The Central Bank of the Russian Federation has established an interim administration for the first Czech-Russian bank, which is known for providing loans to the National Front political party (France), headed by Marine Le Pen. “The interim administration will quickly prepare proposals regarding the future activities of the bank,” as reported on the bank’s website.

Russian media had previously reported on problems at the bank. In particular, on the 13th of March, the daily newspaper Vedomosti …

The former Minister of Defense of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), Igor Strelkov (aka Igor Girkin), stated that the separatists have brought ruin to the Donbas, built "simulacrums of republics", and created "a pigsty and a mess". Before the separatists came to power, the quality of life in Donetsk was higher, Strelkov stated, as reported by Chetvertaya Vlast.

Strelkov made these comments during an interview with representatives of the NOD (National Liberation Movement), a Russian …

US Secretary of State John Kerry stated that sanctions against Russia will be lifted on the condition that the Minsk Agreements are fully implemented by Moscow."I repeat the promise of the President of the US Barack Obama that sanctions will be lifted after the withdrawal of troops and weapons, and the restoration of the sovereignty of the Ukrainian border," Kerry said on Thursday in Moscow.According to Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov, Moscow and Washington do not disagree on …

The Main Directorate of Intelligence of Ukraine reported that six Russian servicemen were killed and five others were injured on March 22-23 during attempts to attack the industrial area in Avdiivka. “The enemy continues to maintain tension in the direction of Donetsk. High intensity of shelling of ATO forces’ [Ukrainian army] positions, including use of grenade launchers, 82 and 100-mm mortars, remains in Avdiivka and Yasynuvata,” the report says.

In addition, the Intelligence noted that …

Moscow believes that the genocide conviction of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadžić is politicized, Interfax reported.

The Hague found Karadžić guilty of 10 of 11 charges on Thursday, including one count of genocide in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, in which 7,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys were killed by Bosnian Serbs.

Karadžić, however, was found not guilty of the first case of genocide, relating to killing and ethnic cleansing in several Bosnian municipalities.

The former …

The Prosecutor's Office sent an indictment to the court regarding the conviction in absentia of the ‘head’ of the so-called ‘Luhansk People`s Republic’ (LPR), Igor Plotnitsky, for the kidnapping of Ukrainian pilot, Nadiya Savchenko, as stated by the Press Service of the Prosecutor's Office of Kiev.

"The Prosecutor's Office of Kiev approved and sent to the court an indictment against the so-called ‘ex-Defense Minister of the LPR’, Igor Plotnitsky, for the commission of a terrorist act, and the …

The Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada may consider the candidacy of Parliamentary Speaker Vladimir Groisman for the post of Prime Minister as early as Tuesday, March 29th, according to an MP from the Block Petro Poroshenko Faction, Artur Gerasimov, Interfax-Ukraine reported.

"I sincerely believe that we will come out on Tuesday to vote on the candidacy of Prime Minister,” Gerasimov told reporters on Friday.

According to him, the factions belonging to the ruling coalition will discuss the candidacy of …

The Georgian military will go to Afghanistan to participate in the mission, ‘Resolute Support,’ as reported by the Press Service of the Georgian Ministry of Defense. The soldiers will stay in Afghanistan for seven months and will be divided into two groups. The reinforced company of the 42nd Battalion of the Fourth Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces will work on the protection of the ‘Resolute Support’ headquarters, located in Kabul, and a National Guard platoon and the 52nd Battalion of …