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      Ukraine ready to send investigator to Russia to question Yanukovych
      Dec09

      Ukraine ready to send investigator to Russia to question Yanukovych

      The Prosecutor General`s Office of Ukraine (PGO) is preparing a motion to question fugitive ex-president of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych in Russia as a suspect, according to the Dzerkalo Tyzhnia online news portal, dt.ua. A respective request for international legal assistance is to be sent to Russia`s investigation agencies next week, head of the...

      EU ready to sustain possible OSCE mission for Donbas election security – Mogherini
      Dec09

      EU ready to sustain possible OSCE mission for Donbas election security – Mogherini

      High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini says that the EU is ready to increase its support for Minsk implementation and to sustain a possible OSCE mission to bolster the security of local elections in Donbas, eastern Ukraine. ”The European Union is ready to increase its support for the...

      Kenya shows interest in Ukrainian turbines and transformers – trade envoy
      Dec09

      Kenya shows interest in Ukrainian turbines and transformers – trade envoy

      Ukrainian Deputy Ministry of Economic Development and Trade and Ukraine`s Trade Representative Nataliya Mykolska says Kenya has shown interest in Ukrainian industrial equipment, including turbines, motors, and transformers. ”Kenya interested in Ukrainian exports, namely of turbines, motors, pipes, transformers, PV and hydropower [equipment]....

      Rada votes for spending occupied areas` budgets on coal miners` wages
      Dec08

      Rada votes for spending occupied areas` budgets on coal miners` wages

      Ukraine`s Verkhovna Rada on Thursday passed a bill in first reading to boost budget support of state-owned coal mines in Ukraine in 2017 by UAH 1 billion ($US38.8 million), to UAH 1.25 billion ($48.5 million). Bill No. 4744 on amendments to the 2017 national budget was supported by 244 lawmakers with the required minimum being 226 votes. ”This...

      “Russia wants to make Aleppo a desert` and call it `peace” – head of MI6
      Dec08

      “Russia wants to make Aleppo a desert` and call it `peace” – head of MI6

      Speaking for the first time, inside the London headquarters of the Secret Intelligence Service, MI6 head Alex Younger was highly critical of what Moscow is trying to achieve in the Middle East, according to Sky News. ”Russia seeks to make a desert and call it peace,” he said of the country`s bombing of Aleppo, Sky News reported. ”The human...

      Lavrov demands direct talks between Kyiv and Donbas
      Dec08

      Lavrov demands direct talks between Kyiv and Donbas

      Sergey Lavrov, Russia`s Foreign Minister, believes that Kyiv needs to switch to direct talks with `authorities` of the occupied cities of Luhansk and Donetsk to effectively solve Donbas conflict, Ukraine Today reports citing Europeiska Pravda. Lavrov made the statement during a meeting of 23rd OSCE Ministerial Council, which began on Thursday in...

      Russian troops attack Ukraine 20 times in last day, totally 130 artillery and 60 mortar shells were launched at Ukrainian positions
      Dec08

      Russian troops attack Ukraine 20 times in last day, totally 130 artillery and 60 mortar shells were launched at Ukrainian positions

      Combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 20 times in the past 24 hours, according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. View map in full size In the Mariupol sector, Russia`s hybrid military force fired 120mm mortars on the villages of Chermalyk and Shyrokyne, and...

      Rada strips Member of Parliament, oligarch Novinsky of immunity
      Dec08

      Rada strips Member of Parliament, oligarch Novinsky of immunity

      The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has given consent to criminal prosecution of Opposition Bloc Member of Parliament, oligarch Vadym Novinsky. The decision was supported by 228 MPs. Novinsky himself was present during the voting at the session hall of the Verkhovna Rada. On December 7, Novinsky assured that he was not going to leave the country in...

      No IMF tranche for Ukraine by year-end: National Bank of Ukraine expects money in early 2017
      Dec08

      No IMF tranche for Ukraine by year-end: National Bank of Ukraine expects money in early 2017

      The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) hopes that the Board of Directors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will hold another meeting at the beginning of next year, resulting in obtaining the next tranche of the loan from the IMF being also possible at the beginning of the year, NBU Governor Valeria Gontareva said at a briefing. ”We will not...

      Google launches virtual walk service for 300 Ukrainian cities
      Dec08

      Google launches virtual walk service for 300 Ukrainian cities

      Google has launched an update of service, Google Street View. Users of Google Street View now can set off on a virtual journey discovering Ukraine with the help of 360-degree panoramic images of the streets and significant sites, according to Ukraine Today. The service was first launched in April 2012 for five Ukrainian cities. Since that time,...