Further expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), including the likely accession of Finland and Sweden, will not contribute to security in Europe, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitri Peskov said today.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, said that the nation will answer appropriately to each move against it, making reference to the mass expulsion of diplomats from Western countries.

A Miami federal judge has accused four major cruise companies of violating US blockade against Cuba, codified in the Helms-Burton Act, by carrying passengers to Cuba and profiting from the use of Havana port facilities.

In an interview to the English-language RT television channel, the Russian Minister recalled that his country is carring out a military operation aimed at eliminating any threat coming from the Ukrainian territory against Russia.