Moscow will take symmetrical measures in response to the US withdrawal from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (IMF) only when the U.S. begins deploying new missiles in Europe and Asia, said Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoygu in an interview with Russia 24 TV channel. “We will not be there until they [the US] get to Asia and the Asia-Pacific region,”

Two Estonian citizens were arrested in Finland on charges of laundering more than 100 million euros for a Russian organized criminal group, reports Yle TV channel. The money laundering was carried out with the assistance of the Finnish HTR Talonrakennus Oy construction company. Estonians, who led this firm, received charges of laundering 140 million criminal euros. Now the detainees deny

Artur Yepifantsev, a former soldier in the Russian military, made headlines when he said his unit had been asked in a survey about whether they would be willing to shoot at protesters. He later took back that report on the Defense Ministry’s television channel. Now, the news and investigative outlet Znak.comhas reported that Yepifantsev was forced into that retraction by Major General Viktor

Senior people attend a career-focused seminar organized by Trudolyub, a charity program that finds jobs for retirees, on Aug. 8, 2019, in Kyiv. Trudolyub is an initiative of the Kyiv-based foundation Zhyttelyub, which aims at supporting elderly.Photo by Volodymyr Petrov Liudmyla Butylevska, 67, has decided to turn a new page in her career. For most of her life, she worked as

European Union Assessment Mission has started its work in Ukraine. Its goal is to test the readiness of the telecommunications sector of Ukraine for integration into the EU Digital Single Market (DSM), reports the press service of Ukrainian President. On August 17, Zelensky’s adviser Mikhail Fedorov had a meeting with an Assessment Mission in the President’s Office. The representatives of the General

The leader of the Communists, Gennady Zyuganov, and other representatives of the Communist Party’s leadership, State Duma deputies, politicians, and public figures are taking part in the rally The leader of the Communist Party Gennady Zyuganov© Sergey Savostyanov/TASS MOSCOW, August 17. / TASS /. The approved Russian Communist Party rally for fair and transparent elections began on Sakharov Avenue in

On Saturday, the driver of a passenger bus lost control of the vehicle, which crashed into a concrete wall, killing one © Karina Bur’yan/TASS PERM, August 18. /TASS/. The injury toll from a major bus accident in the Russian city of Perm has risen to 33 after one more person had to be taken to the hospital, a spokesperson for

According to earlier reports, the bus, which was carrying Chinese tourists, collided with a lamp-post after the driver had lost control of the vehicle on a wet road © Artem Geodakyan/TASS MOSCOW, August 18. /TASS/. Nineteen people have been taken to the hospital following a tourist bus accident in eastern Moscow, a spokesperson for the city’s Health Department told TASS

On August 16, the armed formations of the Russian Federation and its mercenaries violated ceasefire in the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) area in Donbas 12 times. One attack more was launched at night. “The enemy used grenade launchers of different systems, heavy machine guns and small arms to shell Ukrainian positions,” the press center of the JFO Headquarters reports. In

The death toll as a result of the fire in the Odesa Star Tokyo hotel increased to nine people – the body of another person has been discovered at the scene, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine reports. “According to the updated information, at 14:12 on August 17, during the investigative actions at the scene of the fire, the body

The U.S. troops in Poland are crucial to deterring Russia, Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz said. “Russia will think twice whether to resort to military actions if it sees international troops in Poland, especially American ones,” he explained. Polsat news agency reports that Czaputowicz believes that Warsaw should be ready to new “violations of international law” or “aggressive policy” on

The Russian authorities are ready to hand over two disputed Islands of Shikotan and Habomai of the Kuril archipelago to Japan. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that the handover of the two Islands is possible only after Japan’s recognition of the results of the Second World War and the conclusion of a peace treaty, report Russian state TV channels.