The representative of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine on ATO issues, Colonel Andriy Lysenko stated on Radio Svoboda that Russia has gathered approximately 100,000 servicemen in the territories of the occupied Crimea, Donbas and on the eastern border with Ukraine.

“Approximately 40,000 servicemen are stationed along the northern border in the Donbas; another fifty to sixty thousand are stationed in the east of the country. This group is constantly changing and expanding. Three …

More than a decade ago, the leadership of the Russian Federation developed special social-psychological programs aimed at the militarization of the country’s population, said psychologist Larisa Voloshyna in a morning interview with Krym.Realii radio.

According to Voloshyna, Russian authorities adopted programs that foster the feeling “that they are ready to serve in the armed forces of the Russian Federation.”

“Since 2005, a large number of scientific and psychological works have appeared in …

The growing tension in the region only prevents Russia from the establishment of favorable relations and the easing of sanctions and, therefore, from further economic growth, Bloomberg notes.

The agency interviewed 21 economists about the prospects of lifting the sanctions. About 52% of the respondents believe that the EU would agree to lift the sanctions in the coming year. Before the recent events in the Crimea, the proportion of respondents sharing this view was much higher — 69 %. Only 10% …