According to various estimates, since 1991, 148 billion dollars’ worth of capital was withdrawn from Ukraine to offshore accounts. A leading researcher at the State University Institute for Economics and Forecasting of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Inna Shovkun explains in her article for ZN.UA.

The author points out that the reform of the fiscal system aimed at stopping the Ukrainian companies from “offshore” and “shadowy” ways of doing business can become a viable source of …

The Kremlin has said that Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump are similar in their principled approach to international relations. The Press Secretary of Russian President, Dmitry Peskov, spoke about this on a broadcast of TV channel ABC.

"One defends the national interests of the United States, and the second - the national interests of the Russian Federation. And they understand very well that sometimes it is better for the national interest to maintain good relations with a colleague, …

The new Ukrainian An-132 transport aircraft took off for the first time on Friday, March 31, reported a correspondent of LB.ua from the Kyiv Svyatoshin airfield.

Later Antonov’s press service reported that the flight lasted 1 hour and 50 minutes. It was performed by a crew of Ukrainian pilots, Viktor Goncharov and Bohdan Zagorulko and engineer Volodymyr Nesterenko. Mohammed Ayash from the Arabian Taqnia Aeronautics was also among the crew.

The An-132D aircraft was developed for Saudi Arabia. …

More than a hundred men suspected of homosexuality were detained in Chechnya in recent weeks. Some of them have been killed, reports Novaya Gazeta.

Among the detainees are representatives of the Chechen muftiate, including prominent, influential and religious leaders close to the head of the republic, as well as two well-known Chechen TV personalities.

According to the publication, the information is confirmed by "an unprecedentedly large number of sources," including local LGBT activists, as …

Interfax reports that according to Israeli Ambassador to Russia Gary Koren, Israeli troops will enter Syria only if there is a serious threat from the Iranian movement, Hezbollah.

"The Iranian regime has always been interested in supporting Syria and Hezbollah, using them as effective proxies, which poses a threat to Israel and its role as a deterrent," Koren said. He added that the threat posed by Hezbollah's actions in Syria is not an abstract one.

Israel will immediately respond if the …

The Russian Ministry of Defense disclosed information about the plans and quantities of scrap weaponry which is “part of the movable property of the Russian Armed Forces, but is not required for state protection”.

The relevant information appears in an explanatory note for the proposal of amendments to the Russian president’s decree regarding “changing the order of the implementation of released military property, the corporatization and privatization of military trade”.

The text notes that …

Viktor Muzhenko, Chief of the General Staff and Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, fears that Russia will intensify military action in the Donbas.

“No jokes. The developments of the last two weeks demonstrate that Russia is preparing to start intensifying military action in the Donbas,” he wrote on Twitter.

Muzhenko also wrote on Facebook: “No jokes. Putin’s next manic threatening of Ukraine is taking place, as voiced at the “Arctic: Territory of Dialogue” forum. I believe that …

The words of U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson with regard to “Russian aggression in Ukraine” have aroused bewilderment in Moscow. This was stated in a message on the website of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

"We regret to report that such an assessment was announced the day after the meeting of the Russia-NATO Council at the level of the Permanent Representatives," the statement said.

The Russian Foreign Ministry believes that NATO puts “its ideological dogma" above real work …