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      Ukrainian budget-funded structures are served by Russian accounting systems – Ministry of Finance of Ukraine
      Jan10

      Ukrainian budget-funded structures are served by Russian accounting systems – Ministry of Finance of Ukraine

      Ministry of Finance of Ukraine in its report of 2016 on facebook admitted the strange fact that 10% of e-cabinets on the official public finances portal of Ukraine E-Data are registered from Russian domains. “Russian capital, Russian IT solutions are actively presented on the Ukrainian market,” states the report. Ukraine’s...

      U.S. Senator McCain to join with Democrats in pushing for “comprehensive” sanctions on Russia
      Jan10

      U.S. Senator McCain to join with Democrats in pushing for “comprehensive” sanctions on Russia

      John McCain, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, U.S. Senate Republican said on January 9, 2017, that he would join Democratic Senators Ben Cardin and Robert Menendez in introducing the legislation for “comprehensive” sanctions on Russia because of its alleged attempts to influence the 2016 Presidential election....

      The UN International Tribunal on Crimea maritime to begin in 2017, annexation of Crimea by Russia is not in question
      Jan10

      The UN International Tribunal on Crimea maritime to begin in 2017, annexation of Crimea by Russia is not in question

      Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine for European Integration Olena Zerkal states that the tribunal within the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, which will study the issues related to Crimea, to start work in the middle of 2017, and will announce their verdict in 2019-2021. “We have completed all the necessary pre-trial procedures. The...

      Russian militants attacked Ukraine 51 times in the past 24 hours, used heavy weapons
      Jan09

      Russian militants attacked Ukraine 51 times in the past 24 hours, used heavy weapons

      Russian militants attacked Ukraine 51 times in the last day, 5 Ukrainian soldiers were wounded in actions. View map in full size In the Mariupol sector, Russiaian militants attacked 30 times, eight of them involved use of heavy weapons. They fired 122mm artillery systems on the village of Shyrokyne, as well as 120mm and 82mm mortars in the town...

      Russian behavior in Syria has made the ending of the civil war harder -U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter
      Jan09

      Russian behavior in Syria has made the ending of the civil war harder -U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter

      U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter who has watched Russian aggression in Ukraine, Crimea, Syria, and the 2016 interference issue, states in his interview to NBC that the Russian Federation helps the civil war in Syria to continue and doesn’t make an effort to get rid of ISIS out of Syria and Iraq: “No, they haven’t done anything...

      European Commission suspects Russia in cyber attacks on EU servers
      Jan09

      European Commission suspects Russia in cyber attacks on EU servers

      During 2016 there were recorded more than one hundred attempts of cyber attacks on European Commission. Eighty percent of them, didn’t make critical damage to the servers, because the data protection systems worked properly, reports the Financial Times with a reference to its informed source. “It’s clear that many institutions across...

      U.S. sends tanks to bases in Poland and the Baltic states at deterring a possible Russian aggression
      Jan08

      U.S. sends tanks to bases in Poland and the Baltic states at deterring a possible Russian aggression

      On Friday, January 6, 2017, 87 tanks and 144 military vehicles, equipment began arriving by sea from the USA in Bremerhaven, Germany, as part of the North-Atlantic alliance’s program aimed at deterring a possible Russian aggression. “This is the biggest delivery of a U.S. armored tank brigade to Europe since the end of the Cold War, and over the...

      The U.S. assesses Russian influence in US Elections, 2016
      Jan08

      The U.S. assesses Russian influence in US Elections, 2016

      The USA Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) on January 6, 2017 published a report “Background to “Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent US Elections”: The Analytic Process and Cyber Incident Attribution” that focuses on activities aimed at the 2016 US presidential election and draws on understanding of previous...

      EU company has to be involved in Ukrainian gas transit – Naftogaz
      Jan08

      EU company has to be involved in Ukrainian gas transit – Naftogaz

      The head of the oil and gas company National Joint-Stock Company (NJSC) Naftogaz of Ukraine, Andriy Kobolyev states that Ukraine needs to get a European company to manage its natural gas transportation system to keep its status as a transit country . “The ultimate goal of the process of creating a separate GTS operator is to involve a...

      Russia establishes its S-400 and S-300 missile complexes in Syria
      Jan08

      Russia establishes its S-400 and S-300 missile complexes in Syria

      The Russian Federation has established in Syria its anti-aircraft weapon system S-400 and S-300 missile complexes. The commander of the Russian Armed Forces in Syria, Colonel General Andrey Kartapolov states that anti-missile weapon ensures a solid defense of the ground and sea facilities, a close integration between air forces and the Bastion...