US Ambassador to Russia John Huntsman called on Moscow to perceive the so-called "Kremlin report" based on its "real, not contrived meaning and without emotions." Relations between the two countries are far from being exhausted by this legal act, he told Interfax.

Huntsman reminded that six months ago, Congress voted to strengthen sanctions against Russia by a majority vote, so there will be no surprises on January 29. He added that this is the implementation of the results of the vote, which …

On Sunday, January 28, more than a hundred Russian cities saw protests organized by opposition leader Alexei Navalny in support of a “voter strike”, a strategy to boycott the upcoming presidential elections.  The Interior Ministry and the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights estimated that there were 4,500-5,000 protesters across the country, whereas Navalny’s supporters believe that there were considerably more. In Moscow the calculation is further complicated by the fact …

Starbucks Company denied statements made by Vitali Klitschko regarding their plans to enter the Ukrainian market, as stated by InfoResist citing the European office of the company.

“Currently we are not planning to open Starbucks coffee shops in Ukraine,” answered the representatives of Starbucks.

As was stated earlier by the Mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, Starbucks was considering entering the Ukrainian market.

Starbucks Corporation is an American chain store coffee house company. As of …

The Ukrainian State Migration Service has started verification of all persons who received Ukrainian citizenship during Ukraine's independence, said First Deputy Head of the State Migration Service Maxim Sokolyuk, UNIAN reports.

According to Sokolyuk, there are cases when the courts have made decisions on Ukrainian citizenship based on fake certificates of residency in Ukraine that were issued by migration service officials prior to 1991.

"Work has begun on the full verification of the …

The Polish company, Doncoaltrade, which was engaged in exporting of coal from the separatist-controlled territories of the Donbas, was included in the US sanctions list, as stated in a message on the website of the US Department of the Treasury.

On Friday night, the US Treasury announced the expansion of sanctions against Russia due to the situation in Ukraine, adding to it 21 individuals and 12 organizations.

Polish publication Gazeta Prawna reported on November 5 that anthracite from …

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine intends to form a patrol police force in the Crimea and Sevastopol that will work “in other areas” until the peninsula is freed from "Russian occupation", stated the Minister of Interior, Arsen Avakov, at the annual college meeting of the Interior Ministry in Kyiv, the UNN news reports.

After the de-occupation of the Crimea, “the police divisions that will have been formed will be transferred to the Crimea,” the Minister explained.

At the same time, …

Assistant to the Russian President Vladislav Surkov stated in the follow-up of the meeting with US State Department’s Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker that the new US proposals on the settlement of the situation in the southeast of Ukraine seemed fully attainable to him, TASS reports.

The subject of the talks that took place in Dubai on January 26 was the deployment of the UN mission in the southeast of Ukraine.

"The Americans brought much more constructive proposals this time. …

New US sanctions imposed earlier against Deputy Minister of Energy of Russia Andrey Cherezov and Head of department of this Ministry Evgeniy Grabchak are illegal, said Russian Minister of Energy Alexander Novak, adding that the Ministry would wait for clarifications from the US, TASS reports.

According to Novak, no arguments about the introduction of sanctions were provided. “People are working, performing their functions, government functions, they continue working and such prohibitions only …