The US expanded sanctions against Russia imposed in relation to the Crimean Peninsula and to Moscow's policy in the east of Ukraine. According to a report published on Tuesday, December 20th, on the website of the US Treasury, seven more individuals and more than 20 companies were included in the sanctions list.

Individuals who were included on the sanctions list were businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, who has close business ties with the Russian Ministry of Defense and the managers of the banks …

The list of major threats to U.S. national security may no longer include Russia. This was reported on Tuesday, December 20, by the American magazine Foreign Policy, with reference to the analytical note of the Pentagon at the disposal of the journalists.

According to the magazine, the document was drawn up based on recommendations submitted to the Ministry of Defense by a representative of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. Among the main tasks in the field of defense, the memorandum includes …

 A Russian IT-company states that they had to work hard to write the code for an official operational system for the Kremlin after the license to use one of the most common font types was rejected.RusBITech is the developer of Astra Linux, an operational system similar to Windows or Mac OS specially designed to be used in Russia. The software was ordered six years ago for use by the Russian Ministry of Defense and related agencies including the Federal Security Service, the successor of the …

The SBU has revealed a large sales network in the Odessa region of special technical information – GPS-trackers with integrated ultrasensitive microphones, as reported by the press service of the agency.

"The devices were made by a Russian company which closely cooperates with the Russian Federal Security Service and were ordered by one of the Ukrainian leading market players in GPS devices. Russians, with the help of certain design features and special software, have the ability to activate …

The main nominee for the position of U.S. Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, was a Managing Director of a subsidiary of ExxonMobil that was registered in the Bahamas and was created to conduct business with Russia, Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported. Even Republican Senators have criticized his close ties with Russia and Vladimir Putin.

“The fact that Tillerson used the Bahamas as a tax haven to conduct his business in Russia would only enhance criticism,” the edition noted. According to …

 On Monday, Ankara denied any secret deal with Russia regarding the future of Syria, Western media outlets reported.

"That's not how we see it. That is not how we make deals. We don't see any connection," a senior Turkish Foreign Ministry official said.

Earlier, a number of Western media outlets suggested that since relations between Moscow and Ankara improved, it is possible that Turkey has agreed to assist Russia in Aleppo while Moscow promised not to hinder operations carried out by the …

The Polish government appealed to the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg due to the decision to increase access of Gazprom to the key gas pipeline OPAL, which links Nord Stream with Germany. The European Commission adopted this decision in late October, Polskie Radio reported on December 18, with reference to the official representative of Polish Foreign Ministry, Joanna Wajda.

The decision of Brussels was heavily criticized by Warsaw. The Polish administration stated that it recognizes a …

During the third meeting of the EU-Ukraine Association Council, Ukraine signed cross-border cooperation agreements with four neighboring countries of the EU, Evropeyskaya Pravda reported.

Stepan Kubiv, who is both the First Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine, signed the draft agreement on behalf of the Ukrainian side, and the European Commission's Director General for the European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Christian …