• British Defense Committee seeks to add more Russian officials to sanctions list

    The restrictive measures imposed “against Moscow have had very minimal effect on the military policy of Moscow” the British MPs believe.

    The Defense Committee of the British Parliament urged its government to put more Russian government officials on the sanctions list. This was stated in the Committee's report, published on Tuesday, July 5.

    The reports points out that the restrictive measure have had “minimal influence on the military polices of Russia”.

    The document recommends facilitating …

  • Putin prohibits foreign companies from polling Russian television audiences

    Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law prohibiting foreign companies and organizations from measuring the ratings of Russian TV Channels. The corresponding document was published on the official website of legal information. As stated in the document, foreign states, international organizations or organizations that are under their control, foreign legal entities and also Russian legal entities whose share of foreign capital is more than 20%, are not allowed to measure TV audiences.

    The …

  • Moscow asks Kiev to provide information on Russian prisoners in Ukraine

    Russia appealed to Ukraine with a request to provide data on detained Russian citizens, the Russian Foreign Ministry Special Representative for Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law, Konstantin Dolgov, said.

    "We sent a note to the Ukrainian Embassy in Moscow requesting comprehensive information about Russian citizens in Ukrainian jails and other detention facilities," he wrote on Twitter.

    He has previously stated that more than a hundred Russians are in detention or remand centers in …

  • Ukraine's economy is growing faster than Russia's

    According to the Russian Slon.ru news portal, the Ukrainian economy has been showing stronger growth than that of Russia, according to the official statistics of the two countries. In the fourth quarter of 2015, Ukraine’s GDP did not fall as steeply as Russia’s, and, in the first quarter of 2016, even rose slightly in contrast to the fall of the Russian index. This year, the Russian economy will shrink by 0.2%, the Ministry of Economic Development believes. The World Bank is more pessimistic …

  • Lavrov says Finland should not give into temptation of joining NATO

    Moscow calls on Helsinki not to give into the temptation of joining NATO’s actions directed against Russia.

    The statement was made by the Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Sergey Lavrov, in response to a question asking what countermeasures Russia would take if Finland joins NATO, as reported by the Russian news agency TASS.

    “This is a pure military and technical question. It is obvious that if an organization which considers you an enemy is approaching your borders, you have …