India is purchasing French 4th generation Rafale fighters instead of Russian Su-30MKI fighters because the former’s capabilities are superior to the latter’s, The Economic Times reports. The Indian news outlet writes that the Rafale’s extended loitering ability is 50% greater than the Su-30MKI’s. The former’s flight range is 780-1055 km, as opposed to the latter’s 400-550 km. The French fighter can also

Euromaidan Press 12 hrs ·  Good morning, World! Good morning, Ukraine!Contrasting images as photographer Artemka Popkov follows fashion model Karina Tairova through the streets and local markets of one of Kyiv’s suburbsYour impressions? I’m sorry, but I couldn’t resist it.

It is possible to apply electronic or remote voting in local elections in the Donbass for temporarily displaced persons. This was told by Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Vadym Prystayko in an interview with RBC-Ukraine. Prystaiko believes, “the longer we discuss in theory, not looking for ways to count the people who stayed there, or ensure the displaced people

The global nuclear weapons control system that was set in place by Moscow and Washington in the last few decades of the Soviet Union is slowly but surely falling apart. Following the breakdown of the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, the last key nuclear arms reduction treaty, New START, will also soon be history. The treaty, which restricts the number

He said this in an interview with the Ukrayinska Pravda news site. “During my tenure, the Prosecutor General’s Office, together with colleagues from the Interior Ministry, the Security Service of Ukraine, the State Fiscal Service, returned $4 billion to the state in money or property. $4 billion. Of these funds, $1.5 billion is money from the criminal organization of [former

Russian gas monopoly Gazprom has sent a formal proposal to NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine on extending the current contract or signing a new contract on natural gas transit through Ukraine for a one-year period, taking into account European buyers’ projected demand for gas in 2020, Interfax has reported, with reference to the Russian company’s press service. “Gazprom’s proposal states that

Igor “Strelkov” Girkin, former “defense minister” of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), has admitted that the investigators of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 catastrophe have intercepted a phone call from 2014 between him and then “prime minister” of the DPR Alexander Borodai. Girkin published his reaction to the recording on VKontakte, a Russian social network. The Joint Investigation Team’s (JIT) report mentions an

A Russian company from St. Petersburg wants to sell Vladimir Putin’s canned farts. Planned is to sell up to 500.000 cans per year, confirms FARTOV’s manager Igor Proliv during an interview at the company’s headquarters at 55 Savushkina Street in St. Petersburg. Putin became famous when he ordered the invasion of Ukraine to protect the Russian speaking population. Putin also

After their surprise election in 2016, neither of the two sitting opposition candidates were allowed to stand this time. Strongman leader Alexander Lukashenko plans to stand again in presidential elections next year. Official results announced on Monday show that Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko maintained his hold on power after parliamentary elections. Not a single opposition candidate was elected. Often described