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A German court is considering Serbia's request to question Dragan Antic, named by some witnesses as a direct perpetrator in the murder of Milan Panic.

Russia is not a threat to the West, President Vladimir Putin insisted in an interview published on June 6, saying he was still committed to a Ukraine peace deal after a fresh flare-up in the country's east.

Serbia's Independent Journalists' Association, NUNS, and the Serbian Journalists Association, UNS, called on the Serbian foreign ministry and the Russian embassy in Belgrade on Monday to explain why Dojcinovic was barred from entering Russia and given a 15-year ban on returning.

RT is reporting on Tuesday morning that "at least one civilian has been killed in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk."

According to the broadcaster, the person was killed when "an army shell hit an apartment building amid intense fire on rebel positions."

Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov will be meeting with his American counterpart John Kerry in Sochi, to discuss on Ukraine, Syrian, Yemen and Iran issues, according to the RIA news agency.

The Russian news agency states that Moscow does not expect any significant progress.

Taking care of pensioners who are his bedrock of support has been a key feature of President Vladimir Putin's rule, but as crisis bites, the Russian government is mooting an idea that has been taboo for 80 years: Raising the retirement age.

A Dutch expert helping to identify victims from last year's MH17 airliner crash in Ukraine has been fired after showing photographs of the dead at a public lecture, the government said on April 23.  

"The collaboration with George Maat has been terminated," Justice Minister Ard van der Steur told lawmakers in parliament.

"Washington expects long-term confrontation with Russia"

ROME, MOSCOW -- The U.S. "expects the ongoing confrontation with Russia to continue until at least 2024 and involve many directions," RT is reporting.

Moscow accused of "weaponization of information"

WASHINGTON -- Members of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee have criticized "Russia's weaponization of information."

They also "urged the U.S. government to invest more in media warfare around the world," RT reported.

Russia's Consulate in Bulgaria will provide assistance in the investigation that authorities have launched into the murder of a boy whose body was found in a suitcase in March.

Nikita Leontyev, 5, whose father was a Russian citizen, was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and lived in the city of Perm.