• Latvian Special Services accuse Russia of cyber-espionage

    Russia conducted cyber espionage against individual Latvian politicians, journalists and government agencies in 2016, said the Chief of the Latvian Constitutional Protection Bureau, Janis Maizitis. He spoke about this after a report to the Latvian government on the results of the Bureau's work, reports Delfi.

    According to Maizitis, the Bureau has no information that, as a result of the espionage, there could be information on Latvia containing state secrets that is at the disposal of Russian …

  • The SBU is still unable to confirm that Voronenkov’s murderer is an FSB agent

    Ukrainian special services cannot yet give a clear answer as to whether Pavel Parshov was an agent of the FSB. Pashov is the main suspect in the murder of the former deputy of the State Duma, Denis Voronenkov. Russia has opened a criminal case for his assassination, which took place in Kiev.

    "In the case of Parshov, whether he really was an agent of the FSB or not hasn’t been proven. We are still working on it. There is no such information. We read all of this on Facebook and other …

  • Russian Guard will use drones to monitor protesters

    Deputy Commander-in-Chief Lieutenant-General Oleg Borukayev of the Russian Security Services spoke about the needs of the Russian Guard in the fight against terrorism. He said in an interview with NTV that the Guard will use drones to monitor protesters where rallies are held.

    "At the moment, unmanned equipment and air surveillance systems are being developed in order to monitor the situation in places of mass actions," he said. He added that during the technical re-equipment of the Russian …

  • Media reveals nearly $130 million will be paid for Ukrainian Sberbank

    Ukrainian Sberbank PJSC is being bought for about $130 million, according to the Kommersant daily newspaper. According to its sources, the amount is comparable to the bank’s present capital, which, according to international reports for January-September 2016, totals $144 million.

    The buyers are businessman Grigory Guselnikov through Norvik Banka and Sayid Gutseriyev, son of Mikhail Gutseriyev, the owner of the PJSC RussNeft oil company. Guselnikov and Gutseriyev will purchase 45% and 55% of …

  • SBU General: Putin planned to seize Ukraine in three phases in 2014

    The testimonies of Russian special services agents, arrested in the spring of 2014, indicate that Russia planned to gradually establish control over all regions of Ukraine, as indicated by the former head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) departments in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, General Oleksandr Petrulevych, on the air of 112 Ukraine.

    "According to our information, as well as radio interceptions and intelligence messages, three phases were planned: the first was meant to seize …

  • Herashchenko: The PACE President avoids providing details on his trip to Russia and Syria

    The First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, Iryna Herashchenko, claims that the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Pedro Agramunt, is avoiding meetings with Ukrainian politicians after his visits to Syria and Russia, as she posted on Facebook while participating in the European People's Party summit, which began on Wednesday in Malta.

    PACE members from Ukraine are openly in conflict with the President of the Assembly, Pedro Agramunt, accusing him of lobbying …

  • US Senate considers resolution to provide Ukraine with lethal weapons

    A resolution was introduced in the U.S. Senate in connection with the third anniversary of the annexation of the Crimea, calling for the maintenance of sanctions against the Russian Federation and the provision of lethal defensive weapons to Ukraine.

    According to the Ukrainian Embassy in the United States, the draft resolution "Condemning illegal Russian aggression in Ukraine on the three year anniversary of the annexation of Crimea" was introduced by Senators Robert Portman and Sherrod Brown, …

  • US representative to the UN: Russia committed crimes in Syria

    Nikki Haley, Permanent US Representative to the UN, while speaking on the protection of human rights at the UN Security Council on March 29, said that Russia and Iran are involved in the Assad regime’s annihilation of the population and civilian infrastructure in Aleppo. The US representative referred to this as “war crimes”.

    “Together with Russia and Iran, the Assad regime has destroyed every hospital in eastern Aleppo. Every single one. A quarter of a million people have been left to suffer. …

  • Putin gives instructions to ‘protect’ Russia’s interests in the Arctic

    Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed the Defense Ministry and Federal Security Service (FSB) to protect Russia’s national interests in the Arctic, reports RIA Novosti.

    “The Defense Ministry, Federal Security Service and its border security should implement their plans to ensure national interests in terms of defense capability, but also to protect our interests in the Arctic, ensuring the normal operation of the northern sea route,” he said during a trip to the archipelago Franz …

  • Unknown persons fired at Polish consulate building in the Ukrainian city of Lutsk

    On the night of March 29, unknown persons fired at the building of the Consulate General of Poland in Lutsk-a city of regional significance on the western territory of Ukraine. There are no casualties or victims. The investigation alleges that the attackers fired using an RPG-26 grenade launcher. The national police of the Volyn Oblast have opened criminal proceedings due to the shelling, and have qualified the event as a terrorist act. At the site of the event, the Security Service of Ukraine ( …