On January 16, Evropeyska Pravda newspaper published a document that it calls the latest version of the memorandum on cooperation between Ukraine and the IMF. To receive the next billion-dollar tranche, Ukraine must meet 12 requirements, seven of which are new. The requirements include carrying out pension reform by raising the retirement age to 63 years, selling the land, abolishing the simplified tax system, dealing with the registry of the recipients of social payments and other unpopular …

Russia is undertaking aggressive and destabilizing actions that threaten the world order, as stated by the U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN, Samantha Power, Reuters reported.

"Russia's actions do not support the international order. They undermine the one that already exists," she said.

In her speech, Power referred to the "Russian intervention" in the conflict in southeastern Ukraine, Russia’s support of the government in the civil war in Syria, and "attempts to influence elections in …

According to websites that track military aircraft, the U.S. Navy’s P-8A Poseidon anti-submarine patrol aircraft conducted a reconnaissance flight on Tuesday over an area in the western Mediterranean, to track a Russian Northern Fleet aircraft carrier group that is returning to Severomorsk, Interfax reported.

According to their information, the aircraft took off from an air base in Rota (Spain), on Tuesday afternoon and carried out a patrol mission to the north of the Spanish island of Alboran, …

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko announced his arrangement of a meeting with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, his administration posted on Twitter.

"I was one of the first world leaders to call Trump after elections. We arranged a meeting,” the statement reads in which the President’s administration refers to Poroshenko’s interview with Bloomberg during the visit to Davos.

Earlier, it was reported that the Vice President of the USA, Joseph Biden, expressed hope that Trump’s …

Deputy of the Verhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament) Nadiya Savchenko stated in an interview with Channel 112 Ukraine that the occupied territories of the Donbas can be returned only after “ceding” the Crimea to Russia.

She believes that this is the only non-military way of returning the Donbas to Ukraine.

According to her, any other solution will require a military operation.

She suggests that the Crimea be “given to Russia temporarily” since this is the only way to return the occupied …

During a large press conference on the results of Russian diplomacy in 2016, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated that American intelligence services tried to recruit Russian high-ranking diplomats.

Lavrov said that during U.S. President Barack Obama’s second term, the USA’s efforts to recruit Russian diplomats increased. According to him, American intelligence services tried to make recruitment offers to a high-level Ambassador. "They tried to get him into a car and give him ten …

The President of Moldova, Igor Dodon, stated that Moldova hasn’t benefited from the 2014 signing of the EU Association Agreement and this agreement may be annulled in the near future, Interfax reported.

“There is a real situation. We are pragmatists. We understand that there is the Association Agreement with the EU. By the way, I had repeatedly opposed the signing of this Agreement. I believe that Moldova gained nothing from it,” Dodon stated at a press conference after a meeting with Russian …

Portugal allocated 200,000 euro for Ukraine for the purchase of equipment and non-lethal weapons, as stated by the Minister of National Defense of Portugal, José Alberto Azeredo Lopes, during a meeting with Ukrainian Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak, according to the Defense Ministry’s website.

"He expressed the readiness of Portugal to provide the Ukrainian Army with material and technical support by providing 200,000 euro to purchase equipment and non-lethal weapons,” the statement reads. …