Advisers to the heads of the sates of the Normandy quartet agreed on three pilot sites for troops and weaponry withdrawal in eastern Ukraine.

The Deputy Head of Administration of the President of Ukraine, Kostiantyn Yeliseyev, met with the advisers to the heads of the Normandy Four states and an OSCE Representative in Minsk.

"The meetings were held with the advisers to the heads of the Normandy Four states. Participating in the meeting with me were the advisers to the German Chancellor, the …

During his opening speech at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that a new Euro-Asian Economic Union is being planned. The Union will include China as one of its members, as reported by the Russian Gazeta.ru news portal.

“In June together with China we are planning to establish a vast Euro-Asian partnership,” Putin stated. He didn’t disclose any specific details of this partnership.

At the same time Putin called on all Russian partners in the already …

Ukrainian businessman Oleksandr Yaroslavsky is considering the possibility of purchasing one of the three “daughters” of Russian banks in Ukraine, including the “daughter” of Russian Sberbank. “I have considered investing in the banking sector, including the investment in the “daughter” of Russian Sberbank. However, no specific steps had been taken in this direction,” Yaroslavsky stated in his interview with Interfax-Ukraine.

In early June, the Deputy Chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine ( …

According to Macierewicz, Russia should stop imposing its views and rules on other states and peoples through military force.

The Polish Minister of Defense, Anthony Macierewicz, said that Russia is currently the biggest threat to world security as reported by PAP. "With all due respect to the Russian people and especially to Russian artists... it doesn't change the fact that Russia is the biggest threat to global security today," the Minister said.

According to him, Russia is country with a …

The President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, has called the 16th of June a “happy day in terms of security and defense” due to the successful launch of a Belarusian-developed missile.

“During the first launch, the rockets just missed the target by one and a half meters. It hit just 10 meters away from the target on the second launch. It’s perfect,” Lukashenko said.

He added that the missile system was developed in the country over a period of two years. He asked that the Prime Minister of …

According to the Press Service of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) about 13 Russian Special Service agents are under investigation in Ukraine.

"13 agents of the Russian Special Services are under investigation, in particular the Deputy Chief of the ATO headquarters, a Colonel of the National Guard and an employee of the Military Personnel Department of the Armed Forces," the Press Service noted. In addition, among these agents there are several people from different regions that had …

The Russian president called the US the only superpower nowadays. He made the statement on Friday, June 17 at the St. Petersburg international economic forum.

“The US is a great country, probably the only superpower in the world at this moment. We accept this. We are ready and willing to work wih the USA,” Putin said.

According to Putin, the world needs “such a powerful country... And we need it too. But we don’t need them to constantly interfere with our affairs, teach us how to live, …

Foreign direct investments in Ukraine are growing faster than expected. According to Dragon Capital investment company, nearly $2 billion was “poured” into the Ukrainian economy between January and April. Data from last year suggested that $4 billion was expected for the whole year. Ukrinform reported that this was said by the CEO of Dragon Capital, Tomas Fiala.

“If you look at the statistics on foreign investment over the last two years, there are some improvements. In 2014, the amount …