NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg called for toning down aggressive rhetoric towards Russia, while at the same time emphasizing the need to maintain dialogue with Moscow, TASS reported.

"I welcome any toning down of the rhetoric because I think words matter and the less aggressive rhetoric can be a first step towards also a better dialogue,” Stoltenberg stated. “At the same time, words matter, but of course deeds matter even more. So, therefore the important thing is what we see, what …

The Minister of Defense of Finland, Jussi Niinistö reported that his agency proposed the joint procurement of K-9 Thunder 155-mm howitzers. As he said in his interview with Helsingin Sanomat, currently, the Finnish Defense Forces are replacing weapons previously purchased from the Soviet Union and they intend to purchase the new howitzers from South Korean company Samsung Techwin.

Weapon test firings were held two weeks ago at the Rovajärvi artillery practice range. “Now, when we discuss …

Newly elected President of the USA Donald Trump is reportedly "a smart person" and should "quickly realize a level of responsibility" after being elected to the position. Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed these sentiments on NTV.ru during an interview.

According to him, Trump was a businessman and an entrepreneur by nature and yet he has already accomplished being a statesman.

"Today, he is the head of the United States of America, one of the leading countries of the world, a leading …

People’s Deputy Oleksandr Onyshchenko has an extensive package of damaging information on Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. This was reported by the chief editor of Zerkalo Nedeli, Yulia Mostova in her article "Dive all together!"

Earlier it was reported that Onyshchenko handed over to the USA “dirt” on Poroshenko. According to the People’s Deputy, he has been recording all his conversations with the President on his wrist watch voice recorder. Before then, the Security Service of Ukraine …

The German federal government assumes that the next election campaign for the country's parliament can be influenced by possible Russian cyber attacks as well as media disinformation campaigns, as reported by Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, citing information from the German Ministry of Internal Affairs.

According to Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, the German Ministry of Internal Affairs also fears that hacker attacks could cause the leakage of important information.

"Germany will have to …

The Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations, Volodymyr Yelchenko, stated in an interview with Radio Svoboda that Russia is satisfied with the role of being “against all” in international relations. According to him, he didn't succeed in establishing working relations with Russia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Vitaly Churkin.

Commenting on his attempts to establish working relations with Churkin, Yelchenko noted that these attempts failed due to the …

The global balance of power, following failed attempts to create a unipolar world, is gradually being restored, as stated by the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, in an interview on the show 'Itogi nedeli (Results of the week)', on the NTV channel.

"The situation is changing and that is obvious as we can all see that many of our partners prefer references to the principles of international law because the world’s balance is gradually being restored. And it's inevitable!" Putin said.

As he …

Protests have been taking place in Turkey for several days against the actions of the Russian and Assad armies in Syria. On Sunday, December 4th, dozens of students staged a rally in front of the Russian consulate in Istanbul to protest against Moscow's military support of Assad's regime.

On December 2nd, a similar demonstration organized by the National Association of Turkish students was held in front of the Istanbul University, calling for Russia’s withdrawal from Syria. The participants of …