The matter of the format of negotiations on Ukraine, which involves Russian and American representatives, will be considered in the near future, as reported by Interfax-Ukraine citing the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Vadym Prystaiko.

"You may remember that there was the Nuland-Surkov Format [Victoria Nuland and Vladislav Surkov]. There were also talks in the 'Geneva format', which occurred without Nuland and Surkov. There is information that the US State Department is …

According to the Chairman of the Central Election Committee of Russian Federation (CEC), Ella Pamfilova, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny will not be able to run for the upcoming presidential election due to his criminal record, Dozhd reports.

"I understand - and he understands this - that he has no chance to be registered in the election due to his conviction," Pamfilova said.

She added that as the official who heads the structure obliged to register candidates, she does not …

The Polish gas pipeline operator company Gaz-System will pay approximately €874 million for the construction of the Baltic Pipe from the North Sea to Poland, as stated by Gaz System, Wnp.pl reported.

 “The cost of constructing the gas pipeline on the bottom of the Baltic Sea is estimated at €442 million, another €342 million is for developing the Polish gas transport system, and Gaz-System will also cover 64% of the funds for the construction of a gas compression station, spending almost €91 …

Russia is strengthening the military infrastructure along the border with Ukraine, and there is also constant movement of weaponry, ammunition, military equipment, soldiers and mercenaries into the territory of the Donbas, as stated by the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC), Oleksandr Turchynov, in an interview for Interfax-Ukraine.

“The situation in the ATO (Anti-Terrorist Operation) zone is prompting us to urgently make the decisions which we discussed …

On Wednesday, the US Senate almost unanimously (97 for, 2 against) approved the document which could put into law and expand the sanctions against Russia, Golos Ameriki reports.

Corresponding amendments were introduced into the law on sanctions with respect to Iran. The senators added the Russian sanctions there too.

Amongst other things, the document obligates the White House to coordinate the decision with Congress if it decides to ease, suspend or lift the current sanctions against Russia. …

The Russian Embassy in the United States confirmed that for the first time in 25 years they did not receive any congratulations from US authorities on Russia Day, as reported by RIA Novosti news agency.

"We can confirm that we have not received a congratulatory message from the United States on the Day of Russia. This is the first time this has happened in living memory. Draw your own conclusions," said embassy representative Nikolai Lakhonin.

Earlier, it was reported that the President of …

The Democratic Party of Moldova intends to register a bill in parliament to combat foreign propaganda, including Russian propaganda.

Speaker of the Moldovan Parliament Andrian Candu said that there are plans to stop broadcasting the "news and political and analytical programs" produced by Russian TV channels.

Earlier, the Moldovan parliament discussed a draft on restricting the broadcasts of information and analytical programs of TV channels from the states that had not ratified the European …

“We have a dangerous dependence, even if it is with a friendly country. We receive 95% of our energy resources from there,” Semashko said to journalists in Minsk on Tuesday.

He stressed that the Republic is building BelAES (the nuclear power plant) to avoid this dependence.

Semashko expressed his confidence that there would be a significant increase in prices for natural gas in the near future. Before this happens, the nuclear power plant will be operational and Belarus will be insured …