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      OSCE not to mention occupied Crimea in report on Russian pseudo-elections
      Sep12

      OSCE not to mention occupied Crimea in report on Russian pseudo-elections

      The representatives of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) will not mention annexed Crimea in the report on the elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation, the representative of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights Jan Petersen said in an interview with the Russian newspaper Izvestia. Since the OSCE...

      Ukrainian athletes won 49 medals over the four days of Paralympics
      Sep12

      Ukrainian athletes won 49 medals over the four days of Paralympics

      Ukrainian athletes won six gold medals on the fourth day of the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and continue to rank third in the medal standings. On September 11, the Ukrainians also won three silver and bronze medals. A rower Roman Polianskyi, a sprinter Leilia Adzhametova, a tennis player Natalia Kosmina, and swimmers Yelyzaveta Mereshko,...

      Ukraine`s underground gas stocks exceed 13.1 bcm
      Sep12

      Ukraine`s underground gas stocks exceed 13.1 bcm

      Stocks of natural gas in Ukraine`s underground storage facilities grew by 3.4%, or 425 million cubic meters (mcm), from 12.687 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas on September 3 to 13.112 bcm of gas on September 10, according to Ukrtransgaz, operator of Ukraine`s gas transport system. The amount of gas pumped daily into the underground storage...

      Elections to State Duma in Crimea could trigger new wave of repression – human rights activist
      Sep12

      Elections to State Duma in Crimea could trigger new wave of repression – human rights activist

      The electoral process in Russia-annexed Crimea could lead to a new wave of repression in case Crimeans publicly refuse to vote, Chairman of the Crimean Human Rights Group Olga Skrypnyk has told Hromadske.tv. ”The so-called electoral process in Crimea could trigger a new wave of repression if people publicly refuse or write that they disagree with...

      Poroshenko, Obama to meet at UN General Assembly meeting: Klimkin
      Sep12

      Poroshenko, Obama to meet at UN General Assembly meeting: Klimkin

      Ukraine`s Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin has announced the meeting between Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and U.S. President Barack Obama is to be held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meeting, Europeiska Pravda reported referring to Klimkin`s interview with Inter TV channel. ”I believe, a brief meeting will certainly take...

      Cabinet to submit draft budget for 2017 to Rada this week – Groysman
      Sep12

      Cabinet to submit draft budget for 2017 to Rada this week – Groysman

      The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine plans to submit the draft state budget for 2017 to the Verkhovna Rada this week, as required by the Constitution and the Budget Code, Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said in his video address to the nation on Facebook. ”This week, the government will submit the budget for 2017 to the Parliament....

      Ukraine сhases сuts in `unrealistic` budget to meet IMF pact – Bloomberg
      Sep12

      Ukraine сhases сuts in `unrealistic` budget to meet IMF pact – Bloomberg

      The Ukrainian Cabinet needs to cut spending to get the 2016 budget back in line with the requirements of the country`s international lenders, as delayed privatization and a weak economic recovery prevent revenue from keeping pace with costs, Finance Minister Oleksandr Danylyuk said, according to Bloomberg. ”We had an unrealistic budget for 2016,”...

      Prices of industrial products rise by over 0.2% in a month
      Sep12

      Prices of industrial products rise by over 0.2% in a month

      The prices set by Ukraine`s industrial producers in August 2016 rose by 0.2%, compared to the previous month, according to the State Statistics Service. In annual terms, industrial product prices grew by 18.9% year-over-year, while compared to December 2015, they rose by 19%, the service said. The report does not include data from the...

      Ukrainian Ukroboronprom presents brand new combat module “Viy”. Video
      Sep12

      Ukrainian Ukroboronprom presents brand new combat module “Viy”. Video

      On the Armored Forces Day Sunday, September 11, Ukraine`s state-owned defense giant Ukroboronprom presented a model of a new combat model Viy. The module is a rapid-firing 23-millimeter cannon and will be mounted on Dozor-B reconnaissance armored vehicle. Previously, Dozor-B was equipped only with machine guns, and the crews complained that they...

      Ukrainian DTEK contracts coal purchases from Poland, South Africa
      Sep12

      Ukrainian DTEK contracts coal purchases from Poland, South Africa

      Ukraine`s largest privately owned, vertically integrated energy company DTEK, owned by Rinat Akhmetov, has contracted the purchase of 50,000 tonnes of anthracite coal from South Africa and 70,000 tonnes of gas coal from Poland, as part of measures to prepare for the heating season in Ukraine, head of state company Ukrenergo Vsevolod Kovalchuk...