The Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, Oleksandr Turchynov, said that Ukraine is now restoring its missile shield, which should become a part of a unified system providing security on the European continent. He said this while congratulating the workers of the rocket and space industry with a professional holiday, according to the website of the National Security and Defense Council.

"Thanks to this selfless hard work, Ukraine is confidently asserting itself on the world …

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that authorities will not allow "color revolutions" in the country. He made this statement in an interview with TV channel "Mir 24" published on Wednesday.

"We know various theories that are being implemented in various parts of the world and lead to serious instability in these regions. Of course we must not allow anything of this sort and we will by all means take appropriate actions in Russia and support our partners in the CSTO (Collective Security …

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved and sent to the Supreme Council of Ukraine a bill to repeal the laws and other legislative acts which were adopted during the Soviet era. This decision was made at a government meeting on Wednesday, April 12th.

Minister of Justice Pavel Petrenko noted that this involves more than a hundred Soviet regulatory acts. “There are still a lot of laws on the books from the Soviet era…which create barriers for Ukrainian citizens and businesses. Therefore, …

The top manager of the Kaspersky Lab, Ruslan Stoyanov, who is now in a Moscow pre-trial prison (SIZO) on charges of state treason, said that Russian authorities are recruiting cybercriminals to carry out tasks ordered by the state.

As payment they are offered protection from investigations against them by the special services, Dozhd TV reported citing Stoyanov's letters.

"Lately, there have been signs of an effort 'to make patriots' out of Russian-speaking cybercriminals, by attempting to …

A representative of the White House National Security Council accused Russia of planning a coup in Montenegro on election day.

According to him, the US completely believes the media’s reports that Russian intelligence was connected to the coup attempt in October last year.

“We are very concerned about Russian interference in the October elections in Montenegro, including credible reports of Russian support for an attempted election day attack on the government,” a senior White House official …

At their stand at the Italian wine exhibition Vinitaly in Verona, Russians were exhibiting wines from the Crimean peninsula which Russia annexed in 2014. This was mentioned by exhibition participant Oleksii Lubetskyi, who is also a manager of the UA2EU project, which promotes Ukrainian exports. Lubetskyi informed the Italian financial police of the violation. After this, the Russians were forced to remove the Crimean wines from their stand. The incident was reported by Lubetskyi on his Facebook …

Ukraine will remain an obstacle to improving relations between the U.S. and Russia until the full implementation of the Minsk agreements.

This was stated by the head of the State Department, Rex Tillerson, at a press conference in Moscow after a meeting with the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Sergei Lavrov.

"Until full progress is made under the Minsk Accords, the situation in Ukraine will remain an obstacle to improvement in relations between the U.S. and Russia," he said.

The …

Russian programmer Pyotr Levashov, detained in Spain at the request of the United States, is accused of sending spam using a botnet.

This was noted in an official statement by the U.S. Department of Justice.

It follows from the document that Levashov was detained during an operation intended to stop the activity of a botnet called Kelihos. According to the Department, the programmer had been running it since 2010. “On April 8, 2017, we started the extraordinary task of blocking malicious …