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Ukraine: Russia sends to Donbas weapons captured during the annexation of the Crimea
Russia is arming militants in the Donbas with captured weapons from Ukrainian military bases after the annexation of the Crimea, reported the Communication Department of the Ukrainian National Police, citing a statement of the Chief of the National Police, Serhiy Knyazev.
“Firearms, which were captured from more than 10 military bases in annexed Crimea, are used on the territories of the Joint Forces Operation. They belonged to the Armed Forces of Ukraine until 2014 but the arms were stolen …
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Russia resumes coal exports via North Korea
Acting governor of the Primorsky Krai (the Far East region of Russia), Andrei Tarasenko stated that Russia has resumed coal supplies for export through the North Korean port Rajin, Interfax reports.
“Today here [in Primorsky Krai], we have sent the first coal train to Rajin where we started to use their port facilities,” Tarasenko announced. He added that this route does not violate sanctions because there are no restrictions on the port infrastructure.
Earlier, the Ambassador of Russia in …
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Russia prepares a plan to protect itself against US sanction
The Russian Security Council is preparing a response plan to protect against the new US sanctions and sanctions initiatives, reported RBC news agency with a reference to a source close to the Security Council and an interlocutor from a structure that prepared the proposals.
It was reported that the Security Council has collected from ministries and departments proposals on the protection of the economy. The Ministries of Finance, Economic Development, Industry and Trade, as well as the Central …
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Ukraine asks Russia to provide information on the fate of former LPR leader Plotnitsky
During the talks in Minsk in the light of the murder of Alexander Zakharchenko, the leader of the DPR, the Ukrainian side of the Tripartite Contact Group asked for information about the location of the ex-head of the LPR Igor Plotnitsky, said Iryna Herashchenko, the representative of Ukraine in the humanitarian subgroup of the TCG.
“The Ukrainian side was interested to find out where Plotnitsky has disappeared. Plotnitsky is involved in a number of criminal cases in Ukraine and he will sooner …
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Putin signs decree allowing Russian intelligence agencies to recruit private spies
Russian President Vldaimir Putin has signed a decree allowing Russian intelligence to have a new type of secret service agents - "foreign intelligence officers of the Russian Federation that are not part of the staff", but are involved in performing intelligence missions, the newspaper Vedomosti reports.
Information about such employees is now classified. According to the new decree, disclosing of such information entails criminal liability.
This is the first time such definition appears in …