The Russian state-owned company Rosneft starting on January 1st, 2017, will increase the portion of its shares in three German refineries: Bayernoil (from 12.5 percent to 25 percent), PCK Schwedt (from 35.4 to 54.1 percent) and Miro Karlsruhe (from 12 to 24 percent). Rosneft received this possibility as a result of the completion of the agreement on restructuring a joint venture with the refinery and petrochemical company Ruhr Oel GmbH (ROG) in Germany, that was previously signed with the BP …

According to the First Deputy Chairman of Russia’s Federation Council Committee for Defense and Security, Frants Klintsevich, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will most likely reverse Washington’s latest round of sanctions which were imposed on Thursday in response to the Kremlin’s alleged interference in the U.S. presidential election, TASS reported.

"There is a big chance that Donald Trump will reverse the latest anti-Russian sanctions after he takes office," Klintsevich told reporters. …

The Russian Foreign Ministry has suggested that Russian President Vladimir Putin expel 35 U.S. diplomats in response to Washington’s decision to expel 35 Russians on Thursday due to the Kremlin’s alleged involvement in hacking during the U.S. presidential election, TASS reported.

The Russian Foreign Ministry has compiled a list of 31 U.S. Embassy employees in Moscow and four employees of the Consulate General in St. Petersburg who it recommends be expelled from Russia.

"We, of course, cannot …

The prominent Russian lawyer, Mark Feygin, criticized the decision of the Dorogomilovsky District Court of Moscow as it recognized the events in Ukraine in February 2014 as a coup. "If we talk about the purely procedural, legal side, the Russian court has no jurisdiction to assess the legally relevant facts concerning Ukraine," he said in an interview with Deutsche Welle on Wednesday, December 28th.Feygin called the justification provided by the Moscow court untenable as the court argued that …

The National Council of Television and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine identified four winners of a competition that will be able to broadcast to the Crimea from Chonhar. This information was released by the Council’s press service.

Ukrainian Radio, Atlant-SV, Krym.Reallii and Sofia radio stations will be able to broadcast to the Crimea. "This is the first such competition for broadcasting to the Crimea since its occupation. Broadcasting will be possible after the completion of a new tower in …

The Head of the Security Service of Ukraine, Vasyl Hrytsak, stated in an interview with Ukraine TV Channel 112, that it would be easier for Ukraine to handle the conflict in the Donbas if martial law was imposed.

“On the one hand, we have an ongoing war in eastern Ukraine. De jure, this war is called an ATO (anti-terrorist operation), but this is a war because even now heavy artillery is used without regard to the Minsk Agreements and people are dying. De facto, Ukrainian society and the …

Montenegro has issued an international arrest warrant for two Russians and three Serbs who are allegedly involved in a coup d’état attempt in order to overthrow the Montenegrin government, Radio Svoboda reported.

On the 27th of December, the Montenegrin Prosecutor’s Office reported that five people are wanted on suspicion of terrorist activity, including the plot to murderthe Prime Minister of Montenegro, Milo Đukanović, and seize of the Parliament building on Election Day in October.

The two …

The Minister of Defense of Latvia, Raimonds Bergmanis, stated that Russia is responsible for the escalation of the situation in the Baltic region. At the same time, the Minister said on the Latvian TV program, Rīta Panorāma, that he doesn’t believe that part of the blame lies with NATO and Latvia.

“The beginning of this tension has comes from Russia, which has been making large investments in the defense sector. The development is huge. Three new divisions were formed in the Western Military …