On December 8, the UN Special Representative for Human Rights, Mark Boyanik, stated in an interview with Radio Svoboda that any criticism in the annexed Crimea can cause immediate backlash. One risk in particular is to be declared a wanted person.

“The Crimea is a place where, unfortunately, it is impossible to hold alternative views. I mean opinions that are not officially sanctioned and supported by the de facto authority. If you make a statement, distribute a message on social media, try to …

The number of victims of Russia’s military aggression in the Donbas has reached 10,000 while Moscow uses the war as a mechanism to put pressure on Europe, as was stated by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Pavlo Klimkin, speaking at the OSCE Ministerial Meeting, a correspondent from Evropeyskaya Pravda reported from Hamburg.

"The number of victims of the Russian war against Ukraine has increased to 10,000 people. Hundreds remain illegally imprisoned in the occupied territories in the Crimea. …

The Chief of the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), Alex Younger, sharply criticized Russia's actions in Syria, stating that Russia actually impedes the completion of the civil war in Syria, and thus creates an unprecedented threat of terrorist attacks in Britain and its allied states.

"As I am saying this, the well-organized structures of the Islamic State involved in the preparation of attacks abroad, are planning violent actions against the United Kingdom and our allies, without the …

The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, once again stressed that Russia’s aggression against Ukraine is a violation of the OSCE principles and international law, as she stated during the 23rd meeting of Ministers of the OSCE countries in Hamburg.

"Russia’s illegal annexation of the Crimea and actions intended to destabilize eastern Ukraine are flagrant violations of OSCE principles and international law," Mogherini noted.

She also said that the …

A group of Senators, composed of twelve Republicans and fifteen Democrats, sent a letter to the President-elect of the United States with a request to take a tough stance against Russia due to the military occupation of Ukrainian territories, as stated in the report published on the website of Illinois Senator Richard Durbin.

Durbin and the Senator from Ohio, Robert Portman, initiated the appeal to Trump. Both politicians founded the Senators’ meeting on the Ukrainian issue.

“In the light of …

Following the House of Representatives, the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly approved the 2017 National Defense budget of the United States, which provides for the allocation of $350 million to assisting Ukraine, the press service of Ukrainian Embassy in the United States reported on Facebook.

According to the report, the funds allocated to providing Ukraine with security assistance, including lethal weapons, were increased by $50 million.

The list of types of assistance was expanded to include …

The Polish General Prosecution Office confirmed that there is a high probability that the body of one of the Smolensk air crash victims has been swapped with another person’s remains, RMF reports.

According to the radio station, during the exhumation of the body of Piotr Nurowski, the remains turned out to belong to an unknown person. At the same time, it was reported that these findings are preliminary and were made on grounds of visual inspection and analysis of medical records. There has …

US President Barack Obama has lifted the formal restrictions on the supply of arms to US allies fighting terrorism in Syria, RIA Novosti reported.

A statement of the White House Press says that the operations involved in supporting or facilitating US military operations to fight terrorism in Syria are important to the national security interests of the United States.

Obama also overturned a ban on the supply of "military equipment" and funding in Syria, which is under US sanctions, a country …