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      Oil prices dip after OPEC-Russia output cut deal, focus swings to implementation
      Dec02

      Oil prices dip after OPEC-Russia output cut deal, focus swings to implementation

      Oil prices slipped on Friday as some investors opted to cash out after Brent touched 16-month a high on Thursday, with optimism over this weekэs OPEC-Russia accord on cutting output giving way to questions on the ”sticking point” of implementing the deal, according to Reuters. International Brent crude oil futures LCOc1 were trading at $53.36 per...

      Ukrainian Bank for Reconstruction and Development sold to Chinese investor for almost UAH 83 mln
      Dec02

      Ukrainian Bank for Reconstruction and Development sold to Chinese investor for almost UAH 83 mln

      The State Property Fund of Ukraine (SPF) chief Ihor Bilous said Wednesday it had sold at a second-try auction a state-owned Ukrainian Bank for Reconstruction and Development (UBRD) to China`s Bohai Commodity Exchange Co., Ltd. (BOCE). The bank was sold at a starting price as the bidding had just one participant, Bilous reported on the results of...

      Antonov engineer detained after attempt to smuggle structural drawings of planes, helicopters from Ukraine
      Dec02

      Antonov engineer detained after attempt to smuggle structural drawings of planes, helicopters from Ukraine

      Ukrainian border guards December 1 detained at the Ukrainian-Russian border in Kharkiv region an engineer of the state-owned aircraft design bureau Antonov who tried to smuggle to Russia structural drawings of airplanes and helicopters, the press office of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine has told UNIAN. ”During the border control...

      Hot spot in Mariupol sector in last day, militants use banned artillery
      Dec01

      Hot spot in Mariupol sector in last day, militants use banned artillery

      Combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 30 times in the past 24 hours, focusing on the Mariupol sector, according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. View map in full size ”In the Mariupol sector, the militants used 122mm artillery systems, 120mm and 82mm mortars...

      Russian Progress cargo ship Russian cargo space ship falls to Earth after contact was lost. Video
      Dec01

      Russian Progress cargo ship Russian cargo space ship falls to Earth after contact was lost. Video

      The Russian space agency Roscosmos reported it had lost contact with its Progress MS-04 cargo ship launched on Soyuz-U carrier earlier today, December 1, to the International Space Station orbiting Earth. ”Today, after the launch of the Soyuz-U carrier, telemetry with a transport cargo ship Progress MS-04 was lost from the 383rd second....

      ”Protection” of Russians abroad, strengthening propaganda: Putin approves Russia`s new foreign policy concept
      Dec01

      ”Protection” of Russians abroad, strengthening propaganda: Putin approves Russia`s new foreign policy concept

      Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved a new concept of Russia`s foreign policy. A relevant document repealing the effect of the previous Russian foreign policy concept of February 12, 2013 was published on the official website of the Russian legal information. In particular, the document provides for efforts to strengthen positions of the...

      Pro-Ukrainian blogger arrested in militant-held Luhansk
      Dec01

      Pro-Ukrainian blogger arrested in militant-held Luhansk

      Russian-backed militants arrested a pro-Ukrainian blogger Eduard Nedeliayev in the occupied city of Luhansk. He is allegedly accused of a cooperation with Ukrainian secret services and the Aidar battalion, Ukraine Today reported. As the so-called ”Ministry of state security” of the non-recognized ”Luhansk people`s republic” claims, the man was...

      Poroshenko to visit Poland on Dec 2
      Dec01

      Poroshenko to visit Poland on Dec 2

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko will make an official visit to the Republic of Poland on December 2, 2016, according to the president`s press service. The visit will take place at the invitation of President of Poland Andrzej Duda and will be dedicated to the 25th anniversary of Poland`s recognition of independence of Ukraine, the press...

      A New Approach to Reintegrating Eastern Ukraine and Crimea
      Dec01

      A New Approach to Reintegrating Eastern Ukraine and Crimea

      Russian aggression is not likely to go away soon. As a result, Ukraine needs to revise the current framework guiding its economic disengagement from the occupied regions of the Donbas and Crimea. Economic disengagement limits the risks of financing terrorism with money coming from mainland Ukraine, and makes sure that the occupied areas of Donbas...

      4G in Ukraine: government names deadline for tender, price of licenses
      Dec01

      4G in Ukraine: government names deadline for tender, price of licenses

      The National Commission for Communications and Informatization Regulation (NCCIR) plans to have held a tender for the introduction of 4G communications technology (LTE) by October 2017, Chairman of the NCCIR Alexander Zhyvotovsky wrote on Facebook, with reference to the results of the committee meeting on Tuesday, November 29. ”The prices for...