After the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine, spending of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania on defense grew at the fastest pace in the world and in the next few years, spending will only increase, said the British analytical Company IHS Markit.
No roadmap for resolving the situation in Donbas to date, no document is only intended to create at the level of assistant leaders and foreign Ministers " channel four ", said a source close to the negotiations.
The substitution of deliveries of Ukrainian products in the interests of the Ministry of defence is on schedule and will be completed by 2018, said on Thursday Deputy defense Minister Yuri Borisov in the process of his working visit to NPO " Saturn ".
Chancellor of Austria, Christian Kern at the beginning of the EU summit said that currently unrealistic mitigation of anti-Russian sanctions.
The Prime Minister of the Netherlands mark Rutte said he does not feel confidence on the issue of the Treaty on unification of Ukraine with the European Union.
A member of the state Duma on international Affairs Kazbek Taysaev made the initiative to invite to a closed meeting of the Department the head of DNR Alexander Zakharchenko to discuss the situation in the South-East of Ukraine.
In Las Vegas the final round of debates between candidates for President of the United States. Hillary Clinton and Donald trump did not shake hands and unleashed a new batch of allegations against each other.
Exploration of the self-proclaimed Donetsk national Republic (DND) has recorded up to 80 mercenaries from Italy and France at the airport of Kramatorsk, controlled by Ukrainian security forces, said the Commissioner of operational command of the DPR Eduard Basurin.
The issue of ownership of Debalcevo Donbas and Kiev are treated differently, Russia does not agree with the position of the Ukrainian side, said the press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov.
Russian President Vladimir Putin fundamentally rejected the proposal of the head of the Ukrainian country Petro Poroshenko on inclusion in an exchange of prisoners in the Donbas persons in Russia, said the press Secretary of the head of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov.
The Parliament of Ukraine adopted in common with Poland and Lithuania, a Declaration of remembrance of the victims of the Second world war, in which it is reported that the beginning brought the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.
The Kremlin in General positively evaluates the dialogues " channel four ", said the press Secretary of the head of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov.
The Russian leadership appreciated the location of the military mission of the OSCE in the Donbas, Germany's chairmanship in the organization this will help, said press Secretary of the head of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov.
Because input using the gas pipeline "Nord stream - 2" and "Turkish stream" Ukraine may lose the transit of Russian natural gas in 2020, said commercial Director of Naftogaz Yuriy Vitrenko.
The head of the national police of Ukraine Khatia Dekanoidze said the completion of the re-certification of law enforcement officers, the results of which fired 26% of senior police.
The message of the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko about Russia's agreement on the military mission of the OSCE in the Donbas is another attempt of " wishful thinking ", it has to be treated leniently, says the Plenipotentiary representative of the DND on the talks in Minsk Denis Putilin.
Russia in 2016, has exported nearly 45 tons of coriander and can take up to a third of the world market, said the Russian export center (REC).
The Ministry of defence of Ukraine said Thursday that after talks "Norman Quartet" in Berlin in the Donbass observed " a certain de-escalation."
In Karachay-Cherkessia as a result of joint special operation of the FSB and the interior Ministry detained several people suspected of terrorism.
Deputies of the Odessa regional Council voted for the abolition of Saakashvili approved the renaming of the streets of Odessa, as well as among them, Marshala Zhukova Prospekt, streets Tereshkova and 25-th Chapayev division.
Mutual punishment EU and Russia hurt both parties, instead we must broaden the dialogue between Moscow and Brussels, said 1st Deputy Minister of foreign Affairs of Greece Nikos Xidakis in the interview to the information portal EurActiv.
To resolve the conflict in the Donbass possible only through political means. Commitment this position was confirmed by all participants of the "Normandy format" meeting in Berlin. Negotiations continued until late at night.
The implementation of the Minsk agreements and peaceful solution to the confrontation in the Donbass will allow the EU to abolish the punishment against Russia, said the head of the Council of cantons (upper chamber of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland) Rafael komt.
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Head Petro Poroshenko tried to convince the European Parliament as soon as possible to provide Ukrainians visa-free regime with the European Union, said the press service of the Ukrainian head of the country, citing a meeting Poroshenko with President of the European Parliament Martin Schultz.