Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations Volodymyr Yelchenko held an urgent briefing on the situation in Crimea after the actions of Russian security forces and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s statements.

This was reported by Hromadske radio.

“The question of convening the UN Security Council is being considered ... As soon as it is necessary, we will do it immediately,” Yelchenko said.

“We are ready to convene the Security Council even at night, if necessary,” he …

Russia’s First Deputy Chairman of the Defense and Security Committee in the Federation Council, Franz Klintsevich, said during an interview with Izvestiya that Russia plans to convert the Khmeimim airbase in Syria into a full-fledged military base.

Klintsevich explained that the legal status of the base is currently being determined. "After agreeing on the legal status of Khmeimim, it will be a base for the Russian armed forces, and proper infrastructure will be built,” the senior Russian …

Commenting on Russia’s accusation that Ukrainian military intelligence organized a terrorist attack in the Crimea, the US State Department said that it is currently requesting more detailed information, but it does not want to be distracted from the real problem of Russia’s annexation of the Crimea and role in the war in eastern Ukraine.

“We don’t want to be distracted from the real issue here, which is not only Russia’s occupation and attempted annexation of Crimea, but their continued …

Commenting on Ukraine’s alleged involvement in a terrorist attack in the Crimea that was reportedly thwarted by the FSB, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he does not see the point of holding a meeting of the Normandy Four, Deutsche Welle reported.

Putin accused Ukraine of "transitioning to terror" instead of dealing with conflict issues at the negotiating table.

"There are losses from the Russian side, two soldiers were killed. We certainly will not ignore such things. I would like …

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius commented on the Federal Security Service's (FSB) statement about the alleged Ukrainian sabotage in Crimea. He called the Russian Federal Security Service’s statement a bogus accusation.

“Aggressor accused the victim of an attack. Old KGB methods. False Russia's accusations towards Ukraine to justify future ‘retaliation’?” Linkevičius wrote on Twitter.

On Wednesday, Russia claimed it had thwarted a terrorist attack in the Crimea, which was …

According to the report of China’s General Administration of Customs (GAC), the Russian-Chinese trade turnover decreased in July, 2016 by 15% in annual terms.

The total amount of trade turnover between the two countries amounted to $5.67 billion, of which China's exports to Russia were valued at $3.3 billion while imports from Russia to China were pegged at $2.3 billion.

These facts indicate that by the end of the first half of this year, total trade turnover declined by 0.9% relative to the …

The Georgian Ministry of Justice will finilize the prepartaion of the documents for obtaining compensation from Russia for the deportation of Georgian citizens in 2006, as reported by Kavkaz Plus news portal with the reference to the Ministry’s press service.

Georgia demands compensation of 70 million euro from Russia on behalf of more than 4,600 Georgian citizens affected by the deportation. The Ministry said that in 2014 to 2015 it contacted the affected persons, of which 345 agreed to be …

The district prosecutor's office of the Polish city of Czestochowa filed charges against the pilot of the Russian plane who violated its flight-restricted area. A representative’s report from the District Attorney’s office states that "On August 8th, the prosecutor indicted a 46-year-old Russian citizen for committing a crime, namely the violation of the air law regulations.”

The report stated that the pilot was questioned as a suspect. He did not plead guilty, but filed a request for …