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 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 …

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 …