Foreign investors continue to sell off their shares in Russian companies in response to increased tension in Russia’s relations with the West and growing macroeconomic risks, finanz.ru reports.

During the week ending August 1, non-residents withdrew another $10 million from the Russian stock market, after pulling out $110 million the week before.

Funds focusing exclusively on Russia sold $40 million worth of securities in the last week and $130 million in the last two, according to a review …

The investigation into the mass attack on social networks by the Russian “Troll Factory” against Italian President Sergio Mattarella will be handed over to experts on the anti-terrorism experts, Italian news outlet ANSA reports.

According to ANSA, the prosecutor’s office of Rome will soon start investigating the “troll” attacks on the Italian president on Twitter, after which the case will be transferred to experts on the fight against terrorism.

On Monday August 6, the Italian Parliamentary …

NATO military personnel from the International Peacekeeping Force in Kosovo (KFOR) left the Gazivoda Lake reservoir on the border with Serbia on Sunday, August 5, where they were stationed for over thirteen hours.

According to local media, there are no more vehicles and NATO soldiers on the access roads to the reservoir and hydroelectric power station. They resumed patrolling the main road in Zubin Potok and the northern part of Kosovo.

KFOR explained to reporters that regular exercises were …

Russia strongly condemns the assassination attempt on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, announced the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

“We strongly condemn the assassination attempt committed on August 4 on the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, as a result of which 7 people were injured. The use of terrorist methods is categorically unacceptable as tools of political struggle,” reads a statement on the website of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. …

The police in Marbella, south of Spain, arrested three criminal mafia leaders from the former Soviet Union countries. They are accused of the attempted murder, documents falsification and being members of a criminal organization.  Country’s police released a video of their arrest that took place in a cafe.

According to the Spanish police, the criminal leaders were detained when they allegedly discussed the plan to kill a member of the rival gang.

According to DW report based on the Spanish …

Aziz Asbar, a well known scientist believed to be close to Syrian President Bashar al-Asad, was killed in a car explosion in the Syrian city of Masyaf, the Israeli portal Walla reports.

The explosion took place as Asbar sat in his car, just outside his house. His driver was also killed.

Militants led by a certain Abu Amar have claimed responsibility for the attack, but local journalists believe that foreign intelligence may have been behind it.

The city of Masyaf has a scientific research …

Wess Mitchel, the Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs summoned Dmitry Zhirnov, the charge d'affaires of Russia in the United States, to answer for the Russian propaganda in social networks. Washington regards this as Moscow's interference in the internal affairs of the USA, reported in Twitter Heather Nauert, the State Department spokeswoman.

"Assistant Secretary Mitchell convoked Russian Chargé Zhirnov to answer for the Kremlin’s attempts to use social media …

President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin arrived in Crimea Saturday, August 4th, where he visited the evening-opening of the festival “Opera in Chersonese.” It will take place on the territory of the museum-reserve “Chersonese Tavrichensky” in Sevastopol on August 10-12, reported the press service of the Russian president.

Putin watched the ballet, and then, with Metropolitan Tikhon visited the Vladimirsky cathedral, where “restoration work continues.”

Together with Putin, Russian …