• President of Serbia: We need Russian weapons

    Serbia needs Russian weapons to ensure its own security, President Alexander Vučić said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

    According to him, Belgrade is awaiting a visit soon from Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu and the “arrival of tanks and reconnaissance vehicles” from Russia. “This is of great importance to us, although some ignoramuses say, ‘Why do we need it?’” Vučić said.

    According to him, the supply of weapons from Russia will strengthen the defense capacity of Serbia and prevent …

  • Kaczynski: Poland has the right to not accept migrants

    The head of the ruling "Law and Justice" (PiS) Party in Poland, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, believes that his country has the right not to receive migrants from countries in the Middle East on grounds of the threat to security and economic problems, as stated by Kaczynski during the congress of the PiS party in Przysucha, Radio Poland reports.

    Kaczynski used Finland as an example, which, he said, once adopted 100 migrants, while today there are 26,000 of them in the country. "The ratio is one to …

  • Ukrainian translator in France sentenced for criticizing pro-Russian film on revolution in Ukraine

    A Parisian court has ruled against the Ukrainian translator Anna Chesanovska for criticism directed against the infamous filmmaker Paul Moreira, producer of the film “Ukraine – The Masks of Revolution”. Chesanovska has to pay a fine and compensation which may amount to as much as 13,600 euros, Evropeyskaya Pravda reports.

    At the start of 2016, the film “Ukraine – The Masks of Revolution” came out in France. Numerous viewers characterized the film as propagandist. It incited outrage not only in …

  • Russia has extended retaliatory sanctions against the EU till the end of 2018

    Russia extended counter-sanctions against Western countries for another year, until December 31, 2018, as stated in an order issued by President Vladimir Putin.

    According to the Decree, the government was instructed to ensure measures to implement the Decree, and, if necessary, to make amendments with regard to the duration of the sanctions.

    The document comes into force as of the date of its signing.

    On June 28th, the European Union extended anti-Russian sanctions until January 31, 2018. …

  • Russia suspends payment of contribution to the Council of Europe

    Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held a telephone conversation with Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjorn Jagland, in which Lavrov told him about the Russian Federation's decision to suspend its contribution payment to the CE budget for 2017, as reported on the Russian Foreign Ministry's website.

    "The Minister has informed the Secretary General of the Council of Europe of its decision to suspend payment of the contribution of the Russian Federation to the budget of the …