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 …

In the Russian-annexed Crimea, seven regions are experiencing water shortages, as announced by the Minister for Housing and Communal Services of the Kremlin-controlled peninsular government, Sergey Karpov.

"Altogether we have seven problem areas: Leninsky District (the most problematic), Kerch, Sudak, Bakhchysarai, Feodosia, and Simferopol regions – villages of Fontany and Stroganovka, Simferopol – Krasnaya Gorka and Verkhnyaya Ukrainka. As of today, supply of water to these localities is …

Russian politician and human rights activist, Lev Schlosberg, stated on-air with Ekho Moskvii that the majority of families of Russian servicemen killed in the Donbas don’t get the promised compensation (RUB 2 million) from the state.

“Some people were paid but not all of them. When the number of killed became very high, many of them were labeled as Cossacks and their families didn’t get anything at all. We know people who were killed who were just buried, including in Pskov. As veterans of …

According to leaked documents, a British military study has determined that Russian weapons, including missile defense systems and artillery, are more powerful than their British equivalents, The Guardian reported.

The report, which was seen by The Times, noted that the UK and its NATO allies are “scrambling to catch up” with Russia’s electronic warfare capabilities.

The report, which was produced in March by General Sir Nick Carter, outlined how Russia uses Ukraine as a testing ground for …

The Russian military will continue to support the Syrian government in their fight against terrorism for as long they are needed. According to Interfax, this was said on Tuesday by the head of the State Duma Defense Committee, Vladimir Komoedov. He went on to say that “we will remain in Syria for as long as is necessary”.

According to Komoedov, the Russian Navy has always been present in Syria as “there was a small base for the ships in the Mediterranean” in the port of Tartus. He added that “ …