A cache of munitions was found in the city of Popasnaya in the Luhansk region which the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) suspects was intended for a terrorist attack.

Employees of the SSU, together with the National Guard, the police, border guards and the military conducted a large-scale special operation in the city, according to the press center of the SSU.

The purpose of the special operation was the "prevention of acts of sabotage in the city and the identification of members of …

The Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergei Lavrov, and the U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry, will meet on January 20th in Zurich to discuss the situations in Ukraine and Syria, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry. This meeting was agreed upon during a telephone conference on January 14th.

"According to the instructions of the Presidents of Russia and the U.S., while discussing current international issues yesterday, the Foreign Ministers continued to work towards the resolution …

The President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, says that he has transferred his confectionery company, Roshen, to a blind trust.

"I have signed the contract to transfer my share in Roshen to a blind trust. This action was taken in accordance with the highest international standards and is full compliance with Ukrainian law. What does this trust do? First, during my tenure as President, neither I nor anybody else can revoke the trust. Second, under this contract neither my signature nor my …

The Department Head of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in the Komi Republic, Alexander Protopopov, was arrested on suspicion of dismantling  and selling a 50 kilometer (31 mile) road in the northern Komi Republic of Russia.

TASS reported that police believe that Protopopov oversaw the dismantling of the road’s 7,000 concrete slaps over the course of a year, selling them to a construction company, according to Vladimir Markin, representative of the Federal Penitentiary Service. …

The head of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, stated that opposition groups are trying to take advantage of the difficult economic situation in Russia in order to destabilize the political situation. “These people should be treated like enemies of the state, like traitors. They hold nothing sacred,” he added.

"These people don't care about the fate of Russia and the Russian people. They play as directed by the games of Western intelligence agencies. They dance to their tune, and …

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko held a telephone conference with the Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel, and the President of France, Francois Hollande, reported the Press Service of the Administration of the Ukrainian President.

According to the report, the Ukrainian President stressed the unacceptability of the violation of the ceasefire by the Russian-backed separatists and the denial of access of OSCE observers to the occupied territory and uncontrolled parts of the Russian- …

On Monday, January 11th, Boris Gryzlov, the permanent representative of Russia to the Trilateral Contact Group, visited Kiev where he brought the Kremlin’s offer concerning the end of the war in the Donbas. According to Apostrophe, the Ukrainian contingent was not satisfied with the proposal.

According to sources, one of the main issues was the topic of elections in certain districts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Gryzlov stated that it would not matter to the Russians which election …

TASS reported that Turkish authorities detained three Russian citizens in Antalya suspected of being involved with the so-called Islamic State. The Antalya Consul General, Alexander Tolstopyatenko, confirmed the detention of three Russians. According to him, the reasons for their detention are being investigated.

Turkish news agency Dogan noted that the arrests took place after the terrorist act on Sultanahmet square in the city of Istanbul on Wednesday. According to Dogan, documents and CDs …