The Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine (GPU) is preparing new requests to question American political technologist Paul Manafort, who was a consultant of former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and whose name features in the “black ledger” of the Party of Regions with respect to funds and their use, said Serhiy Horbatyuk, leader of the GPU’s special investigations department, as reported by Radio Liberty.

“Yes, of course, we are preparing requests, we will send a request for …

Austria has refused to issue visas to journalists from the annexed Crimea, for which Russia accused it of an information blockade.

Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, expressed her outrage at Austria’s actions, Tass news agency reports.

“The situation of not granting visas to Crimeans can be called a blockade,” she said.

“Today, unfortunately, we witnessed another unpleasant incident, when journalists from Crimea were not admitted to an event connected with the …

The Russian forces in Syria will be commanded by 51-year-old General-Colonel Alexander Zhuravlev, reported news agency RBC, citing one of its sources.

According to the report, Zhuravlev’s task will be to prepare for the completion of the military operation. A source close to the Russian Ministry of Defense told RBC that the relevant documents have already been prepared and await signing. Another of RBC’s sources stated that the decision to appoint Zhuravlev to the post of commander of the …

The bill No. 7248 "On the President of Ukraine and the procedure for terminating his powers" was registered on the website of the Verkhovna Rada. Its author is a non-factional MP Yuri Derevyanko.

At the moment, there isno text of the bill itself and no explanatory documents for it.

According to the press service of Derevyanko, the purpose of the document is to eliminate gaps in the current legislation regarding the activities of the President.

According to the Constitution, there are 4 …

The Moldovan government approved the Agreement on the introduction of joint customs and border control at the Moldovan-Ukrainian border, Ukrinform reports.It was noted that the joint checkpoints will work at all points of the Moldovan-Ukrainian border, and the main purpose of introducing joint control is to simplify procedures when crossing the state border.The agreement on joint customs border control was signed between the governments of the two countries in early October in Chișinău during …

Russia, Iran and Azerbaijan can switch to transactions in national currency, stated the President of Iran, Hassan Rouhani, at the press conference in Tehran, TASS reported.

As a result of the trilateral summit, the countries are also planning to create a customs corridor and comply with common customs standards. "During the Tehran summit, we talked about cooperation in the banking sector and the use of national currencies in trade between the three countries to use our national currencies both …

The organization of a number of high-profile terrorist attacks in Ukraine was carried out by special centers created in the DPR (Donetsk People’s Republic) and LPR (Luhansk People’s Republic), as stated by the chief military prosecutor, Anatolii Matios, at a briefing in Kyiv.

"As a result of the investigation conducted by the Military Prosecutor’s Office and the Security Service into the attacks against the Colonel [the head of the special reserve forces department of the Main Intelligence …

For the first time in 19 years, the Russian gas monopoly Gazprom has shown a net loss for a total of nine months straight.

According to Interfax's calculations, based on Gazprom’s data, the amount of the loss was $157.8 million.

Losses in individual quarters are not unusual for Gazprom. But the Russian gas giant has not suffered these kinds of losses in the last 19 years. The last time was in 1998 when Russia experienced an economic crisis. That year the joint-stock company ended the year …