During a St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), Russian Deputy Foreign Minister and  Special Presidential Representative on the Middle East Mikhail Bogdanov told journalists that the Russian military will be sent to the Central African Republic (CAR) by the end of July to participate in the UN mission, reports TASS news agency. According to Bogdanov, 30 Russian peacekeepers will be sent to the CAR. "I think [this will happen] soon. However, I am not sure if this will happen by the …

The Command of the Russian Armed Forces, as part of the training of the units of  the First Army Corps (Donetsk) and the Second Army Corps (Luhansk), is taking steps to increase the combat their readiness, reports the press service of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense with reference to the information provided by the Main Directorate of Intelligence of Ukraine.

According to the report, the Russian commanders continue to prepare the military units for the deployment to the front-line positions …

Russian military had to leave the military base in the village of Tal Salba in the North of the Syrian Hama province after it was shelled by militants  from the terrorist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (former Jabhat al-Nusra), reports Al-Masdar News.

The militants attacked the Russian troops and, during their offensive, they also managed to capture several combat positions previously controlled by the Syrian army.

According to the report, the massive artillery shelling of Tal Salba was only …

The contamination of Urals oil with chlorides and the subsequent suspension of the Druzhba pipeline, which accounts for 20% of Russia’s oil exports, has forced oil companies to drastically cut down on extraction.

In the first three days of June, the average extraction of oil and gas condensate in Russia fell from 11.11 to 11.87 million barrels per day, a source familiar with the operational statistics told Reuters.

Compared to March, extraction has decreased by 430,000 barrels per day (3.8%), …

The Supreme Court of Russia has upheld the ban which prohibits police officers from traveling abroad on private business, and dismissed the complaint of Maxim Luzhnykh, a former road patrol squad commander in Moscow’s Southern District, Radio Liberty reports.

Luzhnykh was dismissed from law enforcement in 2016 after he went on holiday to Bulgaria and the Dominican Republic. In his complaint, he insisted that the ban on international travel violates the Russian Constitution, which guarantees …

At a meeting with Foreign Minister of Central African (CAR) Republic Sylvie Baïpo-Temon during the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov asked to speed up the investigation into the murder of three Russian journalists committed in July 2018.

Lavrov also said that Russia is ready to help CAR to normalize the situation in the country.

Russian journalists Orkhan Jemal, Alexander Rastorguev and Kirill Radchenko, were killed on July 30, 2018, close …

The European Union is committed to renewing economic sanctions against the Russian Federation for its aggression against Ukraine, stated the Deputy Secretary General for Common Security and Defense Policy and Crisis Response at the European External Action Service, Pedro Serrano during a security forum in Washington.

“The European Union is firmly committed to supporting Ukraine’s territorial integrity. We support Ukraine politically and economically, including support by upholding sanctions ( …

The Ukrainian National Council of Television and Radio Broadcasting appealed to Google Corporation with a request to stop blocking of broadcasting on YouTube of materials of the Crimean Tatar TV channel ATR, reports the press service of the National Council.

Earlier, YouTube asked to remove some programs of the channel after the complaint of the Russin media watchdog, Roskomnadzor, which claims that the posted materials violate Russian legislation on the information.

"The National Council in …