The US is getting an absolutely incredible deal with Iran, receiving everything it wanted, while the Islamic Republic – after all concessions – was again placed at the mercy of IAEA, according to Hooshang Amirahmadi, President of American-Iranian Council.

Paris thinks that the Kiev authorities are not fully committed to solving the Ukrainian crisis through political means, according to Le Monde.

Gazprom has received an advance payment of $30 million from Ukraine’s Naftogaz to cover supplies of Russian gas until mid-April, according to Gazprom spokesperson Sergey Kupriyanov.

Roundup of Novorossia for April 02-03, 2015
1. Representatives of the OSCE reported of a large-scale movement of heavy weapons.
2. Payment of pensions began in all districts of Lugansk, as well as in Rovenky, Lutugino and Krasnodon.
3. Despite Minsk Agreement, Kiev authorities continue to introduce new measures to expand the economic blockade of Donbass.
4. Kiev traffic police being searched.

The situation on the fronts of DPR and LPR for April 2.

Polish politicians should watch their step when criticizing Russia, because when Moscow’s current freeze in ties with the West is finally over, Poland may find itself out in the cold, President Bronislaw Komorowski's advisor warned.

Arms supplies are coming from Lithuania, although it is not disclosed what types of weapons are being supplied

The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) will hold its regular news briefing today in Kyiv.

Russian Communists are preparing a bill that would ban state-owned corporations from any economic presence in Ukraine. The measure is being considered as a reply for Kiev’s planned nationalization of Russian property.

The Ministry of Justice will complain about the ruling of the Kiev Appeal Administrative Court on social payments in the occupied territories of the Lugansk and Donetsk Regions, said Minister Pavel Petrenko.