Normandy Mountain gives birth to mouse. It was expected
The talks helped Zelensky improve his shaky rating
Vladimir Zharikhin
What agreed and not agreed at Normandy Four summit in Paris
The leaders of the Normandy Four nations (Russia, Germany, France, Ukraine) have finished their summit in Paris at night where they discussed ways of settling the Ukrainian crisis.
Zelensky taking control of Verkhovna Rada
Servant of the People, the party of Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, could win a majority in the new parliament with 248 seats. The Servant of the People party garnered 42.47% of votes at the snap …
Vladimir Zelensky takes office as President of Ukraine
Vladimir Zelensky took the oath as President of Ukraine at the Verkhovna Rada meeting today. "I pledge to defend the sovereignty and independence of Ukraine with all my deeds, to take care of the welfare of the …
Ukraine’s official election results announced
Ukraine’s Central Election Commission (CEC) announced the official results of the presidential election in the country today. They were won by candidate from the Servant of the People party Vladimir Zelensky who garnered …
Russia finishes Great Wall of Crimea
Russia has finished building a high-tech security fence along Crimea's border with Ukraine, the press service of the Federal Security Service’s (FSB) Border Service for Russia’s Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol reported.
Ukraine puts its armed forces on full combat alert
The Ukrainian armed forces have been put on full combat alert by the decision of the chief of the country’s General Staff. According to the press service of Ukraine’s Defense Ministry, in accordance with the National …
Ukraine to denounce treaty on friendship, cooperation with Russia
Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has prepared a package of documents for the denunciation of the Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Partnership with Russia, concluded in 1997, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo …
Ukraine's withdrawal from CIS to take one year
Ukraine's withdrawal from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) will take about a year, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said, the correspondent of Vestnik Kavkaza reports. "In …
New Crimea and Donbass-related sanctions against Russia takes effect
Two packages of sanctions against Russia officially came into force today: the resolution of the Council of the European Union to extends sanctions against Russia until June 23, 2018, in connection with the 'illegal annexation' of Crimea …
Will Ukraine abandon railway traffic with Russia?
The Ukrainian authorities are preparing to cut off railway passenger traffic with Russia in early July, a source close to Kiev officials said. "Ukraine is preparing to halt rail passenger traffic with Russia starting around July …
Eurasian Economic Union’s summit opens in Bishkek
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in the Kazakh capital Bishkek to take part in summits of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) and the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). The meeting of the EEU, …
Steinmeier to visit Baku for Karabakh talks
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Germany's Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Frank-Walter Steinmeier will visit Baku on June 30, diplomatic sources said on June 27. Steinmeier will meet with high-ranking officials of …
Karavaev and Zharihin: it is necessary to help Baku and Yerevan to find a mutually beneficial compromise on Karabakh
The meeting that took place yesterday in Vienna with Foreign Ministers of the OSCE Minsk Group between the presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia on the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict will hardly change the situation drastically in the …
How will situation change in Ukraine after Yatsenyuk’s dismissal?
Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk resigned On Sunday, April 10th. "I decided to leave the post of Prime Minister of Ukraine,’’ he said. It is more than likely that the …
Minsk welcomes the easing of sanctions
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko at today's meeting of the government expressed his satisfaction with the decision by the European Union to ease sanctions against his country. "The Minister of Foreign Affairs should ...
Russians assess neighbors
Russians like Belarus and Kazakhstan most of all; they call Azerbaijan a comfortable country for living for the Russian-speaking population
Is Poroshenko travelling to Kazakhstan for help?
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko is to pay a visit to Kazakhstan in order to improve the critical state of the Ukrainian economy and make attempt to restore the former economic relations, but …
Zharikhin: The conflict in Ukraine will drag on for years
The Deputy Director of the Institute of CIS Countries, Vladimir Zharikhin, believes that the conflict in southwestern Ukraine will be in a ‘frozen’ state for many years, because it is beneficial for the leadership of the country to …
Mordor and Voldemort in Ukraine
Names of fantasy characters were used while commenting on the situation in Ukraine, Kiev and Moscow