Tombinski: Ukraine needs new Constitution
A new Ukrainian Constitution should provide a clear division of responsibilities between the branches of power, head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine, Ambassador Jan Tombinski said during the forum "The Constitution: Public Trust and a New Justice," according to Ukrainian online newspaper RBC-Ukraine. "Today, we...
Russian General Staff warns against escalation of conflicts
There is a threat of escalation of existing conflicts and the emergence of new conflicts due to several reasons, including chronic contradictions between countries, Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov told a briefing for foreign military attaches on Monday, according to Russian news agency TASS. Problems of global and...
Poll: Most Russians want to see Ukraine independent
More than half of Russians, or 59%, believe that it would be more beneficial for Russia if Ukraine was an independent state, having good-neighborly and mutually beneficial relations with Russia, according to the findings of a survey by the Levada Center, an independent Russian polling and sociological research organization. It...
Erdogan: ‘Pilot’s mistake’ mustn’t hurt Russia-Turkey ties
Relations between Ankara and Moscow must not be affected by a "mistake of a pilot," Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said, in another bid to smooth tensions following the November 24 downing of a Russian warplane by Turkish jets, according to Hurriyet Daily News. "We wouldn't have wanted to come...
Two Ukrainian soldiers wounded in Donbas conflict zone in last day
No Ukrainian soldiers were killed but two were wounded in the Donbas conflict zone over the last 24 hours, presidential administration spokesman for the Anti-Terrorist Operation Colonel Andriy Lysenko said at a briefing in Kyiv on Monday "Over the last day, we haven't lost any Ukrainian soldiers, but two were injured...
Russian-Turkish summit in St. Petersburg canceled
The Russian-Turkish summit scheduled for this month in St. Petersburg has been canceled, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday, according to Russian news agency TASS. "No, it (summit) won't take place, it is not planned," Peskov said, TASS reports. Last month, the head of Russia's federal government...
Some Turkish troops leaving Bashiqa camp in Northern Iraq
A detachment of the Turkish troops deployed in Northern Iraq were on Monday leaving a camp close to the Islamic State-held city of Mosul and moving north, a Turkish military source said, after Baghdad said it would ask the U.N. Security Council to order them out of Iraq, according to Reuters. The Turkish prime minister's...
Merkel wants to reduce refugee arrivals in Germany
Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday she wanted to "drastically decrease" the number of refugees coming to Germany, signaling a compromise to critics of her open-door policy from within her conservatives on the eve of a party congress, according to Reuters. Merkel has resisted pressure from allies within her...
Putin changes chief of his security service
Dmitry Kochnev has been appointed chief of the Security Service of the President of the Russian Federation to replace Oleg Klimentyev, who has held this post since 2013, according to Russian newspaper Izvestia. The information was confirmed by Putin's administration and the Federal Security Service. A source in the Russian...
BBC: French far right National Front routed in key vote
France's far-right National Front (FN) has failed to win a single region in the second round of municipal elections, the BBC has reported. The party was beaten into third place, despite leading in six of 13 regions in the first round of voting on December 6, according to the BBC. Nicolas Sarkozy's centre-right...
Ani Lorak showed the breast for advertising in Russia (PHOTO)
Ani Lorak for Russian poster used a dress with open neckline. Poster appeared on the singer's official page in Facebook. Ani Lorak will attend the award ceremony of the Road Radio in Russia. ...
Photos Reveal Mexico’s Colorful Virgin Mary Festival
For two millennia, the Virgin Mary has been one of the world’s most venerated women. She is particularly revered in Mexico; the country's patron saint is Our Lady of Guadalupe, a form of the Virgin that is said to have appeared to an indigenous man in what is now Mexico City in 1531. That storied event is commemorated...