103 Ukrainian soldiers and civilians are still held in captivity by the DPR (Donetsk People’s Republic) and LPR (Luhansk People’s Republic) separatists. Dozens of Ukrainian citizens are being illegally held in the territory of the Russian Federation, the press center of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) reported.

According to the statement, 3,215 people in total have been released from captivity since 2014 and 402 persons are still considered missing.

"We know each of them by name. And we …

The Soyuz-2.1b rocket that fell in the Atlantic Ocean soon after launch, drowning all 19 satellites, was, according to Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, “adjusted for Baikonur.” That is, the data fed into the launch system was based on the assumption that the Soyuz-2.1b would be launched from the Baikonur space launch site, which is in neighboring Kazakhstan, while in fact the rocket was launched from the Vostochny cosmodrome in the Amur region.

“The launch was adjusted for …

If, next year, the Russian Ministry of Finance issues Eurobonds for businessmen who are interested in moving their capital back to Russia, the information about these investors, their names and amounts, will be protected from the Western financial system by the Russian banking system and the Central Depository, Russian Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov told journalists.

“If our businessmen want to avoid revealing the movement of their capital, they can act through Russian banks. If they open …

Speaking at a meeting with cabinet ministers, Putin said that one of the country’s main unresolved problems is a large number of people living on income below the poverty line, TASS reports.

The Head of State noted that there are now 20 million poor people in Russia, and recalled that recently the figure had been 15 million people.

"The economic crisis of recent years, the decline in oil prices, and some other causes - including external constraints - have done their dirty work, and the …

The Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology, and Mass Media, (Roskomnadzor) asked the social networks, Facebook and Instagram, to provide explanations for blocking accounts belonging to the leadership of Chechnya, in particular, the Head of the Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov.

On December 26th, Roskomnadzor sent a letter to Facebook’s management asking about the reasons for removing Ramzan Kadyrov's accounts from Facebook and Instagram," according to the Russian …

The Strategic Missile Forces tested advanced combat equipment installed on the intercontinental ballistic missile, RS-12M Topol, the Russian Defense Ministry indicated as reported by TASS.

"On December 26, 2017, a test launch of the intercontinental ballistic missile, RS-12M Topol, was executed by the missile combat crew of the Strategic Missile Forces from the state central testing site, Kapustin Yar, in the Astrakhan region. The purpose of the launch was a test of the prospective combat …

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson discussed the situation in the Donbas during a recent telephone conversation. According to the press service of the Russian Foreign Ministry, the telephone conversation was initiated by the Americans.

During the conversation, the representatives of the Russian Federation and the US touched upon the Minsk agreements.

"The importance of further engagement of the bilateral channel of consultations was confirmed, in …

The framework of negotiations conducted between US State Department Representative Kurt Volker and Russian Presidential Aide Vladislav Surkov was one of the most effective this year, said Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine for the European Integration Olena Zerkal during a broadcast on Channel 5.

"There is no other framework, so everyone supports the Minsk format ... This year the Volker-Surkov format worked more intensively," she said on Channel 5 on Tuesday.

According to Zerkal, …