• Putin signs law on combined forces in Armenia

    Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a federal law ratifying an agreement between Russia and the Republic of Armenia regarding a combined forces group. The relevant document was published on Wednesday on the official legal information portal.

    The signed law ratifies an agreement between Russia and Armenia signed in Moscow on 30 November 2016 regarding the combined forces. This agreement determines the designation, the order of formation, deployment and use of the combined forces.

    The …

  • Ukraine stopped the supply of electricity to the separatist-held areas of the Donbas

    On July 26, the supply of electricity to the territory of the Donetsk region that is not controlled by the Ukrainian authorities was completely suspended, as reported by the head of Ukrenergo, Vsevolod Kovalchuk on his Facebook page.

    "Today, the uncontrolled territories no longer consume electricity produced by power plants in the controlled part of Ukraine. The needs of the occupied territories in energy are covered by the Starobeshevska and Zuivska TPPs, by other producers at the …

  • Saakashvili stripped of Ukrainian citizenship

    Ihor Mosiychuk, a Verkhovna Rada deputy from the Oleh Lyashko Radical Party, said that President Petro Poroshenko has revoked the Ukrainian citizenship of Mikheil Saakashvili, former head of the Odessa province’s state administration. Ihor Mosiychuk posted about this on his Facebook page.

    “It has been confirmed to me: it’s true – the Georgian ‘Yanukovych’ has been deprived of Ukrainian citizenship, and this is evidence that President Petro Poroshenko has finally started to acknowledge his own …

  • Hong Kong considering the possibility of poultry import from Ukraine

    A delegation from the Food Safety Center of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (China) is investigating the possibility of importing poultry from Ukraine, as stated in a message from the State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection.

    It was reported that the Hong Kong delegation is in Ukraine on an assessment mission, during which a meeting with the leadership of the State Consumer Protection Service was held.

    Ukraine presented the main approaches in state control …

  • The Russian Parliament approved the draft law on restriction of freedom on the Internet

    The Federation Council of Russia approved a bill banning the use of proxy servers, including a virtual corporate network. The document, approved on July 25, also prohibits sending text messages from a phone anonymously.

    On July 21, this bill was approved by the lower chamber of the Russian parliament, the State Duma. The next step is to send it to Russian President Vladimir Putin to be signed.

    If signed, the document will come into force on January 1, 2018, less than three months before the …

  • European Court hears 3000 claims of violations of the rights of Ukrainians as a result of Russia's aggression

    Ukrainian Minister of Justice Pavlo Petrenko has announced that the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is hearing 3,000 lawsuits from Ukrainians regarding the violation of their rights as a result of Russian aggression in the Donbas and the annexation of the Crimea.

    According to Petrenko, the ECHR has already delivered its first decision on the lawsuit by a resident of Ukraine regarding these events.

    The European Court recognized that Ukraine is not responsible for the violation of human …

  • Moldovan parliament speaker condemns President Dodon for plans to reward Russian peacekeepers

    Moldovan Speaker of the Parliament Andrian Candu has criticized the intentions of President Igor Dodon to present official awards to Russian peacekeepers, urging him not to confuse official awards with protocol gifts.The Speaker wrote about this on his Facebook page.

    "On one of the Russian TV channels, President Dodon, in order to show his support for Moscow, boasts that he violates and will violate the Constitution. Angry at the tough position of the Parliament, which is expressed in a …

  • Putin and Iraq's Vice President discussed the delivery of T-90 tanks

    During a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iraqi Vice President Nouri al-Maliki, the delivery of T-90 tanks to Iraq was discussed, as reported by RIA Novosti on Tuesday, July 25th, citing the Director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation, Dmitry Shugayev.

    In addition, Shugayev said that during al-Maliki’s visit, the parties also discussed the current implementation of military and technical cooperative agreement, and outlined approaches to resolving …

  • Russia сonsiders imposing sanctions against Poland in response to decision to demolish Soviet monuments

    The Federation Council of Russia appealed to President Vladimir Putin with a request to instruct the relevant Russian departments to develop sanctions “in response to Poland’s decision to demolish monuments to Soviet soldiers.”This was reported by Interfax, citing the appeal of the Russian senators.

    “We ask you to instruct the relevant federal executive bodies to submit comprehensive proposals on the possible introduction of restrictive measures in the areas of bilateral cooperation with the …

  • Turchynov: Ukrainian army to receive thermobaric grenades and rocket-propelled infantry flamethrowers

    Oleksandr Turchynov, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine, visited the armed forces’ Honcharovskyi training ground, where new weaponry and military equipment designs were being tested.

    As reported by the NSDC’s press service, Turchynov was shown machine guns, sniper rifles, hand-held anti-tank grenade launchers, mortars, anti-tank missile systems and their ammunition.

    He drew special attention to the thermobaric ammunition (which disperse combustible …