The governments of Canada and Sweden have allocated $2 million for the restoration the Donbas, as reported on the website of the Ministry for Temporarily Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons of Ukraine.

"As part of the target fund of many partners, the first $2 million was allocated for the restoration and development of peace in Donbas. The funds were provided by the governments of Canada and Sweden and will be administered by the World Bank in accordance with the priorities …

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has decided to postpone the submission of the bill introducing tax on withdrawn capital to the Verkhovna Rada in light of to the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) stance, Deputy Head of Presidential Administration Dmitry Shymkiv reported. Shymkiv referred to the bill’s text on the president’s website.

“Yesterday during the business meeting, there were great expectations that the President would submit to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (VRU) the bill on …

Russia’s Gazprom intends to appeal the decision of the Stockholm Arbitration Court regarding the transit contract with Naftogaz Ukraine before the end of the month, as well as initiate procedures for the termination of contracts "in accordance with the established procedure," said by Gazprom’s  CEO, Alexei Miller, at a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

"According to the decision of the Stockholm Arbitration Court, Gazprom must pay Naftogaz of Ukraine 2.56 billion dollars. …

Mikhail Khodorkovsky, an oppositionist who lives in Switzerland said that Russian President Vladimir Putin is responsible for the poisoning of former British spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter. "Putin ordered this done. That or he lost control of the special services, which is also likely," Khodorkovsky said on Tuesday, March 13, on German public-service television channel ZDF.

Former Russian intelligence agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Julia were found unconscious in Salisbury. England …

Nikolai Glushkov, a Russian businessman, former deputy director of Aeroflot, and a staunch critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s government was found dead in his London home on March 12. London police have classified his death as unexplained.

Although his name is not mentioned in the police department’s statement, the BBC confirms that he is indeed the person discovered dead. Glushkov was a former associate of Boris Berezovsky, another steadfast critic of Putin who had also died in …

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova declared on Russia 1 TV on Tuesday, March 13 that that British media will never operate again in Russian territory if the UK shuts down Russian television channel Russia Today. "Not a single British media outlet will work in our country if they close Russia Today," she said.

According to the media, Roskomnadzor (Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media) also promised to respond in kind against …

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko called on G7 countries to condemn and not recognize the Russian presidential elections in the annexed Crimea, which will take place on March 18, as reported on the president’s website.

“I would like to discuss the Russian elections of March 18. It would be critically important for us to have your firm statement that you will condemn and not recognize the Russian elections in Crimea,” Poroshenko said during a meeting with ambassadors from the G7 countries. …

Russian Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov discussed the situation surrounding Eastern Ghouta with US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joseph Dunford. According to the Russian Defense Ministry report cited by RBC, the phone call was initiated by Gerasimov.

“Army General Valery Gerasimov and General Joseph Dunford agreed to continue bilateral contact,” the department added.

On March 13, Gerasimov said that provocation involving the use of chemical weapons is being planned against the …