukraine story posted on the Defense Ministry’s official website.

    “Since 2015, the fortifications on the outskirts of the village were the extreme positions of the Ukrainian defenders on the one side, and the positions of the pro-Russian militants on the other. Recently the …

  • Russian Finance Ministry expects the law on cryptocurrency to be adopted in September

    The Finance Ministry of the Russian Federation expects that the law on the management and use of crypto currency in the country will come into force in September 2018. In the Ministry's notification at the beginning of the drawing up of a draft law, it was said that the public discussion of the document will last until February 12th.

    The draft law on the regulation of digital assets was published by the Ministry of Finance on January 25th. It defines mining, crypto currency, and tokens. The …

  • Russian Sberbank to trade cryptocurrency through its Swiss subsidiary

    State-run Sberbank of Russia intends to launch trade operations with cryptocurrency through its bank subsidiary in Switzerland, Sberbank Switzerlang AG, as was announced by Sberbank’s Deputy President and head of Global Markets, Andrey Shemetov, according to the RBC news.

    Shemetov said that while Russian law does not permit operations with cryptocurrency, Swiss legislation allows them. “We want to serve our customers and consider that strategically we should have access to all types of …

  • Poland admits that it needs Ukrainian migrant workers

    A Ukrainian workforce is essential to ensure and sustain economic growth in Poland, as stated by the President of the National Bank of Poland, Adam Glapiński, DW reports.

    As Glapiński noted, the ability of Poland to create the necessary conditions to attract labor migrants from Belarus and Ukraine is one of the most important issues for him.   

    According to him, in recent years Poland has keenly felt the lack of skilled human resources. During this period, there has been sustained economic …

  • Putin demands that shortcomings found in new military equipment in Syria be fixed

    At a recent military-practical conference, Russian President Vladimir Putin demanded that the shortcomings of Russian armament that were discovered in the Syrian theater be immediately dealt with, TASS reported.

    The President emphasized the problems with certain types of weapons and equipment used in the fighting. "I ask you to study this information carefully and make adjustments to the serial production process," he said. Putin noted that now that the work has already been carried out with …

  • Nord Stream 2 shareholders have invested about $3 billion in the project

    Paul Corcoran, CFO of the project company Nord Stream 2 AG, has stated that as of the end of 2017, shareholders in Nord Stream 2, including the Russian company Gazprom, have provided approximately $3 billion toward construction of the gas pipeline project along the bottom of the Baltic Sea. This was reported by Interfax.

    Gazprom's partner companies in the construction of Nord Stream 2 include Royal Dutch Shell, Engie, OMV, Uniper and Wintershall. They are committed to financing 50% of the …

  • Kaczynski says his party needs three terms in order to change Poland

    The ruling party of Poland, the Law and Justice Party, needs three terms in power in order to change the country,as stated by the party’s chairman Jaroslaw Kaczynski in an interview with Gazeta Polska, reports news agency Niezalezna.

    There are places which, in our opinion, need so much modernization and even fundamental changes to make Poland modern, free from the burdens of the past, and friendly to citizens, that we need not two, but at least three terms. Therefore, we are ready for a long …

  • Leaders of five German states demand weakening of sanctions against Russia

    The government leaders of five German states believe that sanctions against Russia are ineffective and are causing damage to German companies, Deutsche Welle reports.

    A meeting was held in Berlin between the heads of government of the five states formed from the territory of the former German Democratic Republic (East Germany).

    Reiner Haseloff, Minister President of the state of Saxony-Anhalt and a member of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian-Democratic Union Party, said after the meeting …