On Monday, February 19th, Ukraine filed a memorandum in support of the proceedings against Russia in regards to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. The memorandum states that the Russian Federation violated Ukraine’s sovereign rights in the Black and Azov Seas and the Kerch Strait, the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine reports.

“Starting in 2014, the Russian Federation has illegally deprived Ukraine of the ability to exercise their rights as a …

Ukrainian authorities have banned the supply of D-436 engines for civil aircraft to Russia, as stated by the Deputy Minister of Industry of the Russian Federation, Oleg Bocharov, during the round table in the State Duma, TASS reports.

"Unfortunately, the Ukrainian authorities have banned the supply of the 436th engine for civilian purposes," he said.

The D-436 engines are produced by the Motor Sich enterprise. In Russia they are installed on An-148 and Be-200 amphibious aircraft. As an …

More than 60 media representatives have appealed to President Petro Poroshenko, the government and the General Prosecutor's Office to stop its censorship and blackmailing of media outlets through the National Council on Television and Radio Broadcasting. A corresponding appeal has been published on the website of Ukrainian news agency Era-Media.

As of February 19, the appeal has been signed by more than 60 supporters.

In the statement, journalists called the actions of the National Council …

Opposing sides continue to move towards each other in the Donbas, stated Principal Deputy Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine Alexander Hug  on Monday, February 19, at a press briefing in Donetsk.

"The fact is that the sides continue to dig trenches. The fact is, that the sides move closer to one another. The fact is, that the sides keep weapons that they should have long withdrawn in areas where they should not be. And the fact is that that both sides …

In Syria, "during the recent military clash", several dozen Russians were injured, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement published on the Ministry’s website. The Ministry did not specify what kind of military clash it was and where it occurred.

"During a recent military confrontation, in which the military personnel of the Russian Federation were not involved and no regular technical means were used, Russian citizens and citizens of other CIS countries were killed. This …

48 thousand Russian servicemen took part in the  military operation in Syria in 2015-2017, as stated by the chairman of the State Duma Defense Committee Vladimir Shamanov at a briefing for foreign military attaches in Moscow, reports DW.

At the same time, he said that the Russian military killed 60 thousand fighters, including about three thousand who were Russian by birth.

It should be noted that Russian air forces have been repeatedly accused of falsifying reports about numbers of air …

In Spain, State Duma Deputy Vladislav Reznik faces up to five and a half years in prison and a €100 million fine in the case of the “Russian mafia”, reported La Opinion de Malaga.

On Monday, February 19, the court began to hear the case about money laundering in Spain by Russian immigrants. According to the investigation, the crimes were committed in the 1990s.

Among the defendants of the case is the current State Duma deputy Vladislav Reznik. He attended the trial. “I came to the session …

In 2018, three times more military personnel from Germany will take part in NATO exercises to contain Russia, reported Spiegel Online, citing as a source a statement from the German Ministry of Defense.

Plans are for 12,000 German soldiers to participate in the exercises on the eastern and northern flanks of NATO.

The cost for the German military to participate in the exercises will be €90 million. In 2017, 4,000 Bundeswehr soldiers participated in the NATO exercises.

In particular, 8,000 …