Poland will impose a fine on Russia for supplying substandard gas, which Warsaw stopped taking from the Yamal gas pipeline for its own needs as of June 21st, as stated by the chairman of the Polish oil and gas company, PGNiG, Piotr Wozniak, Ukrinform reports.

“As a result, PGNiG will be forced to impose a fine on Gazprom in accordance with the contract,” Wozniak said.

According to him, if the gas supply to Poland is resumed by June 23rd, this will not affect the 2017 – 2018 heating season. …

Vadim Pogodin, the commander of the battalion of pro-Russian separatists, Kerch, was detained in the annexed Crimea.

Ostrov web site reported, citing the information in social networks, that Pogodin had been detained in Yalta on June 20th and then sent to the Simferopol pre-trial detention center.

The pre-trial statement issued by of the Yalta City Court, indicates that Kramatorsk police are looking for Pogodin on suspicion of murder (Article 151 of the Criminal Code) and kidnapping (Article 1 …

The Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States, Valeriy Chaly, said that the head of the U.S. Department of State, Rex Tillerson, the Secretary of Defense, James Mattis, and Energy Secretary, Rick Perry received invitations to visit Ukraine in the near future, Ukrinform reports.

"President Petro Poroshenko invited several cabinet members to Ukraine. It is obvious that the official announcements will be made later, but I can say for sure that this year we expect the U.S. Secretary of Energy, …

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) decided to allocate $30 million to the Emerging Europe Growth Fund III, L.P. (EEGF III). It is a direct investment fund, launched by Horizon Capital for investments, mainly into Ukraine, as reported by Anton Usov, EBRD's Senior Communications Advisor.

"The EBRD is investing $30 million into the Emerging Europe Growth Fund III, which will invest in the shared capital of small and medium-sized enterprises in Ukraine. The goal for the …

About two-thirds of the children of large capital-holders in Russia have enrolled at overseas universities.

RNS reports that this was discovered through a study named Wealth Report: Russia, which was prepared by the Julius Baer Group and SKOLKOVO Wealth Transformation Centre.

As is evident from the report, the average age of owners of large capital-holders in Russia is 50-55 years. They are generally in their first marriage, and have three children.

The report shows that the fortunes of such …

Russia has given the US declassified archival information about five American pilots who were captured in Vietnam in the 1970s, Interfax reported, citing the Deputy Chief of the Defense Ministry of Russia for Perpetuating the Memory of those Killed in the Defense of the Fatherland, Andrei Taranov.

Taranov did not mention the names of the prisoners, nor did he specify whether the Americans were captured by Vietnamese or Soviet troops.

According to Taranov, the message was received with "great …

The European Union has brought Ukraine “to its knees” and considers it as simply a supplier of raw materials. The country needs to unite to facilitate further development rather than walk around the world with an outstretched hand, former Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma believes. He said this during a speech at the opening of the international forum, reports TV channel 112 Ukraine.

“Our economy has been neglected, we are falling apart! We are becoming a raw material colony. All we have left …

On Friday, the Ukrainian Ministry of Finance submitted the necessary documents on behalf of the State of Ukraine to the English Court of Appeals to initiate an appeal against the decision of the High Court of London on the claim of the Russian Federation against Ukraine regarding Eurobonds for $3 billion.

"Ukraine is confident in the arguments of the appeal and in winning at the Court of Appeal at the appropriate time. The hearing of the appeal is tentatively scheduled for the second half of …