The situation along the contact line in eastern Ukraine remains tense. According to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, 8 Ukrainian servicemen were killed and 26 were wounded on January 29-30.

The situation is the most difficult near Avdiivka (a town 6 km away from Donetsk). Seven out of eight Ukrainian servicemen were killed there while three civilians were critically injured.

The spokesman of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, Alexander Motuzyanik, reported that during the hostilities near …

The Chief Executive Officer of Ukrainian state energy company Naftogaz, Andriy Kobolyev, stated in an interview with Reuters that the European Union should block the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline project that will give the Kremlin geopolitical and financial leverage against Germany, Poland and Slovakia.

“We urge our European partners to make efforts to look not on immediate consequences but to take one step further and look at what will happen later after the launch of Nord Stream-2,” Kobolyev …

Leaders of the unrecognized republic of Transnistria (Pridnestrovie) are outraged by the actions of Moldovan authorities regarding the arrest of the Republic’s officials. They also accuse Chisinau of "psychological pressure" and threaten to "complicate the dialogue" on resolving the Transnistrian problem, as reported by Newsmaker.

The statement of the Foreign Ministry of the "Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic" (PMR) was published after the "Minister of Industry and Regional Development of the …

The former President of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, will participate in court hearings on his case only after the assassination attempt on his life is considered in the proceedings. Yanukovych’s lawyer, Vitaliy Serdyuk, stated this in his interview with Ukrainian National News.

“Yanukovych will remotely participate in court hearings until the General Prosecutor’s Office takes seriously the attempts on his life. Currently, this case is in the Prosecutor’s Office of Ukraine and the defense makes …

In 2017, the Russian Federation will try to destabilize the situation in Moldova, either by using its loyal political forces or by the "resuscitation" of the so-called “Kozak Memorandum” on the Transnistrian settlement, which may lead to the federalization of Moldova. This was stated in the study "Risks of 2017" presented by the Institute for Development and Social Initiatives Viitorul, in Chisinau, as the Ukrinform reported.

"Russia doesn't have many tools of political influence in Moldova, …

The Russian Defense Ministry has sent a large number of Vodnik armored vehicles to the Syrian port of Tartus. These vehicles are intended for the army of the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad which is assisted by Moscow, as reported by the Iranian agency Fars.

It also states that Russia is allegedly planning to send additional equipment to the Khmeimim Air Base where the Russian Aerospace Forces’ aircraft are based.

On 29 December the ceasefire agreement established through mediation with Iran, …

Linas Balsys, the former press secretary of the Lithuanian President, has become a member of the Seimas and has suggested that the issue of Kaliningrad be raised again, as he stated on 20 January during the conference “The World in 2017” in Vilnius, BaltNews.lt. writes.

According to a parliamentarian, Kaliningrad was not given to Russia forever. Now Lithuania or the leadership of the European Union should address its return, or it should be done as a joint effort.

“During talks in both …

British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson is furious over information that an official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Maria Zakharova, is a guest at a reception at the UK House of Commons.  

As was reported by The Daily Mail, the event was organized by Tory MP Daniel Kawczynski. The Politician is known for his loyalty to Moscow.

The article has been already been commented on by Zakharova herself, noting that she refused the invitation.

“The …