On Monday, a contingent of 50 military servicemen from France will arrive in Estonia as a part of NATO mission, as reported by ERR news websites.

Currently, there are more than 80 British military personnel located in Estonia, preparing in collaboration with their Estonian colleagues for the reception of the main part of NATO Forces from the Rapid Response team.

On Friday, a contingent of 130 British military personnel arrived in the country. This is the first big group of personnel from the …

Interfax news agency reported, citing Georgian Foreign Minister Mikheil Janelidze, that Russia has deployed additional anti-aircraft S-300 missile systems to Abkhazia.

"We have information about the delivery of additional Russian S-300 complexes into Abkhazia. These actions of the Russian side, similar to the decision to integrate the South Ossetian military units into the Russian Armed Forces, yet again, confirm that Russian politics are oriented towards annexation, and not towards securing …

The head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), Vasyl Gritsak, believes that Ukraine should prohibit the entry of the Russian representative to Eurovision-2017, Yulia Samoylova. While speaking with journalists on Friday, Grytsak said that the decision has not been made yet, but he is personally in favor of the ban.

"My opinion is the law is for everyone! If a person crossed the border of the annexed territory – the Autonomous Republic of Crimea - this means she committed an administrative …

The spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Maria Zakharova, confirmed that fugitive President Viktor Yanukovych asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to deploy troops in Ukraine, as stated during an interview on the radio program "Moscow Says".

At the same time she accentuated that it was not a letter, but a request made by Yanukovych. "This is not a letter. This is Yanukovych's request. He has never denied that he signed it," Zakharova said, adding that …

The U.S. Senate Banking Committee has tried to assess the effectiveness of sanctions against Russia, reports Voice of America.

During the hearings, Senator Mike Crapo, the head of the committee, recalled that the U.S. Treasury sanctions list includes 520 Russian enterprises, commercial companies and individuals that are involved in aggression against Ukraine, human rights violations, and cyber-attacks against the United States and Western European countries.

According to expert estimates, the …

Repair and modernization of the only Russian aircraft-carrying cruiser, Admiral Kuznetsov, may cost 65 billion rubles - more than 1.1 billion dollars, as reported by newspaper Izvestia, citing its sources in the Russian Navy and shipbuilding industry.

According to the publication, the scope of the work and its cost are currently being agreed upon. During the renovation, modern radio electronic equipment and weapons will be installed on the ship, and the main propulsion plant will be restored. …

The State Duma of the Russian Federation has approved on second reading an amendment to the Tax Code on the right of individuals not to be recognized as tax residents of Russia, if they are residents of a foreign country and are under sanctions.

The adopted document proposes that if during a tax period a sanction of a foreign state was in effect against an individual, he may not be recognized in that tax period as a tax resident of Russia, if he has residency in a foreign country. To do this, …

The participants of hostilities in the Donbas have complained to the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation about the indifference of Russian authorities to their fate, as reported in an article in the Russian newspaper, Kommersant, entitled, “Battalions ask for understanding.”

According to former separatists and Russian mercenaries, the General Prosecutor’s Office of the Russian Federation has extradited them from Russia at the request of their Ukrainian colleagues. Russian Courts deport …