Section: News & Summaries
DIRECT TRANSLATION: ‘My First Ten Days as a Member of the Ukrainian Parliament’
An Investigative Journalist Who Ran for Office to Fight Corruption Says Poroshenko Has Stifled Dissent Within the New Government Serhiy Leshchenko, age thirty-four, is a Kyiv-based investigative journalist and blogger who has been deputy chief editor of Ukrainska Pravda, the country’s most prominent independent news website. After...
Moscow not planning to withdraw Russian troops and close border with Ukraine
The Russian Foreign Ministry has stated that Russian troops will not be withdrawn from Ukraine, because they are not allegedly there, and that there are no plans to close the Ukrainian-Russian border controlled by pro-Russian militants. Earlier, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko made such a demand to Russia. Russian Foreign Ministry...
Rada may abolish non-aligned status in a week
The draft law on abolishment of Ukraine’s non-aligned status will be submitted for consideration of people’s deputies next plenary week. Parliament Speaker Volodymyr Hroisman told a briefing, Ukrinform’s correspondent reports. “Next plenary week, it (a bill on removal of the non-aligned status – Ed.) will be submitted and...
Ukraine has no grounds to speak about preparation of martial law – Hroisman
Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr Hroisman denied information about preparation of the martial law in Ukraine. He told a briefing about this, Ukrinform’s correspondent reports. “I do not see any grounds to speak today that Ukraine takes any decisions on introduction of martial law,” Hroisman said. According to him, information about...
Verkhovna Rada urges Kremlin to release Savchenko
The Verkhovna Rada has approved an address to the Russian leadership demanding that Ukrainian pilot and parliamentarian Nadia Savchenko and all other Ukrainian hostages be released. A total of 321 MPs voted for this decision on Thursday, an Ukrinform correspondent reported. In its resolution No. 1095 the Verkhovna Rada demands the release of...
Jaresko expects economic growth in 2016
Ukrainian Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko predicts economic growth in Ukraine in 2016. She said this in an interview with the Focus magazine. “I hope that we will see economic growth in 2016. I think we will also cope with the key tasks -conducting business deregulation, de-monopolization and deregulation of markets, and restoring...
Default does not threaten Ukraine – Yaresko
Despite the difficult economic situation, default does not threaten Ukraine, such a forecast is not even discussed. New Finance Minister of Ukraine Natalia Yaresko told an interview in Focus. “We do not have either pre-default or default situation. Today, this issue is not even discussed in the government. Although, nobody conceals that the...
Group of Russian intelligence officers destroyed in Donbas – General Staff
A Russian military intelligence unit was destroyed during an armed clash in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday. A representative of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Major-General Oleksandr Rozmaznin, said this on Thursday, an Ukrinform correspondent reported. “A group of Russian intelligence officers came up to our checkpoint,...
Mogherini to visit Kyiv next week
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini will visit Ukraine on December 16-17. This was announced by European External Action Service (EEAS) spokeswoman Maja Kocijancic, an Ukrinform correspondent reported. “On Tuesday afternoon EU High Representative Mogherini will leave for Kyiv. According to the...
Bloc of Liovochkin gathers signatures for Constitutional Court
The Opposition Bloc initiated gathering of signatures and in the nearest future will apply to the Constitutional Court against the anti-crisis laws of Arseniy Yatseniuk, approved by the Verkhovna Rada March 23. Member of the Opposition Bloc faction Natalia Korolevska told a briefing, Ukrinform’s correspondent reports. “Our Opposition Bloc...