Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia and Belarus have resolved their gas-related disputes.

The disagreement between Russia and Belarus about gas shipments started in 2016. Minsk said that it had made its own price calculations for the gas and reached the conclusion that its price was roughly twice as high as it should be, arguing that a fair price would be $73 per cubic meter.

“We have found a scheme in which we keep our approaches, but bring together our positions on the cost,” …

Russia continues to build up military forces and mobilization readiness on its borders with the Baltic countries.

This was stated in a joint report by the State Security Department and the Second Investigation Department under Ministry of National Defense in which threats to national security were assessed, as reported by Delfi, in referring to a press conference in the Seimas of Lithuania, where the report was presented.

“This is a signal that NATO and Lithuania should be ready to engage in …

The Board of Directors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the third review of the economic program of Ukraine within the framework of Extended Fund Facility (EFF). Completion of this review allows for the allocation of 734.05 million SDR (Special Drawing Right of about 1 billion dollars).

Thus, the total amount allocated to Ukraine will increase to 8.38 billion dollars from 2015.

This is affirmed in a statement issued by the Fund after the completion of the third review of the …

Canadian Minister of National Defence Harjit Singh Sajjan and Ukrainian Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak signed a Defense Cooperation Arrangement, according to the Canadian Armed Forces’ latest Facebook update.

"Signing this document will allow us to expand our cooperation, making it more constructive and useful for both Ukraine and Canada," Poltorak said before the signing of the agreement.

In turn, the Canadian Defense Minister noted that he was honored to add his signature to the new …

On April 3 there was an explosion in a Saint Petersburg metro. The device went off while the train was traveling the stretch between the Sennaya Ploshchad and Tekhnologichesky Institut metro stations. According to official information, 10 people were killed and 47 injured. However, the local media talks about 14 casualties. The authorities have not yet confirmed this information.

The investigative committee announced that criminal proceedings were being initiated according to article 205 of …

Ukrposhta, the Ukrainian Postal Service plans to bring the American electronic commerce company Amazon to Ukraine, said postal service General Director Igor Smelyansky on Channel 5. Amazon.com is the world's largest seller of products and services via the Internet.

"Presently we really want to bring Amazon to our country. We are working on this with our partners now because this is international mail and some time is needed,” he said. “Logistically, we are ready but this launch assumes …

Representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church insist on the burial of the mummified body of Vladimir Lenin, reports RIA Novosti.

According to Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, it is necessary to wait for "agreement in society" in the burial of Vladimir Lenin's body. Although, in his words, the Mausoleum and the "mummified body" are a "relic of the past".

"If this was not done then, we now need to wait …

Yuriy Lutsenko, Prosecutor General of Ukraine, said that the General Prosecutor’s Office together with the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) is investigating 1,2 million cases, the German news outlet Bild reports.

“The problem is that my organization is much larger than the NABU. I have 10,000 employees, and 800 of them are investigators. The NABU has a total of 220 detectives. Together we are responsible for 150,000 state officials, and currently there are 1.2 million cases at …