During a meeting with Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said that his country does not need to choose between East and West, between Russia and the European Union, RBC reported.  

"If the partners with whom we are in dialogue insist that we have to choose between the East or the West - that is, whether you are with Russia or the European Union, to put such a choice in front of us and to put us in such a position is inappropriate. I am …

The Ministry of Justice of Poland formed a new commission to investigate the plane crash near Smolensk in April 2010 that killed Polish President Lech Kaczyńsk. According to Polish Radio, it will include "experienced prosecutors from across the country," and will be headed by the Deputy Attorney General, Marek Pasionek.

"The task of the group is to conduct a full, comprehensive analysis of all materials associated with the tragedy near Smolensk, concerning the main and all other related …

The online company, Yandex, issued an annual report containing a warning to investors regarding the risks involved in Russia’s tightening control over internet access on its territory.

In this regard, the company considered it necessary to warn investors of the possible risks on the Russian market. Such risks include inflation, economic sanctions, political motives, and the potential of authorities limiting business activities in the areas where it holds leading positions.

It was also noted …

The Secretary of the National Security Council of Ukraine, Oleksandr Turchynov, announced the successful test of fire missiles made in Ukraine.

"We began testing missiles produced in Ukraine, and today's launch showed that our rocket completely fulfilled the planned tasks and hit the intended target precisely," the press service of the National Security Council (NSDC) quoted Turchynov on Tuesday.

Turchynov was present at the site when the test launches happened.

According to him, the …

Ukraine has accused Russia of violating its airspace, according to a statement issued by the Ukrainian State Border Service on Wednesday.

According to the statement, on March 23rd at 12:08 local time, a Russian Mi-8 helicopter crossed into Ukrainian airspace near the Kherson region. At 12:10, the Mi-8 turned south over the Ukrainian gas production platform “Strelkova-5” in the Sea of Azov.

At 12:12, the helicopter crossed the administrative border between the Kherson region and the Crimea.

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Almost a third of Ukrainians (29.9%) believe that it is necessary to continue the war in the Donbas until Ukraine has fully regained control over the entire region, as indicated by data from a survey by the Razumkov Center.

At the same time 22.6% of respondents supported providing a special autonomous status to the territories not controlled by Kiev and 21.5% would support their separation from Ukraine.

As noted by sociologists, in comparison with data from March of 2015, the share of those …

The EU has called for the immediate and unconditional release of Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko on the basis of the Minsk Agreements which state that “all hostages and illegally detained persons” in connection with the Ukrainian conflict must be released.

The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission, Federica Mogherini, stressed in a statement that Brussels is worried about the fate of not only Savchenko, …

US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Moscow on Wednesday, where he plans to discuss the wars in Syria and Ukraine, as well as Nadiya Savchenko, who was found guilty and sentenced to 22 years in prison by a Russian court on Tuesday.

The State Department also stressed that Kerry intends to discuss the implementation of the Minsk Agreements and the deterioration of the situation in eastern Ukraine.

Kerry arrived in Moscow on Wednesday, and will meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei …