Section: News & Summaries
Lavrov urges OSCE to monitor the border with militants
Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov says that the OSCE monitoring mission will be able to work on the problem areas of the Ukrainian-Russian border only if it agrees this issue on with the pro-Russian militants. He has said this on Wednesday during his annual press conference in Moscow, an Ukrinform correspondent reports from Russia....
Geopolitical storm clouds loom
Geopolitical risk is back with a bang, but partying financial markets have barely registered it, yet. ||| Davos – Geopolitical risk is back with a bang due to conflict in Ukraine, the Islamic State insurgency in Iraq and Syria, the politics of anger in Europe and the collapse of oil prices, but partying financial markets have barely...
Switzerland to freeze 72 mln of ex-MP Ivaniushchenko
The Ukrainian court has seized the bank accounts of ex-MP Yuri Ivaniushchenko (a.k.a. Yura Yenakiyevskiy or Yura of Yenakievo in the criminal world, a personal friend and business partner of ex-president of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych) worth over 72 million Swiss francs, upon the motion of the Prosecutor General’s Office (PGO) of Ukraine. The...
“Parliament” of Crimea nationalized Krymenergo
So-called “Parliament” of Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula annexed by Moscow last March, decided to nationalize Krymenergo DTEK PAO that belongs to Ukrainian oligarch Renat Akhmetov at its meeting on Wednesday. This is reported as saying by “head” of Crimea Sergey Aksenov Kryminform news agency has reported . “After...
Militants withdraw five convoys with their killed soldiers
The convoys with the wounded militants continue to be delivered to the transshipment sanitary points of the Russian-terrorist forces in area of cities of Khartsyzk and Torez, Donetsk region. Information Resistance group leader Dmytro Tymchuk has posted this information on his Facebook page. He affirms that at least five such convoys were noticed...
Russia not planning oil output cut
Russia may see a natural decline in oil output but has no plans to cut production in coordination with OPEC. ||| Davos – Russia may see a natural decline in oil output by around 1 million barrels per day (bpd) at most but has no plans to cut production in coordination with OPEC, Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich said on Wednesday....
Mogherini: The EU aims to strengthen cooperation with Ukraine
The EU aims to intensify cooperation with Ukraine to support its European aspirations defended by the Ukrainian people in the conflict. The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini was quoted as saying, the Ukrinform’s own Washington correspondent reports. “Undoubtedly immediate and the most...
OSCE Mission: Debaltseve fired by “DPR” militants
Town of Debaltseve (55km north-east of Donetsk) has been shelled by the “DPR” (Donetsk People’s Republic) militants, says the report of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission. According to the Mission, its experts have recorded at least seven unexploded rockets. “A crater analysis performed by the SMM showed that the Grad...
Poroshenko returns from Switzerland to Ukraine on Wednesday because of escalation in violence in Eastern Ukraine
Poroshenko has cut short his visit to Switzerland and will come back to Ukraine on Wednesday because of escalation in violence in Eastern Ukraine. Press secretary of Ukraine’s president Svyatoslav Tseholko wrote the news on his Facebook page late on Tuesday. “Chief of General Staff and Minister of Defense have just reported on the...
Hollande, Obama to support Ukraine and maintain sanctions against Russia
President of France Francois Hollande and the US President Barack Obama during a telephone conversation among other things discussed the situation in Ukraine and confirmed the need to maintain sanctions against Russia and provide additional financial support to the Ukrainian government. The fact of holding conversation and its contents have been...