What happens to a person at the races, when they put a stake on the wrong horse? He loses. If he is not a mad player, he just loses some money, but will have the rest. I emphasize that if this is not a crazy player. 

In recent days, we are forced to record the violation of all the agreements reached earlier regarding ceasefire, non-use and withdrawal of heavy artillery.

So, a Ukrainian budget for 2017 has been prepared and it is time to execute it. The State Property Fund of Ukraine announced a privatization of strategic enterprises again. A list is significant, as usual.

Eurovision Song Contest is an international music competition, which is broadcasted at the same time in almost all European countries. Competition Founders created it in the 1950s to bring people together around music and help post-war Europe to get away from the political hysteria that swept the world during the Cold War. 

The head of the Interdepartmental Committee on Accreditation of humanitarian missions, the plenipotentiary representative of the DPR at the negotiations in Minsk Denis Pushilin commented on the statement of the State Border Service of Ukraine that the Donbass soldiers did not allow 25 trucks of humanitarian aid into the territory of the LPR.

On January 26, a meeting via videoconference of the Contact group on the peaceful settlement of the conflict in Donbass was held. During the meeting, participants discussed the placement of Ukrainian positions near Donetsk filtration plant, which was confirmed by the Deputy Head of the OSCE SMM Alexander Hug.

Western Europe and the United States taught the rest of the world democratic values for many years and positioned itself as a model of democracy. However, recent events in world history have undermined this carefully created image. 

ʺAlmost always a result can be opposite to foresight in politics,ʺ a French writer, politician and diplomat of the XVIII century François René de Chateaubriand said. This aphorism is highly relevant on an issue of sanctions.

The fundamental decision to expand NATO eastward in Washington did not mature immediately. After the collapse of the USSR and the liquidation of the Warsaw Treaty Organization (WTO), the Americans could not believe the luck and in the early 90's did not even think of NATO moving towards Russia's borders. 

Almost three years have passed from the moment when Ukraine had been overwhelmed with the so-called "revolution of dignity". The changes, as promised, surely have occurred, but not in the sense which the protesters on the "Maidan" had.