Russian military analyst Pavel Felgenhauer stated on Radio Krym Realii that Russian warships will not significantly affect the situation in Syria. Commenting on the strengthening of the Russian military group in Syria, Felgenhauer noted that currently the Russian Fleet is struggling for an increase in military expenditures.

“The Russian Fleet has no direct relationship to the Syrian conflict and there is nothing they can do there because Russian warships aren’t meant for such operations. …

The Ukrainian Ministry of Justice and the Office for Human Rights, under authorization from the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament), returned 23 prisoners to Kyiv from uncontrolled territories of the Donetsk regions, as reported by the press service of the Ukrainian Ministry of Justice.

There is one woman among the prisoners, and 11 people have been sentenced to life imprisonment. The ministry reported that the total number of prisoners who have been returned to the territories controlled by …

Russia has applied for participation in the 2017 Eurovision International Song Contest, reported the Eurovision website.

The contest will take place in Kyiv, and a record number of singers are scheduled to participate. The report says that 43 participants have confirmed their participation, including Russia. 

“We are happy that 43 national artists applied for participation in the Eurovision 2017 contest, which has become a record,” the organizers of the contest noted.

Earlier, Ukraine called …

Authorities of the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic announced innovations in the seperatist republic’s passport policy. According to a new document adopted on 28 October 2016 by the Council of Ministers of the LPR, Ukrainian passports of residents of the occupied territory of the Luhansk region will be recognized as legal, as reported by separatists’ media.

"The section ‘General provisions’ was supplemented by a paragraph that states that a passport document issued before this regulation, …

The Baltic States have to be ready for new challenges in the field of security against the backdrop of Russia’s strategic steps, which are different from those made during the Cold War. This was the statement made by the former chief of the Armed Forces of Sweden, General Sverker Göranson.

“The Baltic countries are affected by climate change, hybrid offenses ... We are faced with a difficult situation in the field of security, leading to a number of other challenges,” Göranson said at the 2016 …

In Boston, on Saturday, October 29th, a protest was held near the concert hall where Russian pianist Denis Matsuev performed. Earlier this week, a similar protest action took place in New York, as reported by Radio Svoboda. 

In New York, a group of activists called “Signerbusters” picketed Carnegie Hall. In Boston, the protest was themed “Putin & Matsuev House of Horrors” in Halloween style and was organized by “Arts Against Aggression” in front of the Jordan Hall of the New England …

The issue of deploying a special armed mission to the Donbas may be passed on to the UN from the OSCE due to a lack of financial resources. 112.ua reported that this was stated by the Deputy Minister for the temporarily occupied territories and internally displaced persons of Ukraine, George Tuka.

He believes that the budget proposals of the Western partners for arming of the observational OSCE mission, and for increasing its staff to between 500 and 1,000 people, are not enough.

“It is …

On October 30, the Department of Communications of Russian Rosatom state copporation commented on information that appeared in Western media about restrictions on the supply of uranium products to U.S. companies that are being prepared in response to anti-Russian sanctions imposed by the United States, saying that Russia will not limit the commercial delivery of uranium products to the United States, TASS reported.

“Rosatom State Corporation, with all responsibility, states that from the …