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Poroshenko`s plane arrives in Rostov-on-Don to bring back Savchenko
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko`s airplane has landed in Russia`s Rostov-on-Don to pick up the Ukrainian female pilot Nadia Savchenko, who has been illegally convicted in Russia, according to an UaPosition correspondent in Russia citing an informed source as saying.”The plane arrived in Rostov overnight. Savchenko`s transfer is to be held...
Oil prices push closer to $50, U.S. crude hits highest in seven months
Oil futures pushed closer to $50 a barrel on Wednesday, with U.S. crude hitting its highest in over seven months after industry data suggested a larger-than-expected drawdown in U.S. crude inventories last week, according to Reuters.Oil markets were also supported by an overnight surge in U.S. equities and strong home sales that could point to...
Lavrov on NATO expansion: Russia to reflect ”all risks and threats to national security”
The Russian side will take all necessary steps ”to parry the risks and threats to the national security,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with Hungarian newspaper Magyar Nemzet on the eve of his visit to Budapest, according to TASS.”We cannot ignore the growing negative trends, folding as a result of NATO policy of...
Petition for pardon of Russian GRU officers submitted to Poroshenko
A petition for pardon of Russian GRU special forces officers Yevgeny Yerofeyev and Alexander Alexandrov has already been submitted to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.”A petition for pardon of Russian GRU special forces officers Yevgeny Yerofeyev and Alexander Alexandrov has already been submitted for signature to the President of Ukraine,”...
Kyiv authorities seek demonopolizing thermal power market in Kyiv
Chairman of the Kyiv City State Administration Vitali Klitschko says the city authorities are set to start the demonopolization of thermal power market in Kyiv.”We intend to begin the process of demonopolization of the thermal power market in Kyiv. To this end, we plan to restore operations of Kyivteploenergo municipal enterprise that was...
Taliban announces new leader
Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada has been named the new Afghan Taliban leader following the death of Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour, a Taliban spokesman said in a statement, according to CNN.”The Islamic Emirate`s leadership council… decided to appoint Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada as the new leader of the Islamic Emirate and Mawlawi...
NBU simplifies procedure for return of investment
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has simplified the procedure for the return of foreign investments in Ukraine, eliminating a requirement for an investor to submit an extract (statement) to the bank on the actual incoming of foreign currency in Ukraine or the documents confirming the investment contribution by means of reinvestment, with...
Russia-Chechnya Conflict: A Lion Waiting to Roar?
The deal struck between Kadyrov and Putin that brought the Chechen conflict to an end has led to a period of relative peace for the small republic, but the latitude granted to the Chechen president by Putin may cause long-term problems for the security of the Russian Federation. There’s a common tendency in articles concerning Russia to...
Turkey could block migration deal with EU over visas
Turkey`s parliament will block a deal with the EU on migrants if Turks do not gain visa-free access to the bloc, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says, according to BBC News.”If that is not going to happen… no decision and no law in the framework of the readmission agreement [on migrants] will come out of the parliament of the Turkish...
ATO forces repel enemy attack near Novotroyitske
The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 33 times in the past 24 hours, mostly after dark, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO).The militants continue to intensively attack the positions of the Ukrainian soldiers in the Avdiyivka industrial zone. ”At night, they...