The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe stated that its headquarters in Vienna was subjected to a massive hacker attack. Western security services suspect that the attacks were organized by Moscow, and that Angela Merkel may be the attackers’ main target, Le Monde reported.

The OSCE officially refuses to make any assumptions about who might be behind the Internet pirates that took advantage of vulnerabilities in the operating systems used by employees of the organization. …

Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed with the Defense Ministry’s proposal to reduce the military presence in Syria, TASS reported.

At a meeting with Defense Minister Sergei Shoygu and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Putin said, "I agree with the Defense Ministry’s idea to cut our military presence in the Syrian Republic.”

Putin added that Russia will, "unconditionally continue the struggle against international terrorism and furnish support for the legitimate Syrian government in its …

The Turkish news agency Anadolu reported that Turkey and Russia agreed on a plan for the introduction of a comprehensive ceasefire in Syria. According to this plan, all the parties to the conflict in Syria will be asked to halt combat operations. The agency’s report says that Ankara's and Moscow's agreed on a plan for a comprehensive cease-fire, which does not apply to the terrorist groups, will be presented to the parties of the conflict in Syria for approval.

However, there is no clear …

The Russian Federation conducts an organized policy and uses alternative methods to destabilize the situation in the European Union, including maintaining ultranationalist forces, as stated by President of Bulgaria Rosen Plevneliev in an interview with Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung, dsnews.ua reported.

"It is no secret now that this policy is organized and carried out with a clear purpose: to destabilize the EU,” Plevneliev said.

He is sure that Russia wants to undermine the EU from within, …

Ukraine could not abstain during the voting at the UN Security Council regarding Israeli settlements in the West Bank, as reported by the State Secretary of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, Director General for the Middle East and Africa, Andrii Zayats, “5 Channel” reports.

“During preparations for this voting, all possibilities were considered. All pros and cons were weighed. As a result, the leadership made a decision that was implemented by the permanent representative of Ukraine to the UN …