In an interview with Presse am Sonntag, Former Austrian Federal Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer admitted that he received money to lobby in favor of Ukraine drawing closer to the EU in 2012-2013, but not from Paul Manafort, who represented the interests of former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych.

Gusenbauer confirmed that he had lobbied Ukraine’s interests, and called it a “noble cause”.

Furthermore, he did not deny that he received payment for it, but claimed not to remember the amount. He …

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has identified nearly 40 Ukrainian citizens in the Wagner Private Military Company (PMC), according to material published on Donbas.Realii.

“The Security Service of Ukraine has information that during the formation of a contingent of the so-called Wagner PMC to be sent to Syria, there was a separate group of people originating from Ukraine, who were nominally designated the ‘Karpaty’,” said Ihor Huskov, head of the SBU chairman’s office.

“This is the …

Russia has turned the annexed Crimea into a military base and placed nuclear weapons there, as  stated by the leader of the Crimean Tatar people Mustafa Dzhemilev on a broadcast on Channel 5, UNIAN reports.

“The Crimea has really been turned into a (military) base. For us it is most painful that the environment has been disturbed. This military-strategic object “Tavrida,” they cut down all the green areas there, if they find some statues or memorials with cultural significance, they remove …

Syrian authorities are ready to provide maximum benefits to Russian companies during the restoration of the country’s economy, stated the Syrian Ambassador to Russia Riyad Haddad, as reported by RIA Novosti.

“The Government of Syria and all relevant organizations received the necessary instructions from our President Bashar Assad indicating that maximum benefits will be granted to our Russian colleagues who will participate in the restoration of Syria’s economy so that our country will be in …

The plane that was loaded with suitcases of cocaine in Argentina had the same hull number as an Il-96 airliner that is part of the Russia Special Flight Detachment which serves Russian senior officials, RBC news agency reports.

At the end of the operation to clamp down on the drugs supply channel from Argentina to Russia, the Argentine Gendarmerie published a photograph and a video on Twitter. These show the aircraft’s hull number – 96023. An airliner with the same number became part of the …

On Monday, February 26, Russia banned imports of Belarusian milk, cream, whey and other dairy products, as reported by the press service of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance of Russia (FSVPS).

The ban includes: pasteurized, sterilized, and UHT milk and cream in bulk; dried, concentrated, tinned and condensed milk and cream; ripened, concentrated and dry whey, as well as concentrated whey and milk protein.

FSVPS adopted the decision “due to the numerous …

Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said in an interview with the newspaper Kommersant that the restrictive measures that the West has imposed on Russia will remain forever.

"The sanctions are the reaction of the old enemy to our reinforcement. And they will be lifted only if we again become weak," he said.

According to Rogozin, "for Russia, sanctions are a chance to show the best features of its national character."

In response to a question about whether the sanctions hamper the …

The North Atlantic Alliance stopped cooperation with Russia and instead is to strengthening its eastern flank against a “non-existent threat”, stated Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko in the interview  with Izvestiya.

“The leaders of the Alliance like to talk about the importance of de-escalation, prevention of dangerous military incidents ... but they do nothing to restore normal relations in the area of military cooperation [with Moscow],” Grushko said.

Earlier, NATO Secretary …