Russian President Vladimir Putin is supporting ultra-right parties in order to divide Europe. It was for this purpose that he received Marine Le Pen, a candidate for the presidency of France and leader of the National Front, at the Kremlin.

First Vice-President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans stated this in Madrid, reports RTBF news agency.

"The reason why Putin supports the ultra-right in Europe is that he knows how it weakens and divides us," he said. "If the EU is divided, it …

The leader of the Justice civil-political movement, Valentyn Nalyvaichenko announced on 112 TV channel that the IMF plans to send special auditors to Ukraine in the near future. “Auditors will check how previous loans were used and at the same time they will make certain that there was no corruption involved."

Nalyvaichenko also stressed that international and financial partners regard the fight against corruption in Ukraine as the main exhaustive condition for further cooperation with the …

All previously produced engines of the RD-0210/0211 and RD-0213/0214 series, intended for installation on the second and third stages of the Russian Proton-M rocket, will be re-assembled. This was stated by the General Director of the NPO Energomash, Igor Arbuzov, RIA Novosti reported.

"With regard to Protons, this concerns 71 engines or almost the whole reserve for the second and third stages. Presently, the schedule for the re-assembly is signed. A significant part of the work will be done …

Russian President Vladimir Putin stated at the International Arctic Forum that Russia has a large number of friends in the United States, RBC news agency reports.

According to the Russian President, Russia is thinking about the United States as a great power with which it would be desirable to establish relations. "Everything else is a lie and a provocation," he said. He went on to further assert that the "anti-Russian card" is played within "certain groups in the United States" to "strengthen …

Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman announced his intention to sell inefficient state-owned enterprises. According to him, the move would enable Ukraine to attract additional investment and accelerate economic growth.

"We have 3,500 state-owned enterprises in the country. It is absurd, because most of these enterprises are either inefficient, or have become feeders for corrupt officials… My position is as follows: those [enterprises] that are not of national significance and …

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the recent anticorruption rallies are “a tool of the Arab Spring,” reports RBC news agency.

“This is an instrument of the Arab Spring. We know very well what this led to. It was the reason for the government overthrow in Ukraine, and it plunged the country into chaos,” he said.

According to Putin, Russian authorities are consistently battling corruption, and its level has declined.

“The problem has decreased recently, as is shown by public opinion …

Russia cannot place its military base in Belarusian territory because there is no intergovernmental agreement. Alexander Surikov, Russian ambassador to Belarus, made a statement to this effect at a press conference in Minsk, TASS news agency reports.

There is “not yet” any agreement, and no base can be deployed without one, the ambassador added. He noted that “there was never” any question of deploying a military base in Belarus.

When speaking about the upcoming joint military exercises of …

Author: Dmytro Snegiryov, Head of Prava Sprava public initiative.

On March 23, 2017, the press service of JSC Ukrzaliznytsia published a report indicating that as of March 22, 2017, there are 29,375 freight cars, including 5,879 freight cars owned by other Ukrainian companies in the uncontrolled territories of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. In addition, 226 diesel locomotives, 68 electric locomotives, 49 diesel cars, and 94 electric cars owned by Ukrzaliznytsia remain in the uncontrolled …