Prohibiting national banks from opening branches in Ukraine and other unfriendly countries can disrupt their commercial and financial activities, as stated by Russian Federation Council member Sergey Kalashnikov.

The Federation Council called the proposal made by the Communist party to prohibit Russian banks from opening branches in Ukraine and other unfriendly countries senseless. According to the Deputy Chair of the Economic Committee of the Russian Duma Sergey Kalashnikov, "so we can build …

Russia announced that the first S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems will be delivered to Iran in August or September of this year. This statement was made y Sergey Chemezov, the CEO of Rostec Corporation amid reports of problems in the implementation of the agreement. The Russian newspaper Kommersant, citing an unnamed Russian official, had written on March 9th that there were problems with payments.

According to the report, the contract signed last fall assumes that Iran will pay one billion …

In Moscow, Metro construction workers are on strike, reports Dozhd. SMU Ingeocom workers are complaining about unpaid wages and refuse to go to work.

On Friday, nearly 40 people, mainly migrant workers, came to the offices of Ingeocom on Yakovoapostolsky Lane. Negotiations with SMU Ingeocom management were held with the Chairman of the Central Committee of the Trade Union of Migrant Workers, Renat Karimov. According to him, wages have not been paid due to underfunding.

"It should matter …

The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has called in the head of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic (LPR), Igor Plotnitsky, for questioning. According to the official notice, issued on Friday, March 11th, Plotnitsky must appear before investigators on March 17th for interrogation as he is believed to be a suspect in a number of crimes.

The document notes that Plotnitsky has been incriminated in several crimes, including illegal imprisonment or kidnapping, the illegal movement of …

Dmytro Kuleba, Special Envoy of Ukraine's Foreign Ministry, spoke recently about the liberation of Nadiya Savchenko. Russia rejected making any agreement with Ukraine about the release of Savchenko, a Ukrainian pilot, as well as other political prisoners being held in Russia. Kuleba says that is the reason their liberation can only be achieved with the help of international pressure."Although we started with the understanding that Russia can be negotiated with to find compromises and …

On March 14-18, the Georgian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mikheil Janelidze, will make an official visit to the United States. According to First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs David Zalkaliani, Janelidze will have meetings with representatives of the U.S. executive and legislative powers.

In particular, Minister Janelidze will meet with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. During the visit, meetings will also be held with representatives from the White House, as well as with the Senate and …

Mustafa Dzhemilev, Commissioner of the President of Ukraine for the Affairs of the Crimean Tatars spoke about his upcoming speech at the UN Security Council during the “Your Freedom” program at Radio Freedom. He said that he would talk about the situation in Crimea, particularly the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatars, whose activities the Russian-controlled authorities want to ban, as reported by Krym.Realii.According to Dzhemilev, if the Mejlis is recognized as an 'extremist organization' by the de …

The museum of Ukrainian writer Lesya Ukrainka in the city of Yalta in Russian-occupied Crimea might be shut down, according to the museum's founder Svitlana Kocherga, who stressed the importance of preserving cultural heritage in an interview with Krym.Reallii.

"I'm worried whether this museum will keep on working or whether it stays there at all. The authorities might leave a room or something, but the museum as it is might cease to exist. I assume it will be restored and re-opened, but it …