Section: News & Summaries
US slams eastern Ukraine vote
The USA has said it would not recognise elections held by pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Emerging stocks lifted by Japan
Emerging stocks were on track for their biggest weekly gains in six months, buoyed by Japan’s surprise move to ramp up its stimulus programme and strong United States growth data. ||| London – Emerging stocks were on track for their biggest weekly gains in six months on Friday, buoyed by Japan’s surprise move to ramp up its...
Russia central bank hikes rate to 9.5%
Russia’s central bank jacked up its interest rates by 1.5 percentage points to 9.5 percent, after Western sanctions over Ukraine sent the ruble plunging and halted growth. ||| Mosow – Russia’s central bank on Friday jacked up its interest rates by 1.5 percentage points to 9.5 percent, after Western sanctions over Ukraine sent...
Emerging stocks lifted by Japan stimulus
Emerging stocks were on track for their biggest weekly gains in six months, buoyed by Japan’s surprise move to ramp up its stimulus programme and strong United States growth data. ||| London – Emerging stocks were on track for their biggest weekly gains in six months on Friday, buoyed by Japan’s surprise move to ramp up its...
PACE not to recognize legitimacy of so-called elections in DPR and LPR
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will not recognize the legitimacy of the so-called elections in the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics (DPR and LPR). PACE President Anne Brasseur made such a statement on Friday, Ukrinform’s correspondent reported. “I deplore the decision of the...
OSCE outraged at Porechenkov’s shooting in helmet ‘Press’
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatovic has called disgraceful and dangerous the use of insignia “Press” by Russian actor Mikhail Porechenkov who fired in Donetsk at the positions of Ukrainian forces in a helmet with the inscription “Press.” Mijatovic wrote this on her Twitter page. “Disgraceful...
Interior Ministry initiated criminal proceedings against actor Mikhail Porechenkov
“Investigation Department of the Interior Ministry initiated criminal proceedings against actor Mikhail Porechenkov under Art. 260, Part 4 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.” – says the Minister of Interior Affairs Arsen Avakov Mikhail Porechenkov arrived to Donetsk as part of the armed gang, personally took part in the shooting at the units...
Merkel, Hollande, Putin welcome gas agreements
French President Francois Hollande, Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have welcomed the gas agreements reached between Ukraine, Russia and the EU, the press service of the Ukrainian president has reported. “During a phone conversation, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, French President Francois...
Ukraine News Roundup | October 31
In Russian, Historians Join Kremlin’s Campaign to Label Ukraine ‘Nazi’ via Time Kyivans Rally for Reconstruction of Cinema Torched Amid Screening of LGBT Film via Kyiv Post Photo Essay: Chasing Vote Fraud and Dodging Attack in a Ukrainian Village via Quartz Video, Maps: The Brutal ‘Cease-Fire War’ Over Donetsk’s Airport...
Poroshenko Bloc to support Yatseniuk as prime minister on one condition
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has proposed that the Bloc of Petro Poroshenko faction support Arseniy Yatseniuk as new prime minister on the condition of the detailed coordination of a coalition agreement. He said this at a meeting with MPs elected from the Bloc of Petro Poroshenko, the Ukrainska Pravda online newspaper reported. Poroshenko...