Pavel Durov, the founder of Telegram Messenger, said that he encountered close scrutiny by American Special Services during a trip to the US. According to Durov, they tried to bribe the employees of Telegram, while the FBI attempted to put pressure on him, he wrote on Twitter.

According to Durov, US special services twice offered bribes to employees working for him. "During the week of our team's trip to the US last year, US intelligence agencies twice tried to bribe our developers; plus, I …

US General Joseph Dunford, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), said that the biggest challenges for the US Armed Forces are Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, and also extremism. He made this statement in his introduction which was prepared for the hearings at the US House Committee on Armed Services.

“In today’s strategic environment five key challenges – Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, and violent extremist organizations – most clearly represent the challenges facing the Joint …

The international human rights organization Amnesty International has condemned the crackdown on oppositional mass actions that took place in Russian cities yesterday.

"A crackdown on peaceful protests across Russia in which hundreds of people were arrested and numerous others beaten by police demonstrates the authorities’ utter contempt for fundamental human rights," the human rights activists said in a statement.

Amnesty's Deputy Director for Europe and Central Asia, Denis Krivosheev, …

If there is a reinforcement of the US military contingent in Poland, Russia will take all military, political and economic measures in the context of necessary defense, said Frants Klintsevich, first deputy chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security, to RIA Novosti.

Earlier, Polish President Andrzej Duda said that he intends to discuss the matter of enlarging the American military presence in the country with US President Donald Trump during his visit.

Commenting on …

Anatoly Aksakov, Chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee on Financial Markets, believes on the basis of experts’ opinions that providing anonymity to foreign investors coming to the Crimea by means of offshore elements will not work. He expressed such an opinion on June 11, at the media forum “Open Crimea: with your own eyes”, as reported by Kryminform news website.

“In the State Duma there is a corresponding draft law, we have discussed it with experts from the Central Bank, the Ministry …

Ukraine will be able to receive gas directly from Norway starting in 2022, said the Advisor to the Minister of Energy and Coal Industry, Maxim Belyavsky, referring to the signing of a memorandum of cooperation between Poland and Denmark to ensure direct gas supplies from Norway.

"The direct flow of Norwegian gas to Ukraine is now a reality, starting from 2022. What remains for us is to build a pipeline inter-connector between Ukraine and Poland. The procurement of pipes should begin in the …

As reported on the Ukrainian TV program TSN Tyzhden, fighting has recently resumed in the Luhansk region near the Bakhmut road. Illya Kyrychenko, a grenade launcher operator, and Volodymyr Laykov, a 32-year-old machine gunner from Dnipropetrovsk region, were killed. Dozens of soldiers were wounded.

All of this happened in territory that should belong to the Ukrainian army completely and without contest. According to the maps of the Minsk agreements, the area of Zholobok not controlled by the …

At the media forum "Open Crimea: With My Own Eyes”, the Kremlin-controlled Minister of Internal Politics, Information and Communications of the Crimea, Dmitry Polonsky, urged foreign journalists to see for themselves that the construction of the Kerch Strait Bridge is "not fake", Crimean News Agency reports.

"You know that one of the most common false stories lately is that there is no Crimean bridge, and all that is in the media space is Photoshop and pictures. Those colleagues who agree to …