• Russian Defense Ministry confirms Egypt will begin receiving Kamov Ka-52 attack helicopters later this year

    The Director General of Russia's Rosoboronexport concern, Alexander Mikheev stated in his interview with Interfax that Russia will start supplying Ka-52 Alligator attack helicopters to Egypt in 2017. “No, the supplies haven’t started yet. They will start this year. Everything is covered under the terms of the contract,” Mikheev said.

    On Tuesday, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov confirmed that Egypt will begin receiving Russian-built Kamov Ka-52 attack helicopters later this year. …

  • US indicates need for Ukraine to create an anti-corruption court

    The US Embassy in Ukraine has noted the need to create an anti-corruption court in the country as soon as possible.

    "The need to establish independent anti-corruption court is clear and growing more urgent," the embassy said in a tweet.

    In addition, the diplomatic mission also positively assessed the call of Ukrainians for a transparent judicial process: "Inspiring to see Ukrainian civil society in action calling for effective and transparent judicial process."

    The Embassy statement follows …

  • Estonia intends to demand compensation from Russia for the 'Soviet occupation'

    Estonian Minister of Justice Urmas Reinsalu announced that the country has reasons to demand apologies or compensation from Russia, the successor to the USSR, for damage incurred during the years the Soviet Union stayed in the country.

    This succession was preserved "after annexation by the Soviet Union in 1940," according to him.

    This issue was agreed upon by the Estonian government in 2004 based on international law, as reported by Interfax-Ukraine. The authorities came to the conclusion …

  • France will abandon electronic voting during the elections due to the threat of cyber attacks

    According to RIA Novosti, French authorities have decided not to utilize electronic voting during the upcoming parliamentary elections in June due to the high possibility of cyber threats, as indicated in a statement released by the French Foreign Ministry on Monday.

    It was originally planned to use electronic voting for French citizens living abroad. It was used for the first time during the parliamentary elections in 2012, in one of the constituencies outside France and was successful, with …

  • The Kremlin's decision to recognize 'passports' issued in the separatists republics is another attempt of Russia to destabilize the situation in Ukraine

    Author: Dmytro Snegiryov, Head of Prava Sprava public initiative.

    The temporary recognition of passports issued by the separatist republics is being used by Russia to exert political pressure specifically on Ukraine and not on our Western partners. By stressing the temporary character of the recognition of these documents, Putin is trying to accuse Ukraine of violating its commitments laid out in the Minsk Agreements: the elections, an all-inclusive amnesty, and a special status for these …

  • Russia to rearm 949A Antey submarines with nuclear-capable Kalibr cruise missiles

    Russia’s Project 949A Antey nuclear-powered submarines will be rearmed with nuclear-capable Kalibr cruise missiles, as stated by Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov, TASS reported.

    "The Zvezda shipyard is carrying out profound modernization of Project 949A nuclear submarines, including the replacement of armament with the Kalibr missile complex and also the replacement of navigation, life support and other systems," Borisov said.

    A total of 11 such submarines were constructed beginning in …

  • Media: Russian soldier killed in Syria

    It has been reported that for the second time in one week, a member of the Russian military has been killed in Syria.

    Artem Gorbunov, 24, was killed during an attack on Palmyra, according to a post by his wife Sofia on her page on the social media site Vkontakte.

    “My husband was killed on March 2nd in Syria. They were caught in an ambush…he was the first one killed,” she wrote in one of her posts, which was accompanied by a photo of her husband in military uniform.

    It is known that the young …

  • Canada extends military training mission in Ukraine

    Canada has decided to extend its Unifier training mission for the Ukrainian military until 2019. The Ambassador of Ukraine in Canada, Andriy Shevchenko, announced the decision on Twitter.

    "Yes! Canada has announced the extension of the Unifier military training mission. Two years (until March 2019), about 200 military personnel," he wrote.

    The Canadian Foreign Minister, Chrystia Freeland, and Minister of National Defense, Harjit Singh Sajjan, made a corroborating statement.

    According to …

  • The Hague started to review Ukraine’s lawsuit against Russia

    On the 6th of March the International Court of Justice in the Hague held the first hearings in Ukraine’s lawsuit against Russia, which Kyiv filed in the middle of January 2017. Ukraine is accusing Russia of violating two conventions – the Terrorist Financing Convention and the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. The hearings will take place between the 6th and the 9th of March. They have started with a presentation by the Ukrainian side.

    In the lawsuit, Ukraine claims that …

  • Lithuanian Foreign Minister: EU is partially responsible for annexation of the Crimea

    Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius believes that the EU bears partial responsibility for the annexation of the Crimea by Russia and the war in the east of Ukraine. According to him, the European Union, and the West could have reacted more quickly and done more.

    "We are not consistently consistent, we reacted inappropriately. Sometimes our reaction is too late, sometimes too weak, "he said.

    Linkevičius believes that the West has chosen a comfortable position, the "golden mean," for …