Russia is not going to agree to stop armed aggression in the east of Ukraine, Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak believes.

In an interview with the Uriadovy Courier he stated that the probability of the escalation of the conflict in the Donbas into full-scale aggression with the backing of the Kremlin has not diminished.

“We absolutely expect that the aggressive actions will continue in the east of Ukraine. Moreover, there is a possibility of the conflict escalating into full-scale aggression …

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine called on foreign parliaments, governments and the world business community not to participate in the preparation, financing or lobbying of the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.

The resolution (No. 8111) regarding the Verkhovna Rada’s appeal to the international community regarding the inadmissibility of the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline and the monopoly of the Russian Federation in the world’s gas markets was supported by 266 people’ …

Press Secretary to the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said that the time when there were oligarchs in the country has passed.

“We consider the phrase ‘Russian oligarch’ to be inappropriate. It has been a long time since there were oligarchs in Russia. There are no oligarchs in Russia,” he said.

The representative of the Kremlin made this remark when a reporter asked him to comment on the fact that several oligarchs from Putin’s inner circle were invited to the U.S. for questioning.

“You …

Russia and Turkey are among the top countries that did not comply with judgments of the European Court of Human Rights. The report – about the results in 2017 – was presented in Strasbourg on Wednesday, April 4 by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (CMCE). According to the report, more than 2,000 cases of human rights violations are still unsettled in Russia. In Turkey, there are more than 1,500. In general, the number of ECHR judgments that have not been complied with in 47 …

Since the beginning of 2014, Ukraine and Russia suspended and terminated 44 treaties between the two countries, Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine for European integration Olena Zerkal stated. She recalled that prior to 2014, both nations had concluded 451 international treaties.

“After the beginning of the armed aggression, we started inventory of a legal framework of bilateral relations with Russia. As of April 2018, according to our data, all necessary internal procedures have been carried …

Oleh Slobodyan, the Spokesman for the Ukrainian Border Guard Service told the Obozrevatel.com that the authorities will immediately react to vessels that violate the law of sailing into and out of the Crimea.

Slobodyan said, "Ukraine's position is unequivocal: Crimea is an illegally occupied part of Ukraine, so law enforcement agencies will immediately react to procedure violations of entry and exit from the occupied territory." He emphasized that Ukraine acts "within the legal framework and …

Kyiv increased the number of Russians offered in exchange for Ukrainian citizens convicted in Russia. The earlier offer was for the release of 20 Russian citizens. Now, Ukraine’s representative in the Humanitarian Subgroup on Donbas [of the Trilateral Contact Group] Iryna Herashchenko voiced the proposal to release 23 Russians, Interfax-Ukraine reports.

"Those Russians who were detained, in fact, as a result of the war for... participation in the conflict under the guise of so-called "militia" …

Russia intends to deport to Ukraine Nikolai Tregub, a separatist who fought for the Donetsk People’s Republic, Radio Free Europe reports, citing a judgment issued by the Moscow District Court.

“Nikolai Tregub was born in 1989 in Zhmerynka, Vinnytsia region [of Ukraine]. There is a wealth of information about him on the Myrotvorets website (an online resource of a Ukrainian center that collects and studies evidence of crimes committed against national security of Ukraine—Ed.). In 2014, Tregub …