As reported by Radio Liberty, the International Foundation of Justice for Sergei Magnitsky, published a new list of officials who, in the organization’s opinion, are involved in the posthumous prosecution of the late Hermitage Capital lawyer.

This list includes 30 members of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, the General Prosecutor's Office, the FSB and the Investigative Committee of Russia, which, according to the fund, supervised the posthumous prosecution against Sergei Magnitsky. …

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry explained to the Ambassador of Israel to Ukraine, Eliab Belotserkovsky, the motives that led to the decision of the Ukrainian delegation to support the UN's anti-settlement resolution. Then, the Ministry reproached Israel for the "emotional reaction" of certain Israeli officials and politicians in connection with the results of the vote in New York, as reported by the press service of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry.

"The Ukrainian side has expressed …

According to the second commander of Donbas volunteer battalion, Anatoly Vinogradsky, the  veterans of the volunteer battalions have started setting up check points along the contact line in eastern Ukraine to prevent the “illegal flow of goods” into the separatist-held territories.

“There was an ultimatum demanding the return of the prisoners. The separatist leaders have not responded to it. That is why we have started the blockade of the occupied areas in eastern Ukrain,“ Vinogradsky stated …

The leaders of the Donetsk People’s Republic and the Luhansk People’s Republic, Alexander Zakharchenko and Igor Plotnitsky, decided to hand over two captive Ukrainians to the People’s Deputy of Ukraine, Nadiya Savchenko, according to a statement published on one of the separatists' websites.

“On New Year’s and Christmas Eve, we handed over two women, Angelica Presnyakova and Olga Svorak, to the representative of the Ukrainian people, Nadiya Savchenko, without any conditions as a gesture of …

Commenting on reports that former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger may act as a mediator between Moscow and Washington under US President Donald Trump, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the decision is not up to Russia, but the Kremlin would welcome such an arrangement, TASS reported.

"No doubt, Kissinger is still one of the wisest politicians [and] experts who possesses, among other things, the most profound expert knowledge both in the sphere of Russian affairs and in the sphere of …

Referring to the EU Security Council's resolution that called for the abandonment of the construction of Israeli settlements in Palestinian territories, the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations, Volodymyr Yelchenko, stated on December 25 that such construction violates international law.

“The Israeli settlements in the occupied territories contradict international law like Russia’s occupation of the Crimea,” the permanent representative said.

It was previously reported …

The leaders of the Group of Seven will probably discuss the extension of sanctions against Russia at the next G-7 Summit that will take place in May 2017 in Italy, TASS reported, citing Kyodo Japanese Agency. According to the agency, the Japanese government intends to continue extending sanctions against the Russian Federation while, at the same time, working on bilateral cooperation between the two countries.

In this way, Tokyo hopes to make progress in negotiations for a peace agreement. …

The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned Israel’s ambassador in Kyiv to clarify Israel’s position over Ukraine's vote on the UN resolution condemning Israel’s settlement in the West Bank.

Ukraine also intends to ask the ambassador for explanations over the cancelled visit of the Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Grosyman to Israel, as reported by the Interfax-Ukraine news agency citing a source in the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign affairs

According to the source, during the meeting …