During a teleconference with universities, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that "the situation around the Crimea is not dramatic," and that the peninsula will experience growth in a variety of areas in the future.

"To date I do not think that the situation around the Crimea has been dramatic; on the contrary, I am confident that everything will gradually stabilize," the Russian agency TASS quoted Putin as saying.

As Interfax reports, the Russian president noted that "after solving a …

The US will allocate $ 6 million to Ukraine for the demining of the Donbas, as reported by the Director of the Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement of the Bureau of Political and Military Affairs of the US State Department, Stanley Brown, Radio Liberty reports.

"We have a number of programs in Ukraine. First of all, the USA is implementing the Partnership for Peace program, in the framework of which we are destroying ammunition left over from the Soviet times. At the same time, the US is …

The Venice Commission denied Hungary's request to allow Hungarian to be the sole language for teaching in Ukraine, stated the Secretary of the Venice Commission, Thomas Markert during an interview with European Pravda.

The commission believes that a bilingual mode of instruction is an advantage. Markert stated, "We do not share this position. We believe that the country can move from a strictly Hungarian-speaking system to a mixed one, with part of the hours being taught in Hungarian and some …

Ukrainian President and Croatian Prime Minister satisfied with the work of the working group on Zagreb’s experience with the reintegration of occupied territories

President Petro Poroshenko and Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković are satisfied with the work of the bilateral working group studying Croatia’s experience in the reintegration of temporarily occupied territories, as reported on the Ukrainian President’s website, following a meeting between the two leaders on the sidelines of …

Russia has approved the final applications for athletes to compete in the Olympic Games in Pyeongchang. According to the application, 169 athletes will go instead of the 500 who would have participated were they not disqualified.

According to R-Sport, all 169 people decide for themselves whether to go to the Games or not.

The International Olympic Committee dismissed the Russian team from the 2018 Olympic Games due to the doping program, which operated in the country. Clean athletes are …

The Russian economy is ready to work without being connected to the SWIFT international bank transfer system, stated Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovych at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

“It can work without SWIFT, at some point SWIFT did not exist. Of course, all of this is a little slower and not as effective, but it can work,” Dvorkovych said, as cited by TASS and RIA Novosti.

He added that the Russian government hopes that there will be no disconnection from SWIFT, because …

In an interview with BBC, US Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker believes that fighting in the east of Ukraine could cease within a year.

"We want to see peace and an end to hostilities. We want to see all citizens of Ukraine in peace and security. This could become the basis for beginning full implementation of the Minsk agreements. And all this could be achieved in 12 months," Volker said.

He also noted that the level of violence in eastern Ukraine increased significantly in 2017. …

On January 24 at the World Economic Forum in Swiss Davos, a Russian journalist provoked Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.

A journalist wearing a Vyshyvanka (a traditional Ukrainian embroidered shirt) without distinguishing marks asked Poroshenko in Russian: “Why did you adopt the law on war?”

The Ukrainian president reacted to her embroidered shirt and advised her to “take off the Vyshyvanka”. He also said that he will respond to the question if it is asked in the Ukrainian language. The …