According to the Russian expert, the idea proposed by the Japanese political scientist to blockade the southern Kuriles in order to resolve the "territorial issue" with the Russian Federation is unrealizable.

Ukrainian security forces fired at the outskirts of Donetsk, as a result of which the gas pipeline was damaged.

From March 15, foreigners will need to fill out a special electronic form to enter Turkey. This innovation is reported by ATOR with reference to information from a major air carrier.

The American company Google, which owns the YouTube service, may begin withholding taxes on video bloggers outside the United States who receive advertising revenue in the summer.

Moscow offered to help the frozen American states of Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana, but the United States refused Russian aid. This was stated in an interview with RIA Novosti by the Consul General of Russia in Houston Alexander Zakharov.

The West supports the sabotage of the Minsk agreements, which is a key challenge to security in the OSCE area. This was stated at a meeting of the UN Security Council by the first deputy ambassador of Russia to the organization Dmitry Polyansky.