After the delivery of Siemens turbines to a power plant in the Crimea in defiance of sanctions and without the manufacturer’s consent, the German concern plans to take measures regarding any future cooperation with Russian customers, CEO of Siemens AG, Joe Kaeser said in an interview with the German magazine Spiegel.

"In any case, our trusting relations with Russia, formed over more than 160 years, were spoiled," he said, stressing that this was "not a trivial trespass." "On the other hand, …

Polish Interior Minister Mariusz Błaszczak believes that Angela Merkel’s party could have gotten many more votes if not for the migration crisis in the European Union and the decision of the German Chancellor to open the borders to refugees. He stated this on Sunday in the evening program of Polish television.

"Chancellor Merkel paid a high price for her decision of 2015 to open the borders of Germany," Błaszczak said. In his opinion, this step was "a violation of EU legislation" made without …

In late September, Russia will conduct large-scale, command and staff exercises for the Strategic Missile Forces in the Novosibirsk region. More than four thousand military and about 400 units of equipment will participate in the maneuvers, the Russian Defense Ministry announced.

"We will work on an extensive list of tasks, including achieving highest levels of combat readiness, maneuvering the routes of combat patrolling, countering subversive groups and strikes of precision weapons, …

First Deputy Chairman of the Russian Federation Council's Committee on Defense and Security Frants Klintsevich considers the US military’s training manual to be useless in the case of an armed conflict between Russia and the United States, RIA Novosti news agency reports.

"No kind of manual will help them if they go crazy and start some kind of confrontation with Russia. Neither in military-technical terms, nor in moral-psychological training, are they capable of fighting the Russians," …

All movable and immovable property in Ukraine owned by former Minister of Internal Affairs Vitaliy Zakharchenko, as well as funds listed in his name in Ukrainian banks, have been seized as reported by the television channel Pryamoi, citing the press service of the National Police,.

"The arrest has been imposed on all the movable and immovable property of the suspect, [as well as] money located in banking institutions on the territory of Ukraine," the television station quotes the National …

On September 24, the Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova (PSRM) organized the first anti-government action since the victory of its leader Igor Dodon in the presidential elections last fall.

As reported by NewsMaker news agency, this was the day that an advisory referendum on expanding the powers of the head of state could be held, which was initiated by Dodon in the spring. His decree was later annulled by the Constitutional Court of Moldova.

Socialists staged protest marches in …

The police did not allow an unauthorized peace march in St. Petersburg to pass along Nevsky Prospekt. A total of about 200 people participated in the march.

The march, scheduled for September 24, the International Day of Peace, was to start at 2 p.m.

According to the publication Fontanka, by that time the participants of the march had gathered near the Kazan Cathedral, and 40 minutes later were to head towards the Senate Square along the main thoroughfare of the city. The police blocked part …

Russian general Valery Asapov was killed in Syria, as initially reported by the radio station Govorit Moskva (Moscow Speaks) with a reference to a source in the headquarters of the Fifth Army of the Russian Federation. According to their information, Asapov did not respond to attempts to contact him after 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. It is assumed that he was killed in a mortar strike at the command post in Syria.

Later, information appeared on social networks stating that the incident occurred near …