The General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces claimed that Russia had been warned about the presence of the Turkish troops in northern Syria prior to the incident in which Russian aircraft bombed a location held by Turkish forces, killing 3 soldiers, Haber Turk reported.

The General Staff reported that the Turkish soldiers had been at the location for 10 days, and Turkey had allegedly provided the Russian military attaché with coordinates of the location.

However, the Russian Defense Ministry …

The Deputy Head of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), Kateryna Rozhkova, was discovered to have family connections to the head of Russian banks, the TSN news service reported.

At the same time, the leadership does not see a potential conflict of personal and public interests in this.

"The railway is serviced by the three Russian banks. How has someone come up with this! The largest taxpayer, the most extensive rail network," the chairman of the Motherland Defenders Party, Yuriy Karmazin, …

Russia began to actively prepare for the occupation of the Crimea in 2013 and former President, Victor Yanukovych, knew about it, as was stated at a briefing by the Minister of Justice, Pavlo Petrenko, LIGA.net reports.

"We clearly identified and provided documents in the form of written evidence to the European Court for Human Rights which indicate that an active preparation phase for the occupation of the Crimea began in 2013. We also understand that such plans were prepared earlier. We …

The Russian and Belarussian joint military exercises, called ‘West-2017,’ are a demonstrative preparation for a war with the West, the President of Lithuania, Dalia Grybauskaitė, said.

"We see different threats, they are growing, we are anxiously waiting for the 'West-2017' exercises, during which numerous and aggressive forces will be concentrated, demonstrative preparation for a war with the West is being conducted," Grybauskaitė said.

In addition, the 'West-2017' will take place in …

Ukrainian Prime Minister Vladimir Groysman stated that today, oligarchs do not control the Ukrainian parliament.

He said this in Brussels during the part of the conference devoted to the economic development of Ukraine.

“Against the backdrop of there being a number of destructive political figures, the Ukrainian parliament is capable of making the necessary decisions. That’s why I think that the issue of a monopoly is a very important issue, and it must be worked on constantly, in order to …

Poland will never accept a Russian vision of the European continent and will not agree to the division of Europe into zones of influence, according to Witold Waszczykowski.

Waszczykowski made the comment while addressing the Sejm.

According to the minister, Russia is pushing for NATO to renounce its presence in Eastern Europe, and for the creation of a “gray zone” in this region.

“Poland will not accept such a vision of political order in Europe, and will not agree to the division of the …

Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko, director of the Fourth European Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, stated that Moscow considers Romania a country which poses a threat to the safety of Russia, after the appearance of elements of a US anti-missile shield on its territory.

“Romania’s stance and the stance of its leadership, who have turned the country into an outpost, is a clear threat to us. The Romanian side has been told this, even publicly,” Botsan-Kharchenko noted.

According to him, …

A Russian officer-defector stated that the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation sent its spies to Europe disguised as migrants, Die Welt reported.

“We managed to deploy spies disguised as migrants to Europe. The results were reported to the President and he approved them,” the former high-level FSB officer known only as “Igor” said in a documentary named Putin’s Cold War, which broadcasted on ZDF German TV Channel.

The defector was a former Russian Colonel and served as the head …