The killer known as Validol, who is associated the Russian special service (FSB), arrived in Kyiv before the murder of the Russian journalist, Arkady Babchenko, reports Kavkazcenter news outlet.

According to Kavkazcenter, the Chechen-born Walid Lurahmanov, who also goes by name Alexander Smirnov, arrived in Kyiv on May 3. According to the publication, he could have used a fake passport to get to the territory of Ukraine.

"It is not clear what the purpose of his visit was. It is possible that …

Naftogaz of Ukraine has begun the process of recovery in the courts of the $2.6 billion debt of Russia’s gas conglomerate Gazprom in compliance with the decision of the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, Interfax-Ukraine reports with reference to a source in the government.

It is noted that the legal process has been initiated in Switzerland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom under article 5 of the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign …

On May 29, Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko was shot dead in Kyiv, where he had moved after leaving Russia.

On the evening of May 29, an unknown person shot the journalist three times in the back as he was returning to his apartment in Nikolsko-Slobodska Street from the shops. His wife was in the bathroom at the time. Hearing the bangs, she came out and found her husband covered in blood. She called an ambulance to collect him, but he died en route to the hospital.

“Arkady Babchenko was …