The EU might be unintentionally sponsoring the Assad regime and the war in Syria.
Russia’s ex-MP Ilya Ponomarev, who is considered one of the key witnesses of the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine in the treason case of Viktor Yanukovich, testified that the members of the Federation Council had received invitations to convene before the letter emerged of the runaway Ukrainian president to Vladimir Putin "on the use of Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine," Glavcom reported citing its source in the PGO familiar with the probe.
The Russian-speaking population of Ukraine suffers only where Russian troops have been deployed, United States special envoy for Ukraine negotiations Kurt Volker said in an interview with Gazeta.ru.
The Defense Ministry is set to ban Russian soldiers from uploading information to the internet that could give away their affiliation, activity or location, the news site RBC reported Thursday.
Ukrainian Counterintelligence has exposed yet another serviceman of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, who has been fighting for Donbas militants, TSN.ua reported, citing an SBU source familiar with the matter.
The Constitutional Court of Moldova on Tuesday, May 2, declared unconstitutional the presence of Russian military forces on the territory of the republic’s Transnistrian region, while Moldova President says such a decision will provoke various political speculations.