Several chief edtors of the Russian news agency RBC were dismissed under pressure from Russian authorities, Reuters reported.

According to Reuter’s source, members of management were forced to resign as a result of the publication of an article entitled "The breeding of the oysters will be started across from 'Putin's Palace' near Gelendzhik."

The Kremlin has denied the allegations of its involvement in the dismissals. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that RBC is a private information …

Ukraine and Turkey have agreed to finalize the negotiations on a free trade agreement as soon as possible, according to Ukrainian Trade Representative Natalia Mykolskiy.

According to the press service of the Ukrainian Ministry of Economic Development, the parties have decided to hold talks on amending the intergovernmental agreement on avoidance of double taxation and prevention of tax deviation, as well as an agreement on the mutual promotion and protection of investments, signed in 1996. …

Casting doubt on the effectiveness of negotiations aimed at ending the conflict in eastern Ukraine, skirmishes continue along the contact line dividing separatist-held territories from the rest of Ukraine.

Russia’s Interfax news agency reported that separatist leaders have demanded that the Ukrainian military withdraw from the territories recently taken by government forces.

According to the news agency, representatives of the separatist republics, Denis Pushilin and Vladyslav Deinego, issued …

Ukraine and Turkey have agreed to strengthen cooperation in the military sphere during a meeting between Ukrainian Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak and the Turkish Minister of National Defense, İsmet Yılmaz, Krym.Realii reported.

"We agreed to develop a joint action plan to deepen cooperation in the military-technical sphere and logistical support, personnel training, the military-industrial complex, as well as on joint actions in the Black Sea basin. We plan on signing the relevant documents …

Construction of a new US missile defense base has begun in the Polish village of Redzikowo.

The ground breaking ceremony was attended by Polish President Andrzej Duda, Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz, Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski, and US Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work, Evropeyskaya Pravda reported with reference to TVN 24.

On Thursday, the US’s European missile defense system in Romania was officially declared operational.

According to Washington, the missile defense …

The newly appointed Prosecutor General of Ukraine, Yuriy Lutsenko, announced an agreement with the FBI’s representative’s office in Ukraine about renewing the FBI’s mission in the Prosecutor General's Office.As Interfax-Ukraine reported, Lutsenko said that he had come to an agreement regarding the resumption of work of the FBI in the Prosecutor General's Office.

"Also, I have an agreement with the representative office of the FBI in Ukraine about renewal of their mission in the Prosecutor …

Ukrainian Prime Minister Vladimir Groysman has accepted an invitation issued by US Vice President Joseph Biden to visit the United States in June.  This was announced in a statement released by the Department of Information and Communication of the Secretariat of the Ukrainian Government after a telephone conversation between Groysman and Biden.

"The Prime Minister accepted the invitation of Vice President Joe Biden to visit the United States in June of this year,” the statement read.

The two …

The Independent Media Trade Union of Ukraine has condemned the blocking of the Krym.Realii website on the territory of Russia and the annexed Crimea. The news portal, which is part of the Radio Free Europe program and funded by the US Congress, was reportedly blocked in Russia and the Crimea earlier this week.

Russian Crimean Prosecutor General Natalia Poklonskaya confirmed that the website had been blocked. She had previously stated that she was preparing the materials to make the news source …