Section: Main news
Ukraine News Roundup | November 10
Alexander Motyl: Sad News for Putin—Russia Is an Artificial State via World AffairsPutin, Ex-KGB, Finally Moves to Close Russia’s Oldest Rights Group via Boston GlobeHard Ukraine Bargaining Leaves Sour Taste for Some in EU via ReutersHow the Fall of the Berlin Wall Radicalized Putin via Daily BeastVladislav Surkov Is the Hidden Author of...
How Russia Sells Itself to the Long-Demoralized People of Donbas
In the City of Stakhanov, a Cossack Commander and Local Radio Station Mix Nostalgias for Russia’s Greatness and Soviet Goodness While analysts of Russia’s assault on Ukraine debate the veiled question of President Vladimir Putin’s motives, little is hidden about how the Kremlin and its proxy forces are selling themselves to the...
China, Japan leaders in ice-breaker talks
The leaders of China and Japan held an ice-breaking summit after two years of dangerous animosity. ||| Beijing – The leaders of China and Japan held an ice-breaking summit on Monday after two years of dangerous animosity, as world leaders including Barack Obama gathered for an Asia-Pacific meeting spotlighting intensifying big-power...
Terrorists armed with latest Russian air defense systems
Ukrainian law enforcers have sighted near Novoazovsk the position of the latest Russian Pantsir air defense system that has never been in service with the Ukrainian army. Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) information and analytical center spokesman Andriy Lysenko said this at a briefing on Monday, Ukrinform’s...
EU-Ukraine Association Council to hold first meeting on December 15
The first meeting of the EU-Ukraine Association Council is tentatively scheduled for December 15 in Kyiv. Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers Ostap Semerak said this at a briefing in Kyiv on Monday, a Ukrinform correspondent reported. “The first meeting of the EU-Ukraine Council is preliminarily to be held on December 15 in the city of...
Cabinet of Ministers obliges companies to buy gas only from Naftogaz
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has obliged industrial, power- and heat-generating enterprises to buy gas exclusively from Naftogaz of Ukraine from December 1, 2014. This is stated in Cabinet of Ministers resolution No. 596 of November 7. “To establish that from December 1, 2014 to February 28, 2015 industrial, power- and...
NBU, banks agree on exchange rate of UAH 15-16 per dollar
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) and bankers have agreed on the equilibrium exchange rate of UAH 15-16 per U.S. dollar, the NBU’s press service has told Ukrinform. “We think and feel that we have found the equilibrium exchange rate of the hryvnia. The banks have set the hryvnia fluctuation range at a level of UAH 15-16 [per U.S....
Russia’s VTB may move from London to China
VTB, Russia’s No.2 bank, may delist from the London Stock Exchange (LSE) in favour of Chinese bourses as sanctions imposed in the Ukraine crisis hit its ability to raise capital in Western markets, its chief executive said. ||| Beijing – VTB, Russia’s No.2 bank, may delist from the London Stock Exchange (LSE) in favour of...
NSDC explains why Ukraine not using combat aircraft in Donbas
Ukraine does not use combat aircraft in the anti-terrorist operation zone in Donbas, because it was one of the conditions of the Minsk agreements. Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) information and analytical center spokesman Andriy Lysenko said this at a press briefing on Monday, Ukrinform’s correspondent reported....
East European weighs on Carlsberg’s profits
Danish brewer Carlsberg said its third quarter net profit dipped to 2.1 billion kroner (R3.9 billion), citing falling beer sales in Russia and Eastern Europe amid challenging market conditions. ||| Copenhagen – Danish brewer Carlsberg said Monday its third quarter net profit dipped to 2.1 billion kroner (R3.9 billion), citing falling beer...