• Head of Naftogaz: Ukraine is mandated to buy Russian gas

    The purchase of Russian gas is beneficial from the point of view of commercial logic, since the court set the price of gas purchases below European market value, stated Andriy Kobolyev, the chairman of the board of Naftogaz of Ukraine on Channel 5 TV.

    Kobolyev said, “We have completely annulled $56 billion and this cancellation was not for nothing. The court believes that the contract still exists. Half of the import needs is exactly the balance between Russia and Europe with the line between …

  • Russia bans the political satire movie 'The Death of Stalin'

    The Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation withdrew the distribution certificate for the film "The Death of Stalin" by British director Armando Iannucci.

    The film had already received a distribution certificate and Volga Films was planning to screen it in Russia. When the movie was shown for the second time, the Ministry of Culture decided to stop it from being screened further.

    Earlier, lawyers of the Ministry of Culture sent a letter to the Russian Minister of Culture, Vladimir …

  • International Olympic Committee prohibits fans from using Russian flag during the games

    The Chief Editor of the sports broadcast of Russian Channel One, Vasily Konov, indicated that fans will be prohibited from bringing flags of the countries who are not participating in the Olympic Games into the games, as he wrote on his Twitter page. "Russia will not participate in the Olympic Games. That is, formally, the Russian flag is also banned at all facilities of the Games,” he wrote.

    The users of the social network reacted strongly against this information. Russian users offered to …

  • Russian journalists flying in to interview President Dodon denied entry to Moldova

    In Moldova, border guards did not let the crew of the Russian television channel RTVI that arrived in the country to interview the president, Igor Dodon. According to the website of the channel, RTVI employees arrived in Chisinau on a flight from Moscow on the evening of January 23rd.

    The visit was approved by the presidential administration. "Despite the fact that the journalists showed the border guards an official invitation from the President of the country and a letter from RTVI …

  • Kremlin warns Microsoft of multibillion dollar losses if it complies with US sanctions against Russia

    Software giant Microsoft could lose several billion dollars’ worth of market revenue in Russia due to US sanctions, said Nikolai Nikiforov, the Minister of Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation to journalists on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, TASS reports.

    "[The sanctions] will end with the fact that Microsoft will lose a market worth several billion dollars in terms of its corporate and government clients in our country," Nikiforov stated. He added that …

  • Putin offers to supply Argentina with rocket engines

    Russia may ship rocket engines to Argentina, and Roskosmos “could offer recommendations for the creation of space technology” said President Vladimir Putin after talks with Argentine President Mauricio Macri, TASS reports. Moscow may also supply Buenos Aires with fuel for its space rocket technology, the president added.

    “Russia and Argentina are establishing collaboration in the peaceful exploration of the cosmos, there are ideas for cooperation in the area of remote probing of the earth and …

  • Many famous Russian athletes will not attend Olympics in Pyeongchang

    Due to the doping scandal, the International Olympic Committee has banned many top Russian athletes from participating in the 2018 Olympic Games in Peongchang even under a neutral flag. Those who will not make it to the games include six times Olympic champion, 20-times world champion and primary contender for victory in the short-track speed skating contest Viktor Ahn, Russia’s top biathlete Anton Shipulin, and Russia’s top cross-country skier Sergei Ustiugov.

    As reported by the French news …

  • PACE begins talks about return of Russia to the Assembly

    Even if its delegation returns to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Russia is not going to implement the decisions that were previously adopted by the organization, as stated by Representatives of the leadership of the Russian parliament before a meeting of the special committee of the Assembly, Yevropeyskaya Pravda reports.

    “Some resolutions will never be implemented. You must clearly understand this,” said the head of the Federation Council Committee on Foreign …

  • Pentagon: US may stop supporting Kurds in Syria

    Pentagon spokesperson Adrian Rankine-Galloway told Turkish news agency Anadolu in an interview that the US will stop supporting the Syrian Kurds’ People’s Protection Units (YPG) if they attempt a military operation in the Afrin region, instead of fighting the Islamic State.

    “We are only training and supporting forces who are fighting ISIS. The Pentagon does not give orders to the forces that are active on the ground. If there is an attempt at a military operation not directed against ISIS, …

  • Washington: U.S. will not accept Russia’s proposal for a new mechanism for investigating the chemical attack in Syria

    Washington will not accept Moscow’s proposal to create a new mechanism for investigating chemical attacks. The U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley said this on Tuesday at an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council which was convened to discuss the situation in Syria.

    “The U.S. will not accept any proposal from Russia if it will counteract the progress of the international community to find the truth,” said Haley. According to her, the U.S. “will resume the joint investigation of …