Edward Snowden, a former contractor who worked for the US National Security Agency, has criticized the anti-terror law signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin. The laws were developed by MP Irina Yarovaya and the chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security, Viktor Ozerov.

This law mandates a life imprisonment for international terrorism; lowers the age of criminal responsibility to 14 years; and requires telecom operators, messaging apps and social networks to store …

The United States Secretary of State, John Kerry, stated at a joint press conference with Petro Poroshenko in Kiev that  NATO is ready to welcome new members, when they are ready. In response journalists’ questions about expectations from the NATO Summit and the Ukrainian-NATO commission meeting, Poroshenko said that he hopes for U.S. support concerning the Alliance’s open-door policy.

“Above all, we’re counting on NATO support concerning positions declared at the Bucharest Summit, they key …

In an article written for the Financial Times, US President Barack Obama called on NATO and the EU to increase support for Ukraine and to be consistent in confronting Russian aggression.

“We need to bolster the defense of our allies in central and eastern Europe, strengthen deterrence and boost our resilience against new threats, including cyber-attacks. We need to deepen security co-operation between NATO and the EU and increase our support for Ukraine as it defends its sovereignty and …

The threats to the international security haven’t diminished, and that is why, according to Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė, NATO has to move from partial security measures to creating a real military deterrence, as reported by the Latvian Delfi news portal.

“Unfortunately, after the meeting in Wales there haven’t been fewer threats. That is why the time has come to move from partial security measures to creating a real military deterrence. We expect that finally concrete security …

The General Staff is working on a process to arm all Ukrainians eligible for military service in case of a large-scale invasion, as reported by the press service of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The General Staff stated that all soldiers who leave the ranks of the military are transferred to the operational reserve of the first order and the training of reservists started at the beginning of the year.

"The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is working out a mechanism to supply …

A hypothetical referendum on NATO membership for Ukraine shows that almost 78% of Ukrainians support membership in the Alliance.

This information was obtained from a survey conducted by the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiative Foundation and the Razumkov Centre Sociological Service in May.

Among those who declared their willingness to participate in the hypothetical referendum in May 2016, 77.7% of respondents would support NATO membership, 17.4% would be against, the rest are undecided.

The …

American Heritage Foundation experts called on the leadership of NATO to deepen cooperation with Ukraine.

“The upcoming NATO summit in Warsaw represents an opportunity to provide a real and substantial support for Ukraine,” Luke Coffey and Daniel Kochis of the Heritage Foundation wrote.

According to experts, the fact that Ukraine will not become a NATO member in the near future shouldn't mean the isolation of the country.

“It's in the interests of NATO to help Ukraine to withstand Russian …

Sociologists have investigated the social well-being of the population of the Donetsk region.

Two years after the beginning of the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine, a quarter of the residents of the Donetsk region are still suffering from a shortage of medicines, one in five residents are in need of food products, and one in ten suffers from a lack of essential non-food items.

These shortages are reflected in the results of sociological research conducted in May-June 2016 in the Donetsk …