The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Sergey Lavrov, commented on the victory of Donald Trump in the U.S. Presidential elections.“We are ready to work with any President. I can’t say that all of our partners’ previous leaders were predictable in every situation. It is a part of life, a part of politics. I heard many of his words; we will judge him by his actions, answer deeds with deeds,” the Minister said, as reported by TASS.

However, Lavrov didn’t answer the question as to whether he …

On Wednesday, November 9th, NATO began a constant patrol operation in the Mediterranean, codenamed “Sea Guardian.” Three ships and two submarines will run patrols in the central Mediterranean region under the auspices of NATO. The naval forces include Italian frigate IST Aviere, Bulgarian frigate BGS Verni, Turkish frigate TCG Gemlik, Greek submarine HS Papanikolis and Spanish ESPS Mistral.

From the air, the mission will be supported by rotations of aircraft from Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece …

Hackers of yet-unknown origin have carried out a series of attacks on major Russian banks, RIA Novosti reported, citing a source close to the Central Bank of the Russian Federation. Later the anti-virus company Kaspersky Lab confirmed the news, saying that the attack that began on November 8th and continues for the second day in a row became the first large-scale, distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack in 2016 aimed at Russian banks.According to Kaspersky Lab, the hackers attacked the …

The MEPU-16 naval drills, which are the main drills conducted by the Finnish Naval Forces in 2016, started on Wednesday in the Gulf of Finland and the Archipelago Sea, as reported by the Finnish Broadcasting Company. 2,700 people, including 900 professional soldiers, will take part in the naval drills.

The Commander of the Finnish Navy, Mika Niemi, stated that there are approximately 1,400 recruits and 400 reservists taking part in the exercises. In addition about 30 warships, including a Hä …

90% of the Russian documentation pertaining to the forensic examination of the bodies recovered from the Smolensk plan crash contains errors. This was announced during a press conference on Wednesday by the deputy prosecutor general of Poland, Marek Pasonek.

“Forensic medical experts who worked with the exhumations found errors in 90% of the Russian documents on forensic examination of the bodies,” Pasonek said.

He added that this was the reason why the prosecutors decided to conduct an …

Russia’s Federal Security Service, the FSB, arrested three individuals who are accused of belonging to a group that had allegedly plotted to commit acts of sabotage on Russian military facilities in the Crimea, Interfax reported.

The FSB’s Public Relations Center accused the three individuals of workings for Ukrainian intelligence services.

“On November 9th, the FSB detained members of a terrorist group linked to the Main Directorate of Intelligence the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine who …

A U.S. Navy reconnaissance P-8A Poseidon aircraft monitored Russia’s flotilla in the Mediterranean Sea between Cyprus and Syria, Interfax reported, citing websites that track the movement of military aircraft.

The P-8A with tail number 158858 reportedly took off from the Sigonella airbase in Sicily and monitored the activities of the Russian flotilla, which is centered around Russia’s sole aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov.

The reconnaissance aircraft circled around the flotilla at an …

Deputy Speaker of the US State Department Mark Toner said that the sanctions imposed by the United States on Russia for its violation of the sovereignty of Ukraine will remain in effect until the return of the Crimea, Ukrinform reports.

“Our attitude has been and will remain – within the present administration – unchanged. As for the sanctions regarding the Crimea – they will stay in effect until Russia takes its troops out of the Crimea and returns the peninsula to Ukraine,” Toner said. …