In Germany, the former Commissioner of the Land police and a private detective who worked for the Ukrainian businessman, Dmytro Firtash, were found guilty of large-scale corruption. This trial has been called one of the biggest corruption scandals in Germany, Deutsche Welle reported.

"On Friday, January 27th, the Land Court in the town of Schwerin in northern Germany delivered its verdict in the case of the former Chief Commissioner of the criminal police of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Heinz-Peter …

In the Odessa and Mykolaiv regions, and in the northwestern part of the Black Sea, exercises by the Naval Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are continuing, as was stated by the press service of the Defense Ministry of Ukraine.

Ships, boats and vessels, naval aircraft, and auto and armored vehicles are involved in exercises. Participants of these maneuvers are practicing tasks to increase the security of the state border.

Maritime forces are carrying out tactical exercises on mine-laying …

Former Deputy Secretary General of NATO, Alexander Vershbow, urged the U.S. Congress to restrict the removal of anti-Russian sanctions.

"Congress should act before the U.S. President, Donald Trump, unilaterally lifts sanctions against Russia," he wrote on Twitter.

Vershbow noted that the U.S. sanctions imposed in connection with the events in the Crimea and eastern Ukraine may be canceled by the President without the consent of Congress as the sanctions were initially imposed by Trump’s …

The Ukrainian Navy has accused Russia of attacking the diving ship “Pochaiv”, according to a post by the Naval Forces Command on Facebook.

Photos showing bullet damage on the ship were attached to the post.  

“In contrast to baseless allegations of Russian officials made, as usual, without any evidence, we have something to show — traces of sniper’s bullets”, the post read.

The Navy stressed that Ukrainian servicemen are trying to ensure that the incident does not lead to further …

British Sky News channel reports that special forces of the French Army, which are conducting a joint operation with the Iraqi armed forces near Mosul, have found  Russian-made rockets at ISIS arms depot in the western part of Mosul. According to the channel, the rockets had chemical payloads.

There were reportedly dozens of such rockets as well as hand-crafted launch pads.

The channel reports that the rockets have Russian markings and were supposedly brought from Syria. Most of the rockets …

In 2016, Lithuania sent Ukraine 147 shipments of lethal weapons that were designed and produced at the time of USSR, as reported by Ukrinform news agency. The above statistics is accessible through the UN Global Arms Trade portal.

In particular, Vilnius sent Ukraine 60 KPV-14.5 Vladimirov heavy machine guns (used on Ukrainian BTR armored vehicles) and 86 Degtyaryov 12.7 mm portable machine guns.

These machine guns are used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in eastern Ukraine.

Earlier Lithuania …

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich said Moscow insists that Minsk pay the full amount owed for gas that Belarus received from Russia last year, TASS reported.

According to him, no progress has been made in talks between the two countries on the matter.

"We continue talks; no progress there, the arguments remain unchanged. Settlement options are changing, but as yet we have not found mutually acceptable ones,” Dvorkovich stated.

"Anyway, we insist on full settlement of the last …

The Former State Duma deputy of the Communist Party, Denis Voronenkov, testified against the former Ukrainian President, Viktor Yanukovych, to the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine, according to the Russian newspaper Kommersant.

In his testimony, Voronenkov partially confirmed information that was provided by another former State Duma deputy, Ilya Ponomarev.

The interlocutor of the publication reported that Voronenkov took the initiative and contacted the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, …