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      National Security and Defense Council: Pro-Russian militants use heavy weapons in Donetsk and Mariupol sectors
      Apr11

      National Security and Defense Council: Pro-Russian militants use heavy weapons in Donetsk and Mariupol sectors

      Kyiv, April 10, 2015. Russia-backed militants have used heavy weapons banned by the Minsk Protocol during their attacks in Donetsk and Mariupol sectors. Militants used 120-mm mortars against the Ukrainian forces 15 times and three more times 122-mm artillery pieces. Militant groups also fired from tanks twice. Most of ceasefire violations...

      US Senator Rob Portman declares he will personally fight for military assistance to Ukraine
      Apr10

      US Senator Rob Portman declares he will personally fight for military assistance to Ukraine

      “I will personally fight for this military assistance,” said Senator Rob Portman during the press briefing at Ukraine Crisis Media Center at April, 9. Senator Portman expressed his support for the initiative to extend sanctions aimed at countering the Russian aggression in Ukraine, which is going to be reviewed by the end of June – early July....

      How the KGB archives will be opened and information declassified
      Apr10

      How the KGB archives will be opened and information declassified

      On April 9, 2015, The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (Ukrainian Parliament) approved a government bill No. 2540 opening up access to the archives of repressive bodies of the Soviet Union totalitarian regime of 1917-1991. Materials will be published not only on the requests of concerned citizens, but the responsibilities of the Institute of National...

      Poroshenko Goes Hunting for Oligarchs
      Apr09

      Poroshenko Goes Hunting for Oligarchs

      Ukraine won an important battle in the war against the oligarchs with the removal of Dnipropetrovsk Governor Ihor Kolomoyskyi last week. But Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and the Ukrainian parliament are just getting started. On April 7 the government challenged billionaire Rinat Akhmetov’s grip on energy companies. Some...

      Can Gazprom Really Cut Out Ukrainian Transit Post-South Stream?
      Apr09

      Can Gazprom Really Cut Out Ukrainian Transit Post-South Stream?

      Despite an unceremonious end to the controversial South Stream mega-pipeline, Russia remains outspoken and determined in its effort to carve Ukraine entirely out of its European natural gas deliveries which accounted for 62 billion cubic meters (bcm) of Gazprom’s European-bound exports in 2014. Formally announced in 2007, South Stream had...

      Parliament recognized  UPA and UNR as fighters for independence of Ukraine
      Apr09

      Parliament recognized UPA and UNR as fighters for independence of Ukraine

      On April 09, 2015, Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament) passed a law of recognizing organizations that fought for the independence of Ukraine in the XX century such as UPA (Ukrainian Insurgent Army) and UNR (Ukrainian People’s Republic), the Union for the Liberation of Ukraine, Ukrainian Sich Riflemen (USS), Hetmanate (Ukrainian State),...

      KGB archives of 1917-1991 will be in open access
      Apr09

      KGB archives of 1917-1991 will be in open access

      On April 9, 2015, The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (Ukrainian Parliament) approved a government bill No. 2540 opening up access to the archives of repressive bodies of the Soviet Union totalitarian regime of 1917-1991. The archives of all repressive organizations such as KGB, All-Russian Extraordinary Commission for Combating Counter-Revolution and...

      ‘Fighting might resume in Ukraine’

      A Ukrainian pro-Russian separatist leader has accused Kiev of “totally ignoring” the terms of a peace deal and warned that fighting might resume. ||| Ukrainian pro-Russian separatist leader Alexander Zakharchenko accused the Kiev government of “totally ignoring” the terms of a peace deal and warned in an interview with AFP that fighting might...

      Athens due to service IMF debt

      Greece is due to make its 459-million-euro April loan payment to the International Monetary Fund. ||| Athens – Greece is due to make its 459-million-euro ($495-million) April loan payment to the IMF on Thursday following days of uncertainty, but the European nation’s ability to honour its debts remains a source of acute anxiety to...

      Greece gets support, not money from Russia

      Russian President Vladimir Putin offered Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras moral support and long-term cooperation but no financial aid. ||| Moscow – Russian President Vladimir Putin offered Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras moral support and long-term cooperation but no financial aid on Wednesday, leaving Athens to fend for itself in...