The Russian Government will have to reduce military expenditures by 6% due to a reduction in revenues of the State Budget over the next three years. As reported by Vedomosti citing its own sources in the Federal Government, 1% of the savings will be reallocated for priority programs and projects under "National Defense," which in 2016 is expected to spend 3,157 trillion rubles.

At the same time, according to Ministry of Finance estimates, the reduction in spending will allow them to save about …

The electoral process in the annexed Crimea could lead to a new wave of repression if the Crimean people publicly express their opposition to it, the chairperson of the Crimean Human Rights Group, Olha Skrypnyk, said in comments to independent Ukrainian radio broadcast Hromadske.

“The so-called election process in the Crimea may lead to a new wave of repression. If people are going to publicly disclose or write that they do not agree with these elections, urging people not to go to those …

The authorities of Russian-occupied Crimea are forcing people to participate in the elections to the State Duma using threats of dismissal or decrease in wages in the event of failure to comply. Crimean Human Rights Group representative Olha Skrypnyk described the situation on 112 Ukraine TV.

"We have several complaints about the fact that the de facto "Crimean government" uses the so-called administrative resources to force people to go to these elections, for example, under the threat of …