• PACE: The 'hybrid annexation' of the Donbas has already occurred

    The Parliamentary Assembly on the Council of Europe (PACE) believes that it is impossible to talk about the conduct of elections in the Donbas during the escalation of the conflict

    PACE’s rapporteurs on the situation in Ukraine, Kristina Zelenkova and Marilouise Beck, reported that recent escalations of the conflict in Eastern Ukraine have made it impossible to even  talk about holding the elections in the Donbas. They made the statement during session of the political and legal committees of …

  • Polish Defense Minister: Russia is 'preparing aggression' against NATO

    The Polish Defense Minister, Anthoni Macierewicz, believes that the incidents in the Baltic Sea indicate that Russia is preparing for aggressive actions. "All actions by Russia show a systematic preparation for further aggressive actions," the Polish Defense Minister, Anthoni Macierewicz, said in an interview with the Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita. The Defense Minister stressed that "the time has come to speak about it openly."

    The head of the Defense Ministry of Poland commented on the …

  • Russian-Crimean Prosecutor General wants to ban US-funded news site

    The Prosecutor General of Russian-Crimea, Natalia Poklonskaya, stated in her comment to TASS that she is preparing to fully block Radio Free Europe's Krym.Realii project.

    “We have gathered materials for the General Prosecutor’s Office of Russia and Roskomnadzor for the complete closure of the Krym.Realii information service,” she said.

    The Prosecutor General’s official website also reported its initiative on the blocking of separate publications of Krym.Realii. “Content analysis of this …

  • Nemtsov's report presented at PACE session

    Nemtsov’s colleagues, Ilya Yashin and Olga Shorina, have finished his report.

    At a recent Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) session, a report entitled "Putin.War" was presented. The report provides information which essentially proves the participation of Russian troops in the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine as announced by an MP from the Permanent Delegation of the Verkhovna Rada (the Ukrainian Parliament) to PACE, Georgiy Logvynsky, on his Facebook page.

    According to …

  • Naftogaz files lawsuit against Russia

    Naftogaz of Ukraine has filed a lawsuit against the Russian Federation for damages incurred by the loss of its assets in the Crimea, according to the company’s head, Andriy Kobolev, Interfax-Ukraine reported.

    "We have filed a lawsuit against the Russian Federation with respect to compensation for not only the cost of the towers, but all the assets that have been lost… in the Crimea because of the Russian occupation, or those assets to which we temporarily do not have access to. For example, …