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      Maidan cases may be sent to Hague court – Ukrainian Prosecutor General
      Oct25

      Maidan cases may be sent to Hague court – Ukrainian Prosecutor General

      Ukrainian Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko says he does not rule out that the cases related to Maidan events when over a hundred people were killed downtown Kyiv between the end of 2013 and the beginning of 2014 could be transferred to the International Criminal Court. ”I think the public also wants those who committed [these crimes], especially...

      Poroshenko`s Office expects OSCE to step up measures to protect freedom of expression, journalists in Crimea
      Oct25

      Poroshenko`s Office expects OSCE to step up measures to protect freedom of expression, journalists in Crimea

      The Presidential Administration has said that in spite of the EU and the OSCE`s concerns over the situation in the occupied Crimea, real steps ”are sometimes not seen”, the head of the main department of information policy of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine Andriy Zhyhulin said at the international conference on safety of journalists...

      Council on National Bank of Ukraine greenlights transfer of UAH 38 bln profit to state budget
      Oct25

      Council on National Bank of Ukraine greenlights transfer of UAH 38 bln profit to state budget

      An updated Council of the National Bank of Ukraine at the first meeting after a year`s break has approved the annual consolidated financial statements of the central bank for 2015 and the distribution of profits of the central bank, which will allow to transfer UAH 38 billion of profit to the state budget. ”I am pleased to join the work of the...

      Russia may use “Admiral Kuznetsov” carrier group for airstrikes against Aleppo – Stoltenberg
      Oct25

      Russia may use “Admiral Kuznetsov” carrier group for airstrikes against Aleppo – Stoltenberg

      NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg does not rule out that the Russian battle group of warships heading toward the Mediterranean can be used as a platform for more airstrikes against war-torn Aleppo, an UaPosition correspondent in Brussels reported from a press conference ahead of the Alliance`s ministerial meeting. Having noted that any...

      Russia still present in Donbas – NATO Secretary General
      Oct25

      Russia still present in Donbas – NATO Secretary General

      NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has assured that the Alliance will continue to support Ukraine, and called on Russia to fulfill the Minsk agreements aimed at resolving the situation in the east of Ukraine, according to an UaPosition correspondent in Brussels. Speaking at a press conference on the eve of the meeting of NATO Defense...

      Putin to visit occupied Crimea Oct 26
      Oct25

      Putin to visit occupied Crimea Oct 26

      Russian President Vladimir Putin is going to visit Crimea again on Wednesday, October 26, spokesman for the Russian president Dmitry Peskov told journalists in Moscow, according to an UaPosition correspondent in the Russian Federation. ”Tomorrow, there will be a discussion in Crimea, Yalta, on the All-Russian People`s Front for Crimean affairs,”...

      Moldovan presidential race leader says “Crimea is Russia”
      Oct25

      Moldovan presidential race leader says “Crimea is Russia”

      The leader of the presidential race of Moldova, Chairman of the Party of Socialists, Igor Dodon, on the eve of elections to be held on October 30, has said that Crimea belongs to Russia, Europeiska Pravda reports with reference to RTR Moldova TV Channel. Dodon made such a statement on air during a joint meeting with the presidential candidate of...

      Future wording of law on Donbas elections to force Russia to fulfill obligations – media
      Oct25

      Future wording of law on Donbas elections to force Russia to fulfill obligations – media

      The draft law on elections in the temporarily occupied Donbas, which is being developed at the moment, will have guarantees laid down for Russia to comply with its obligations on security ahead of the elections, RBC-Ukraine reported, with reference to its informed sources in diplomatic circles. In particular, it is expected that the procedure for...

      Tight monetary policy leads to slower inflation –  National Bank of Ukraine
      Oct25

      Tight monetary policy leads to slower inflation – National Bank of Ukraine

      Tight monetary policy of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) in 2015 has helped to reduce inflation in the country, and the arguments about the negative impact of this policy on the economy were no more than value judgments, NBU Deputy Governor Dmytro Solohub said on 3S.TV. ”Let us remember the inflation at 61% at the end of May 2015. As of today,...

      OSCE police mission in Donbas is problematic at this moment – representative of Ukraine in Minsk process
      Oct25

      OSCE police mission in Donbas is problematic at this moment – representative of Ukraine in Minsk process

      The representative of Ukraine in the sub-working group on political issues of the Tripartite Liaison Group in Minsk, Roman Bezsmertniy, has said that it will be possible to talk of the prospects of the deployment of the OSCE police mission in Donbas in three to five years. He said that another meeting of the Tripartite Liaison Group would be held...