New documents released by the hacker group CyberBerkut appear to show an organized government effort to stop journalists from working in Ukraine.

BRICS leaders adopted final declaration of the BRICS summit that ended its work in the Russian city of Ufa on Thursday

Roundup of the day for July 09-10, 2015
1. The situation over the last day in the DPR and the LPR.
2. The OSCE: "Right Sector" will not leave Shirokino even after order.
3. The commander and soldiers of the battalion "Tornado" are suspected of molesting children.
4. Poroshenko and Klichko may appear in Austrian court.

Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said that Russia may go to court if Kiev does not return Moscow $3 billion invested in its Eurobond.

Speaking at a press briefing Thursday amid the ongoing BRICS and Shanghai Cooperation Organization summits in Ufa Russia, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated that the Crimean question is closed, adding that this is recognized even by those who "cannot stop talking about it."

It’s pointless to expect a change in the official stance on Ukraine on the part of the Western political mainstream, head of the Russian State Duma’s International Affairs Committee says

During the course of his confirmation hearing before the Senate to become the next Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Joseph Dunford Jr. stated that Russia poses "the greatest threat" to US national security, adding that it would be "reasonable" for the US to supply Ukraine with heavy weapons, AP reports.

The main task is to use the existing formats to consolidate contacts and make progress in implementing the agreements that had been reached, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin says

Ukrainian-Canadian journalist and researcher Halyna Mokrushyna takes a closer look at a major public address delivered by Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko and finds surprising inconsistencies in what was supposed to be a vision of the country's place in the world.