During a telephone conversation between French President Emmanuel Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Macron urged Putin to use “all his influence” on Syrian authorities to end armed conflict, according to a report from the Elysee Palace on April 6.

Macron noted that only a ceasefire will be able to protect the civilian population, resume the negotiation process and prevent the strengthening of the “Islamic State.” The AFP news agency reports that Macron previously appealed to Putin …

Venezuela, which is suffering from depleted dollar reserves, hyperinflation and economic crisis, intends to pay for goods and services from Russia with its own cryptocurrency, the “petro”, Venezuelan Foreign Trade Minister José Vielma Mora announced. According to him, this arrangement was discussed during the session of the bilateral intergovernmental commission in Caracas.

The first recipient of the Petro instead of dollars in Russia may be Russia’s truck manufacturer Kamaz, with whom …

Russian ambassador to Poland, Sergey Andreyev, discussed the measures to be taken by Moscow against Warsaw in response to the demolition of Soviet-era monuments dedicated to soldiers and liberators, the Izvestia newspaper reports. According to Andreyev, the most appropriate response in this situation would be to raise the world's awareness about the policy and conduct of the Polish authorities.

“This is the purpose of the protests which we bring on each occasion to Poland. We constantly bring …

The delegation of the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs will visit Ukraine to assess the progress of reforms and the use of EU financial assistance, the press office of the Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine reported.

Parliamentarians will also discuss the implementation of the association agreement between the EU and Ukraine in the light of the report of the European Parliament, which will be made public soon.

The delegates will also meet with Verkhovna Rada deputies, …

The international coalition led by the United States will be in Syria for as long as it takes to completely destroy the militants of Islamic States, as stated by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg during a meeting with American students in Dallas. According to the Head of the North Atlantic Alliance, there are still traces of the terrorists’ presence in Iraq and Syria.

"NATO units are not present in Syria ‘on the ground’ but the Alliance is part of the international coalition," …

The Security Service of Ukraine accused the General Staff of the Russian Federation of organizing terrorist attacks in Kyiv near Espreso TV, where the Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada, Ihor Mosiychuk was injured.

Two people died and four were injured at an explosion at the building exit of the Espreso TV station in Kyiv at the end of October 2017. The deceased were former employee of the Ministry of Internal affairs Mykhailo Mormil, walking nearby and Police Staff Sergeant Ruslan Kushnir. …

Representatives of the Danish authorities are likely to join the diplomatic boycott of the 2018 World Cup in Russia, DR Nyheder reports.

Representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark Michael Aastrup Jensen said that members of the royal family and other government officials will join the UK and Iceland in not attending the matches of the world championship held in Russia.

"It will be difficult for Danish officials to go to Russia for this football festival. I do not think we …

Football 24 news outlet reports that Ukrainian citizens purchased more than four thousand tickets for 2018 World Cup matches in Russia.

According to the publication’s source, FIFA sold 2,053 tickets for tournament matches to Ukrainian fans during the second phase, which lasted from December 5, 2017 to April 3, 2018.

The first phase lasted from September 14 to November 28, 2017. During this time, Ukrainian fans purchased 2,087 tickets. Thus, the total number of tickets at the moment is 4,140. …