Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed the impeachment case against President Donald Trump, accusing the Democratic Party of using “absolutely invented reasons” to try and remove him from office. Asked about the impeachment at his annual end-of-year press conference in Moscow on Thursday, Putin noted that it was unlikely it would get further than the Senate. “It needs to go

NATO is preparing for a large-scale military conflict on its eastern borders, said Valery Gerasimov, Chief of Russia’s General Staff. According to the Russian general, this is indicated by the military exercises in Europe and the redeployment of alliance troops in the east. Russia is designated an enemy in NATO countries’ military doctrine, Gerasimov noted at a briefing for foreign

 Thursday, December 19, 2019 2:00:00 PM The damage caused by the fire on the Russian aircraft carrier “Admiral Kuznetsov” is effectively equivalent to the current value of the ship, at 95 billion rubles (around $1.52 billion), writes Kommersant, citing a source in the headquarters of Russia’s Northern Fleet. “The damage caused by the fire that broke out has been provisionally estimated at

Russian President Vladimir Putin, who insists on the full implementation of the Minsk agreements, has stated the impossibility of withdrawing foreign, that is, Russian, troops from the occupied Donbass, since they are not there. He stated this at a press conference. “There is a clause in the Minsk agreements on the withdrawal of mercenaries and foreign troops and closure of

Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated that Russia does not want to exacerbate the situation in the Ukrainian energy sector and use it to influence processes in the country itself. “We have no desire to aggravate the situation in the energy sector and somehow use it to influence the situation in Ukraine itself,” Putin stated at his annual press conference

There are no problems in Ukraine for the full study and use by representatives of national minorities of their mother tongues, European Solidarity party leader and former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said. He said this at a meeting of the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Association Committee in Strasbourg on Thursday, according to an Ukrinform correspondent. “Discrimination is the situation when representatives

The growth of gross domestic product (GDP) in Ukraine in July-September 2019 was 4.1% year-over-year, whereas the pace of growth in the second quarter was higher (4.6%) and that in the first quarter was lower (2.5%). The updated but still not final figures were made public by Ukraine’s State Statistics Service on Thursday, December 19. At the same time, the

The number of Ukrainians who consider Russia an aggressor country with respect to Ukraine has increased from 64% to 70% over the past month, according to a poll conducted by the Rating Sociological Group during December 13-17. “Some 21% of those polled have the opposite opinion. The latter mostly live in the south and especially in the east of the

45 minutes ago    At least one person has been killed in a shooting in downtown Moscow on Thursday evening, local media have reported.  An unidentified gunman opened fire with a Kalashnikov rifle in the lobby of the Federal Security Services (FSB) building before fleeing the scene, the RBC news website cited an police source as saying. The 112 Telegram channel reports that three members

On December 18, the armed formations of the Russian Federation violated ceasefire seven times in the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) area in Donbas. “The enemy used weapons on infantry fighting vehicles, grenade launchers of different systems, heavy machine guns and other small arms to shell positions of the Joint Forces,” the press center of the JFO Headquarters reports. As noted,

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed bipartisan, bicameral Appropriations legislation approving $698 million for security and foreign assistance for Ukraine in 2020. This is $2.3 million more than in fiscal year 2019, according to Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, Co-Chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus and a senior Member on the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense. “This support for Ukraine is

Ukraine and the United States should investigate the transfer of $29 million by businessman Victor Pinchuk from Ukraine to the Clinton Foundation, Ukrainian Member of Parliament (independent) Andriy Derkach has said. According to him, the investigation should check and establish how the Pinchuk Foundation’s activities were funded; it, among other projects, made a contribution of $29 million to the Clinton