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      Draft resolution on release of Nadiya Savchneko introduced in U.S. Congress
      Jan28

      Draft resolution on release of Nadiya Savchneko introduced in U.S. Congress

      Five members of the U.S. House of Representatives, all members of the Congressional Ukrainian Caucus, have introduced a bipartisan resolution calling on the release of Nadiya Savchenko. This has been announced by one of the authors of the document, Congressman Sander Levin, on his official webpage, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “We...

      Report on MH370 due in March

      Malaysia’s Department of Civil Aviation will release the interim report on the missing plane early in March. ||| Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia’s Department of Civil Aviation will release an interim report on the investigation into the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 on March 7, a day before the one-year anniversary of the...

      EU threatens new Russia sanctions

      European Union leaders have threatened new sanctions against Russia over a rebel offensive in Ukraine. …read more Source:...

      Russia applies a copy of Transnistrian scenario in Ukraine – former Moldova’s foreign minister
      Jan28

      Russia applies a copy of Transnistrian scenario in Ukraine – former Moldova’s foreign minister

      Russia applies a copy of Transnistrian scenario that was played out in the Republic of Moldova, when in the 1990s unrecognized Transnistrian Moldovan Republic was established with the direct participation of Russia. The former first Moldova’s foreign minister Nicolae Tiu expressed his opinion in an interview with Moldovan media...

      Poroshenko: we need to compel Russia to negotiate
      Jan28

      Poroshenko: we need to compel Russia to negotiate

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has sent a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin with a demand to perform the Minsk agreements and to release all hostages, including Nadia Savchenko. He said this in an interview with TVN-24 television channel. “The day before yesterday I sent a letter to President Putin, one of the main elements...

      PACE calls upon Russia to refrain from financing terrorism
      Jan28

      PACE calls upon Russia to refrain from financing terrorism

      The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has overwhelmingly adopted a resolution calling upon Russia to refrain from financing terrorism, an Ukrinform correspondent has reported. “The resolution (which includes the corresponding amendment) was supported by 140 MPs, seven voted against, eight abstained,” chair of the...

      Emerging markets could get hurt – IMF

      The “normalisation” of US monetary policy, no matter how well implemented, could hurt emerging markets and undermine financial stability, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said. ||| THE “normalisation” of US monetary policy, no matter how well implemented, could hurt emerging markets and undermine financial...

      S&P downgrades Russia’s rating to junk

      Russia’s first junk rating in a decade pushed the nation’s bond lower for a second day and stocks declined as the threat of fresh sanctions over the conflict in Ukraine and an oil-price slump batter its economy. ||| Vladimir Kuznetsov MoscowRUSSIA’S first junk rating in a decade pushed the nation’s bond lower for a second...

      National Security and Defense Council:Ukrainian military destroyed a tank and neutralized around 60 militants
      Jan27

      National Security and Defense Council:Ukrainian military destroyed a tank and neutralized around 60 militants

      Kyiv, 27 January 2015 – Ukrainian military are inflicting considerable losses on the militants. This resulted from the well-coordinated and professional actions by the units of “Pivnich”, an operational command that are taking part in the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) in the Shashtya and Vesela Hora localities. Atank was destroyed and around 60...

      General Staff: Only 6% of volunteers among conscripts
      Jan27

      General Staff: Only 6% of volunteers among conscripts

      Only 6% of people, who are subject to partial mobilization, are volunteers. This has been announced by chief of the mobilization department of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleh Boiko, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “At the moment … we have only six per cent of volunteers in the fourth stage of partial...