• Study: For the first time in 8 years, Russians spend more than a half of their income on food

    For the first time since the 2008 economic crisis, Russians are spending more than 50 percent of their income on food. Both low-income and middle class families are forced to live in a more restrictive economy, as found by researchers from the Institute of Social Analysis and Forecasting of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration.

    The reduction of consumer activity is the result of the worsening economy, the experts noted. In the report it is said that …

  • Ukraine and Romania agree to create NATO-led Black Sea fleet

    Ukraine and Romania have agreed to create a NATO-led fleet in the Black Sea, Dozhd reported, with reference to 112 Ukraine.

    The matter was discussed during Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s visit to Romania.

    "In the face of continued aggression by Russia, Ukraine and Romania pay special attention to the security situation in the Black Sea region. We are condemned by the President of Russian to the militarization of the Crimean Peninsula, [and the] occupation of Crimea,” Poroshenko stated. …

  • Ukrainian Forces tighten their grip on Dokuchaievsk

    The 72nd motorized bridge of the Ukrainian Forces has almost completely encircled the city of Dokuchaievsk.

    Several weeks ago, reports began emerging on social media that the 72nd brigade took control of the strategic heights around the area and is now facing the city from three directions.

    Some social media users reported that posters, supposedly issued by the Ukrainian Forces, started appearing around the city, calling on the separatist fighters to surrender.

    Reports of the encirclement …

  • Media: Hundreds of lawyers worked 'day and night' on appeals in the Yukos case

    Les Echos newspaper reports that hundreds of legal experts, especially in France, worked day and night last year on the appeal that resulted in the Hague District Court’s ruling to overturn the decision for Russia to pay compensation in the amount of $50 billion to the former shareholders of Yukos Oil Company.

    French journalists Valerie de Sennevil and Yves Burdiyon explained in their article "Billions and threats: Yukos story without an ending" that the Tribunal's decision does not mean the …

  • Donetsk to hold Victory Day military parade on May 9th

    The leader of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, Alexander Zakharchenko, said that this time more military equipment will take part in the parade.

    On Wednesday, RIA Novosti quoted Zakharchenko as saying that the parade on the Victory Day of the Great Patriotic War will be held in Donetsk and restored military vehicles from the 1940s will participate. "This will be the usual parade of our technology... We have restored several pieces of equipment that participated in the liberation of our …

  • Russia is the only state among the G20 countries that wishes for Trump to win US presidential race

    Russia is the only country in the G20 that, according to YouGov, prefers Donald Trump as president. Most other respondents would like to see Hillary Clinton win the US presidential race.

    Among the major developed countries of the world, Russia is the only one that would like US Republican and billionaire Donald Trump to win the presidential elections. This follows from the results of a poll, conducted by the research company YouGov among 20 thousand adult respondents, that was commissioned by …

  • Ukrainian activists want to erect a statue of Ronald Reagan in Kiev

    Ukrainians have requested that the Kiev City Council install a monument to the famous American anti-communist.

    Activists in Kiev want to establish a monument to former US President, Ronald Reagan. The petition appeared on the website of the Kyiv City Council and was authored by Zablotskyi Marian Bogdanovich. As of the 19th of April, the petition has garnered 34 signatures.

    The petitioners report that the majority of the monuments to Reagan were installed in 2011, and dedicated to the …

  • 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 …

  • Herashchenko: 648 people are still missing in Ukraine; Red Cross should be allowed to search for them

    During a meeting with the Deputy Chairperson of the Foreign Affairs Committee at the Polish Sejm, Małgorzata Gosiewska, the First Deputy Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada, Iryna Herashchenko, stressed that 648 people are still missing in eastern Ukraine, as the search continues.

    "Our task is to look for these people. The Red Cross should be allowed to conduct search operations in the occupied territories," the press service of the Verkhovna Rada quoted Heraschenko.

    According to her, "it's …