The subsidiary bank of Sberbank of Russia in Ukraine, PJSC Sberbank will not provide services to individuals and legal entities based on documents issued in territories beyond the control of the Ukrainian authorities, the bank said in response to a request from Interfax-Ukraine.

"PJSC Sberbank, being a Ukrainian commercial bank and carrying out its activities on the basis of a license issued by the NBU (The National Bank Of Ukraine), strictly observes the norms of Ukrainian legislation. The …

The day before the “nationalization” announced by the separatists, and also thereafter, a number of production facilities have ground to a halt in the separatist-held Donbas territories.

According to the Russian paper “Kommersant”, the Yenakiieve Metallurgical Plant, Donetsk Metallurgical Plant, and Yasinovsky Coke Plant in Makiivka have stopped operating.

“The last payment was at the start of February, and now production is frozen. On March 1 the plant was blocked by people with automatics. …

The US State Department spokesperson, Mark Toner, stated that the meeting of the global coalition to counter ISIS, with representatives of 68 countries, will take place in Washington on the 22-23 of March. No one from Russia was invited to this meeting.

“On March 22, State Secretary Rex Tillerson will receive the heads of foreign departments and high-ranking representatives of the states which are members in the global coalition to counter ISIS,” the State Department spokesperson noted during …

Iran tested its new Hormuz-2 ballistic missile, designed to strike sea based targets, said Commander of the Army Aerospace Forces of the Islamic Revolution Amir Ali Hajizadeh, as reported by Tansim.

The missile successfully hit a water based target from a distance of 250 kilometers. The functionality of the weapon allows strikes against targets at a distance of up to 300 kilometers, Ali Hajizade specified.

According to Ali Hajizade, the ballistic missile was developed completely by Tehran. …

New air defense systems deployed by Russia in Syria may alter the course of US military operations in the region as stated by commander of the Central Command Joseph Votel at a hearing before the US Senate.

“Over the past few months, Russia has deployed new surface-to-air defense systems, they are ready for use, and this affects our freedom to maneuver in the area,” he noted.

He stated that the United States needs to explore ways to decrease the possibility of an incident with the Russian …

The Russian President, Vladimir Putin dismissed a number of high-ranking officials from law enforcement agencies. Ten of them had special military ranks of Generals. Among dismissed officials are Generals of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Federal Penitentiary Service and Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.

In addition, two Prosecutors of the Russian regions were also dismissed from office. Vladimir Putin didn’t provide any reasons for dismissal of these high-ranking …

According to the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, Yuriy Lutsenko, the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation claims that the authorities of the country never received a letter from former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych asking to deploy Russian troops to the territory of Ukraine.  

"A letter came from the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation. They write that neither the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation nor the Federation Council of …

Turkish armed forces, with the support of the Free Syrian Army, shelled the Syrian border guards at the western part of the city of Manbij, reported the Arabic edition of Al-Masdar.

The media reported that eight Syrian servicemen were killed, and dozens more were injured.

The news source reported that the Turkish Army attacked the Syrian military near the border villages, which the Syrian Democratic Forces, a Kurdish-Syrian alliance, handed over to Assad’s government.

Earlier, Turkish …