The growing tension in the region only prevents Russia from the establishment of favorable relations and the easing of sanctions and, therefore, from further economic growth, Bloomberg notes.

The agency interviewed 21 economists about the prospects of lifting the sanctions. About 52% of the respondents believe that the EU would agree to lift the sanctions in the coming year. Before the recent events in the Crimea, the proportion of respondents sharing this view was much higher — 69 %. Only 10% …

Ukraine and India are working on plans to expand military-technical cooperation. The two sides are negotiating a program to modernize the T-72 tanks from the Armed Forces of India, a source in the defense sector said to the Interfax-Ukraine news agency.

“India is showing an interest in placing an order for the modernization of T-72 in Ukraine. Currently the parties are negotiating the organization of cooperation. The request from the Indian clients to upgrade the T-72’s, according to some …

A delegation of US servicemen in the Donbas, who are headed by the Commander of the Land Forces of the US Armed Forces in Europe, Lieutenant General Frederick Ben Hodges, reported on the constant and grave violations of the Minsk Agreements made by separatist groups. This was reported by the press service of the Defense Ministry of Ukraine.

The Ministry noted that delegation visited the Mariupol operational-tactical group in the Donbas in Donetsk and Luhansk on the 28th of August. The reason …

Servicemen of the State Border Service of Ukraine continue recording the activity of Russian armed forces in the vicinity of the administrative borders with the annexed Crimea and in other areas, according to the information released by their press service.

"Over the past day, guards in the Azov-Black Sea regional administration observed a Mi-8 helicopter flight over the temporarily occupied territory of the Crimea close to the administrative border. Also, the border agency units recorded an …

On the 29th of August, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported on the formation of territorial defense divisions in the Crimea.

“More than 500 citizens, who are in the reserve force, were selected by the military commissariat of the Autonomous Republic of the Crimea and Sevastopol. They will take part in military training in accordance with the registration specialty in the marine and coastal divisions of the Black Sea Fleet,” the report said.

The Russian Ministry of Defense added that “ …

The S-300 surface-to-air missile systems bought by Iran from Russia have been placed in near the nuclear facility in Fordow.

The surface-to-air missile systems, stationed near the plant, were shown on a TV program. In the comments, the current commander of the Iranian Air Defense Base, Farzad Esmaili, said that the nuclear facility will always be protected now.

The night before, the current Supreme Leader of Iran, Sayyed Ali Hosseini Khamenei, said that the United States tried to prevent Iran …

Russian planes near Ukraine's borders have been brought into a state of a two-minute readiness, as reported to UNIAN by the Russian Defense Ministry.

According to this information, "air defense missiles and radio troops of the Southern Military District combat squads marched into new positions as part of the sudden combat readiness check. Fighter aircraft have also relocated to the operational airfields and have begun combat duty for air defense in the Southern Federal District."

Radar …

The Federal Government of Germany allocated 8 million euros for humanitarian activities of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Ukraine, primarily to help Donbas citizens, as reported by the press-service of the German Embassy in Ukraine.

"The aid is provided within the project ICRC Assistance, Protection, Prevention and Cooperation Activities in Ukraine 2016-2017. Germany has already allocated 7 million euros once this year to support the project. Now they decided to …