• Media: Ukraine signs contract with General Electric on diesel locomotives which may be produced by Russian company

    Ukraine recently signed a $1 billion agreement with the American company General Electric on the joint production of diesel locomotives for Ukrainian Railways, report journalists from the investigative program Groshi (Money).

    “Firstly, a similar locomotive model for Kazakhstan, for example, costs 2 million, for Ukraine – 4 million. And the most surprising aspect of this story is that by purchasing these locomotives, our country could well be adding to the budget of the Russian Federation,” the …

  • Iraqi Ambassador: Baghdad has not yet negotiated purchase of S-400 missile systems from Russia

    Iraq’s ambassador to Russia, Haidar Mansour Hadi, denied reports of ongoing negotiations in Moscow concerning S-400 surface-to-air missile systems, RIA Novosti reports.

    “There is no delegation in Moscow to acquire the S-400 at the present time. When the government of Iraq decides to purchase the S-400, it will, of course, be announced, and there will be discussions held between the two countries,” Hadi said.

    At the same time, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said that Russia demonstrate …

  • Company connected with 'Putin’s Chef' concludes oil contract with Syria

     The company, connected with the Russian oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin (known as “Putin’s chef”) concluded an oil contract with Syria, reports news outlet Echo of Moscow with reference to the newspaper The Bell

    According to media reports, Prigozhin’s company has been negotiating with the Syrian government since 2016.

    The company in question is Euro Polis, which has negotiated with the Syrian government on the concession, protection and development of oil fields in the country since 2016.

    The …

  • Argentine police confirms authenticity of photo with Russian government plane being loaded with cocaine

    The photographs with the hull number of the plane from the Russia Special Flight Detachment in Buenos Aires are authentic, the Argentine Gendarmerie said on Tuesday, February 27.

    Earlier, official Russian Presidential Administration representative Elena Krylova said that the photographs are forgeries, and denied that the government airliner was involved in the “cocaine case”.

    “Journalists have drawn conclusions on the basis of unreliable information – in this case photographs which can be …

  • Belarus company begins drilling the second well for Ukrainian hydrocarbon deposits

    Experts of Belorusneft Production Association have begun drilling the second well on Ukraine’s hydrocarbon deposits, BELTA news agency informs. The Number 43 exploratory well is being constructed over the Semyrnkivsky gas condensate field at a depth of 6,572 meters.

    This is the second deep-drilling-services project in Ukraine implemented by Belarusian oil workers. The first started in September last year. That was directional well Number 25, bored with a Drillmec machine in the Semyrenkivska …

  • Ukrainian MP: if there was no corruption in Ukraine it would not need assistance from IMF

    It is convenient for Ukrainian authorities to blame all the problems and the adoption of controversial decisions on the alleged claims of the IMF. At the same time, the country has enough internal resources not to require additional funds from the IMF. To do this, it is necessary to move funds out of the shadow economy and fight corruption, as expressed by the People's Deputy of Ukraine, Serhiy Taruta, on the Narod Protyv (People are against)  program on ZIK TV Channel.

    "Autumn re-elections …

  • Polish Minister: there may be more than 2 million Ukrainian migrants in Poland

    Beata Kempa, Poland's Minister for Humanitarian Aid said that there may be more than 2 million Ukrainian migrants in Poland. 

    “According to our estimates, there may be more than two million Ukrainians in Poland. Of course, many of them stay here because of the conflict in Ukraine and this is the argument we want to present to the European Commission,” she said during an interview with Super Express in response to a question about the increasing number of immigrants from Eastern Europe and the …

  • Former Polish Prime Minister: There is no connection between Bandera and Volyn tragedy

    Former Prime Minister of Poland Jan Olszewski believes that Stepan Bandera is unfairly demonized in his country, since the Ukrainian nationalist leader is unlikely to have been involved in the tragic events in Volhynia during the Second World War, reports Polskie Radio.

    "Stepan Bandera’s crime against the Polish people was really only one. And those who are eager to speak of banderism in Poland today have often forgotten about it. This crime was the attempted assassination of Polish Minister …

  • US threatens Turkey with sanctions if they purchase S-400 missile systems from Russia

    Washington has threatened Ankara with sanctions should they decide to purchase S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems from Moscow, RIA Novosti reports with reference to Haberturk newspaper.

    According to an unnamed US official, the US has concerns over Turkey's purchase of Russian surface-to-air missile systems. Haberturk’s interlocutor explained that the Turkish government’s decision could "negatively influence the interoperability of NATO." The official assumed that considering the bill recently …

  • Ukrainian Ministry of Defense: Russian military group in the Crimea poses a threat to entire Black Sea

    Russian troops in the Black Sea have sufficient strength to control the area, according to Deputy Defense Minister of Ukraine on European Integration Anatoly Petrenko, reports Ukrinform. Petrenko made the statement during a forum in Kyiv called “Occupied Peninsula: Four Years of Resistance.”

    According to Petrenko, Russia "created on the peninsula a self-sufficient interdepartmental group that is capable of conducting operations in the north-west strategic direction." "This allows the Russian …