EU parliament officials have addressed to the head of European diplomacy Federica Mogherini with a demand to impose personal sanctions on the Russian president Vladimir Putin and several other people due to the Nadezhda Savchenko case.

Bulgaria began to think about the resumption of negotiations on the “South Stream” project.

German Minister of Foreign Affairs Frank-Walter Steinmeier declared that Europe is unhappy about the process of implementation of the Minsk treaty.

Russia and USA have signed a ceasefire agreement in Syria starting from the 27th of February.

The European Union allows for the establishment and implementation of the project of “The South Stream” gas pipeline only in case of full compliance with the rules of the Third Energy Package.

The official representative the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation invited BBC to make a new film-investigation how the UK protects Russian citizens accused of crimes at home.

Fitch international rating agency does not intend to lower the ratings of Russian banks after the introduction of the bail-in mechanism - the salvation of banks with the use of the creditors’ funds.

The bank requests the clients to report that “they comply with the requirements of the law and receive no claims from the tax authorities”.

The Vice-Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Sigmar Gabriel stated that Germany would not give its consent to the construction of the “Nord Stream-2” pipeline, if the gas was not guaranteed for the countries of Eastern Europe.

The Head of Russia’s State Duma Foreign Affairs Committee Alexei Pushkov said that PASE ought to “forget about Russia for a while” and turn their attention to continental problems.

Russia and the USA may yield each other on an issue concerning the composition of the delegation of Syrian opposition during the negotiations in Geneva.

Russia has achieved decisive success in appealing the arrest of its property at the suit of YUKOS shareholders.

The authorized representatives of the Russian Foreign Ministry for human rights, democracy and the rule of law Konstantin Dolgov summed up the results of 2015 and listed main successes and failures in world politics.

According to the analytical note, the process of political transition in Syria will begin in February and will last 18 months.

The US has tightened restrictions on Russia over the Ukraine crisis on 34 additional people and entities, soon after State Secretary John Kerry’s visit to Moscow.

Russia and Egypt have signed an intergovernmental cooperation agreement in Cairo, this agreement involves the construction of the first nuclear power plant in the Arab Republic.

Russia can be accepted back to the G8 if it continues to cooperate with the West on the Syrian issue and if the Ukrainian conflict is resolved.

The leaders of the Western countries agreed to extend sanctions against Russia for another six months - until July 2016.

The global problems of modern time cannot be resolved without the participation of Russia.

Since modern international terrorism can not and should not be associated with any religion, any nationality or any ethnic group, it is high time to set aside the issues that split the ranks of defenders of the humanity.