Section: News & Summaries
”This borders with idiocy”: UaPosition correspondent in Russia responds to accusations of collaboration with aggressor
UaPosition correspondent in Russia Roman Tsymbaliuk commented on the publication by a controversial website Peacemaker of a new list of journalists who the site claims ”cooperate” with the Russian Federation.He said that the Peacemaker webside has turned into a group of anonymous individuals who accuse people, without any intention to look into...
Heavy militant attack on Avdiyivka: Footage from Donbas` hottest spot
The People`s Project civil volunteer center has shown footage how a heavy militant attack on the town of Avdiyivka`s industrial zone began on May 23.On the day of the attack, two Ukrainian soldiers were killed and eight were wounded in the shelling.During their offensive, Russian proxies used heavy weapons banned by the Minsk peace agreements.As...
Variety: Vice News hit with layoffs in U.S., U.K.
Vice Media is cutting 15 news staffers in the U.S. and axed three members of the Vice News U.K. editorial team, while the company also has recently hired nearly 20 employees and plans to open additional news bureaus, according to Variety, a weekly American entertainment trade magazine.As part of the overhaul of news operations, Josh Tyrangiel —...
Ukrainian operating banks` loss drops by 16.6%, to $457.6 mln as of May 1
Ukrainian operating banks, excluding insolvent ones, posted UAH 11.5 billion, or $457.6 million, in aggregate loss as of May 1, 2016, which was lower by 16.6% year-over-year, according to the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU).Thirty-four operating banks were in the red with losses estimated at UAH 15.1 billion as of May 1, 2016. Of them, 25 banks...
WSJ: Russia raises $1.75 bln on international debt market
Russia managed to sell more than half of its planned eurobond issue, according to people familiar with the matter, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported.A banker familiar with the matter said Wednesday that Russia raised $1.75 billion in 10-year dollar-denominated eurobonds. It set the yield at 4.75% and sold $1.3 billion to investors from the...
Reuters: Locals clamour for Russia eurobond, sanctions deter Westerners
Russia was on track on Tuesday to place its first eurobond since sanctions were imposed on it over the conflict in Ukraine, but market sources said big Western investors appeared to be steering clear, according to Reuters.The issue, the first in three years, was heavily subscribed by local investors looking to offload dollars bought as the rouble...
TASS: Recheck shows positive doping samples of 14 Russian 2008 Olympic athletes
The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) confirmed on Tuesday it has received documents from the International Olympic Committee notifying that following a cross checking of doping samples taken during the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing 14 Russian athletes in three sports disciplines were found to be doping positive, according to Russian news agency...
The Moscow Times: Russian cheese imports up for first time since embargo
The amount of imported cheese in the Russian market has grown for the first time since Russia introduced an embargo on Western food products in 2014, the Kommersant newspaper reported Tuesday, according to The Moscow Times.Cheese imports totaled 49,300 tonnes in the first quarter of the year, a joint report from industry news website Milknews.ru...
Lucescu signs three-year contract with FC Zenit Saint Petersburg – agent
Former manager of FC Shakhtar Donetsk Mircea Lucescu has signed a contract with FC Zenit Saint Petersburg, Russian news agency TASS reports, citing the words of the coach`s agent Arkady Zaporozhanu.”The contract was signed this night. The agreement was signed in a 2+1 scheme, but we can say that it is a full three-year contract, because there is...
Greece moves thousands of migrants from Idomeni camp – BBC
Thousands of stranded migrants are being evacuated from the makeshift Idomeni camp on Greece`s northern border with Macedonia, according to BBC News.Most are being taken to specially designed processing facilities some 80km (50 miles) south, near Greece`s second city, Thessaloniki, BBC News reports.Hundreds of riot police moved into the camp at...