• Ukrainian Security Service publishes names of Russian mercenaries killed in February fight with Americans in Syria

    Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) published names of 50 mercenaries of the Russian private military company (PMC), the Wagner Grour killed in February fight with Americans in Syria.

    The list was published on the SBU website on Tuesday.

    The list includes not only Russian citizens but also several Ukrainians from the Luhansk and Kharkiv regions, as well as one Moldovan and one Armenian citizen.

    On February 7 in Syria, pro-government armed groups attacked the headquarters of the Syrian …

  • Russian state-owned bank changes name and ownership structure of its US subsidiary to have foothold in the US market

    Russian state-owned VTB financial group sold its US subsidiary, VTB Capital Inc, reports Interfax news agency, citing the bank’s press release. “The company was renamed to Xtellus Capital Partners and became an independent player in the stock market and fixed income operations,” the information agency stated.

    The subsidiary was sold to the former management of VTB Capital Inc.

    An American company will act as a broker-dealer for the Russian VTB group in the US market that would enable clients …

  • Expert: Ukraine capable of repelling Russian attack in Azov Sea

    Ukraine is not ready for a full-scale military encounter with Russia, but is capable of repelling an attack by sea, as was demonstrated in the recent military exercises, analyst Nikolai Beleskov from the Institute of World Politics told Radio Krym.Realii in an interview.

    According to him, the situation in the Kerch Strait started to deteriorate in April 2018, but “significant information work has not been carried out”.

    “We did not raise the alarm, did not say, did not speak, because, to a …

  • Ukraine classifies documents on the closure of railway traffic with Russia

    Infrastructure Ministry of Ukraine has classified its proposals regarding the restrictions on the railway traffic from the Russian Federation. The documents have been assigned “For internal use” status, reported Ukrainski Novyny news outlet, citing the official response of the Ministry.

    “The requested document contains information with restricted access and it has been assigned “For internal use” status, in accordance with Paragraph 1(3) of Article 6, Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 9 of the Law …

  • Kremlin: Russia will remain in Minsk negotiations despite Zakharchenko assassination

    The Press Secretary of the Russian President, Dmitry Peskov stated that the assassination of the militia leader of the DPR, Alexander Zakharchenko does not mean that Russia will withdraw from the Minsk agreements.

    “It is very difficult to negotiate on anything with the Ukrainian side after the terrorist attack. But it doesn’t mean that Russia will withdraw from the Minsk process,” Peskov replied to journalists' questions on the matter.

    At the same time, the Kremlin’s representative emphasized …