Prior to the de-annexation of the Crimea, the countries of the Black Sea region will not sign any major agreement with Russia in the economic sphere. The former Ukrainian Ambassador to Turkey, Sergiy Korsunsky explained this on Radio Krym.Realii while commenting on the 25th summit of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) held in Istanbul, in which both Ukraine and Russia took part.

"Russian representatives tried to promote a policy. They say, “let's talk about …

The State Department of the United States of America presented a budget plan for 2018, which proposed a threefold reduction of the financial assistance to Ukraine in comparison with 2016. This is stated in the project on the website of the State Department.

"More than 667 million USD was allocated in 2016 fiscal year. In the next 2018 fiscal year, which begins in September 2017, the State Department offered to limit payments to 203.78 million USD for the same purposes," the table included in …

Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili asked Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė for support in bringing up matters important to Tbilisi at the NATO summit which will take place this week in Brussels, Delfi reported.The two national leaders discussed the matter over the telephone.

“The conversation took place ahead of the NATO summit which will take place in Brussels on May 25. President G. Margvelashvili asked the Lithuanian president for support in bringing up matters important to …

The US has not renounced its intention to deploy an anti-ballistic missile (ABM) defense system in the Polish Redzikowo locality, announced Gary Pennett, director of operations for the US Defense Ministry’s Missile Defense Agency, as reported by TASS on Wednesday, May 24.

The American military is planning to deploy an Aegis Ashore Ballistic Missile Defense System (Aegis BMD) in Poland. As Pennett told reporters in the briefing dedicated to the US Missile Defense Agency’s draft budget, the …

The proposed budget of the U.S. Department of State for the 2018 fiscal year (beginning October 1, 2017) is aimed in particular at “opposing Russian aggression” in Eurasia. This position was stated in an interview with reporters on Tuesday by Hari Sastry, Director of the Office of U.S. Foreign Assistance Resources, which is a division of the U.S. Department of State.

“This budget will also allow us to counter Russian aggression and malign influence in Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia, and …

President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte said at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin that his country needs modern weapons and will ask for help from the Russian Federation, RIA Novosti reported.

Duterte also said that he had come to Moscow to enlist the support of Russia.

“Our country needs modern weapons. We had ordered certain things from the U.S., but now the situation is not going very smoothly. And in order to fight the Islamic State, with their many units and factions, …

Russian President Vladimir Putin demanded that the process of developing a super-heavy rocket be sped up, as indicated by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin following a meeting on the development of the space industry. A new super-heavy class rocket may appear after 2025, he said.

In March 2017, Roskosmos reported on the development of the space industry, stating that flight tests of the super-heavy rocket are scheduled for 2035, according to TASS.

"The president set the task before …

Although it is impossible to completely block Russian social networks, it would be an achievement if their audience was significantly restricted, which will reduce the possibility of data collection by Russian special services, as stated by the Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration, Dmytro Shymkiv, on Monday, as reported on 112 Ukraine's website.

"In actuality, it is impossible to block all (Russian websites) completely, and this is a fact. The blocking systems that exist at the URL …