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      PACE delegate issues statement on Russian Duma elections in Crimea, criticizes new Parliament composition
      Sep19

      PACE delegate issues statement on Russian Duma elections in Crimea, criticizes new Parliament composition

      The new composition of the Russian Parliament cannot provide a ”good future” for the country, that`s according to Austria`s Stefan Schennach, head of the Monitoring Committee of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE), who commented on the results of elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation, Deutsche Welle reported. The...

      Lethal aid for Ukraine way to resolve Donbas conflict – Member of the European Parliament
      Sep19

      Lethal aid for Ukraine way to resolve Donbas conflict – Member of the European Parliament

      The only way to end the conflict in Ukraine is to supply lethal weapons to Ukraine, that`s according to Czech Republic`s Jaromir Stetina, Member of the European Parliament, who paid a visit to Donbass, according to Donbas News. The Minsk agreements are initially ineffective, according to the Member of the European Parliament. Stetina added that...

      Concerns remain after Ukraine awarded Champions League final
      Sep19

      Concerns remain after Ukraine awarded Champions League final

      Russia and Ukraine`s political rivalry will extend into the world of football next year as they try to outdo each other in hosting two of the sport`s biggest events, according to USA Today. Just like in neighboring Russia, there are concerns over football-related racism and violence in Ukraine, USA Today reported with reference to The Associated...

      Decision on amending Naftogaz charter halted due to public reaction – Kubiv
      Sep19

      Decision on amending Naftogaz charter halted due to public reaction – Kubiv

      Ukraine`s Ministry for Economic Development and Trade announces it has suspended a decision on amending the charter of National Joint Stock Company Naftogaz of Ukraine, which provides for the withdrawal of state-owned subsidiary Ukrtransgaz out of Naftogaz`s control, due to high public attention to this issue. ”Due to high public attention to...

      Ten Things the New US Ambassador to Ukraine Should Do
      Sep19

      Ten Things the New US Ambassador to Ukraine Should Do

      On August 18, Marie L. Yovanovitch became the US Ambassador to Ukraine. Yovanovitch is not new to the country; she served as the deputy chief of mission in Kyiv—the second in command—under Ambassadors Carlos Pascual and John Herbst months before the Orange Revolution erupted. She spent the bulk of her career working in the Eurasia region, with...

      Prosecutor General of Ukraine estimates $40 bln damage in case against Yanukovych-era Revenue Ministry
      Sep19

      Prosecutor General of Ukraine estimates $40 bln damage in case against Yanukovych-era Revenue Ministry

      Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko has said during a presser in the Rada Monday that criminal activity of the former Ministry of Revenue`s top officials during the tenure of Ukraine`s disgraced ex-president Viktor Yanukovych resulted in damages to the state coffers totaling $40 billion, that`s according to expert estimates in a relevant...

      Memo to the West: Reject Russia’s Illegal Duma Elections
      Sep19

      Memo to the West: Reject Russia’s Illegal Duma Elections

      On September 18, Russians went to the polls to elect 450 members of parliament. The big news is that Vladimir Putin’s United Russia performed surprisingly well, taking approximately 54 percent of the vote. But the underreported news is this: Russians elected four MPs from occupied Ukrainian Crimea, which is illegal and grossly violates...

      Ukraine`s gross foreign debt shrinks to $115 bln
      Sep19

      Ukraine`s gross foreign debt shrinks to $115 bln

      Ukraine`s gross foreign debt in Q2, 2016 shrank by 2%, or $2.391 billion, as compared with Q1, 2016, to $114.966 billion, according to the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU). In the first half of the current year, Ukraine`s gross foreign debt decreased by 3.2%, or $3.763 billion. In the second quarter, the debt of the sector of general public...

      Interpol cancels ex-Health Minister Bohatyriova`s red notice
      Sep19

      Interpol cancels ex-Health Minister Bohatyriova`s red notice

      Interpol has cancelled its red notice issued for Raisa Bohatyriova, the former Ukrainian Health Minister during Viktor Yanukovych`s presidency, according to espreso.tv. The Interpol National Central Bureau (NCB) for Ukraine notified Bohatyriova`s lawyer, Dmytro Beliayev, that his client was not on the international wanted list as of September 2,...

      Fitch downgrades Kyiv`s long-term issuer default ratings to `CC`
      Sep19

      Fitch downgrades Kyiv`s long-term issuer default ratings to `CC`

      Fitch Ratings on September 16 downgraded the City of Kyiv`s Long-Term Foreign and Local Currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) to `CC` from `CCC.` The agency also downgraded the city`s National Long-Term rating to `BB+(ukr)` from `BBB(ukr)` with negative outlook, Fitch said in a statement. Kyiv`s domestic senior debt ratings were downgraded to...