Russia has refused the expansion of the OSCE mission along the entire stretch of the border belonging to the territory of the Donetsk and Luhansk provinces which are temporarily not controlled by the Ukrainian Government, Interfax-Ukraine reports. In connection with this decision, the Ukrainian delegation to the OSCE made a statement expressing deep disappointment in Russia’s sole refusal to give consent.

“Such actions by Russia are evidence of a deliberate unwillingness to facilitate the de- …

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has made a ruling on the appeal of former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych and his son Oleksandr regarding the sanctions placed on them by the EU in 2015 and 2016, reported  Evropeyskaya Pravda with reference to the court secretariat.

In the lawsuit, the Yanukovych family appealed the CJEU’s ruling from a year ago. On September 15, the European General Court ruled on two waves of sanctions introduced by the EU Council against the former …

The Moldovan government appealed to the Constitutional Court with a request to determine who will appoint the Minister of Defense instead of the country’s president Igor Dodon,  reported newsmaker.md.

The government has asked the Constitutional Court to determine the conditions under which it is justified to temporarily transfer the duties of the president of the country to approve the appointment of a defense minister and to appoint someone who will fulfill these duties.

It was reported that …

The head of the Kremlin-controlled Crimean parliament, Vladimir Konstantinov, admitted that there is a shortage of building materials on the peninsula, as well as difficulties with their delivery. As Konstantinov indicated to journalists on October 18th, the shortage of construction materials is creating high prices for them in the Crimea.

At the same time, the head of the Russian parliament of the Crimea reminded that part of the construction materials prior to the peninsula’s annexation came …

The order to withdraw Azov regiment from Shyrokyne was given at the request of Russian President Vladimir Putin, as stated by the founder and former commander of the Azov regiment, People's Deputy Andriy Biletsky in an interview with Apostrophe. He believes that the decision to remove Azov from the front line was directed against him personally and against the soldiers and argued that "this is a classic meanness" by the Ukrainian authorities.

"This was a decision directed both against me and …

Kaliningrad Mayor Alexander Yaroshuk advised residents to “leave the city for a holiday in nature” during the Football World Cup.

“The city will be crowded. It will be much harder to move about, virtually prohibited, except for the shuttles which will carry the fans,” Yaroshuk said in a radio interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda.

The city mayor also pointed out that one of the four World Cup 2018 matches which Kaliningrad will host will be a “top” match.

“Seventy to a hundred thousand …

The Roshen Corporation financed the production of 100 sniper rifles, which in August, the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko gave to the third regiment of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

"Petro Poroshenko and his company provided sniper rifles and other weapons to the Ukrainian army," the Presidential administration's response to Ukrainska Pravda says.

In particular, the weapons’ transfer was a result of a tripartite agreement between the manufacturer, the …

Russia has finished preparing its contract to supply S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft missile systems to Saudi Arabia. Director General of Rostec Sergey Chemezov told RIA Novosti news on Wednesday, October 18 that they expect a decision from Riyadh, although the contract does not include the transfer of the technology needed to produce the S-400.

It was recently reported that Rosoboronexport and the Saudi Military Industrial Company or SAMI had signed a contract to localize the production of AK-103 …