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Russia blocks Normandy meeting at G20 summit, separate meetings scheduled
Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov has announced that no meeting in the Normandy format between the presidents of Germany, France and Russia is scheduled on the sidelines of the G20 summit in China, the leaders will have separate meetings, according to Russian news agency RIA Novosti. Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to meet with...
Ukraine extradites Moldovan businessman accused of money laundering
Ukrainian authorities have extradited businessman Veaceslav Platon, a citizen of Moldova and the Russian Federation, to Moldova, the Moldovan prosecutor general`s office reported on its website. ”Businessman Veaceslav Platon, who was arrested by the Ukrainian authorities at the request of the Moldovan prosecutors, was extradited to the Republic...
Ukrainian banks` operating losses reduce by more than threefold
Losses at Ukraine`s operating banks decreased by more than threefold in January-July 2016 to UAH 9.3 billion compared with the same period last year, according to a post on the National Bank of Ukraine`s (NBU`s) website. ”The drop in losses was solely due to the reduction in transfers to reserves under the banks` asset-side operations, since...
France`s Hollande says real risk of escalation in Ukraine – Reuters
French President Francois Hollande warned on Tuesday that tensions in Ukraine had worsened in recent months and were at risk of further deteriorating, according to Reuters. ”This summer, the situation has become much worse. The risks of escalation are high,” Hollande told an annual gathering of French ambassadors, as reported by Reuters. Hollande...
Ukraine reports 1 killed and 9 wounded in actions in past 24 hours
One Ukrainian soldier was killed and nine others were wounded in fighting in eastern Ukraine in the past 24 hours, according to a spokesman for the Ukrainian Presidential Administration. ”There was one killed in action (KIA), nine wounded in action (WIA) and two cases of concussion,” Andriy Lysenko, administration spokesman for Anti-Terrorist...
Ukraine government expands list of state entities subject to privatization
The government committee on economic, financial and legal policy; development of petroleum and energy complexes; and infrastructure, defense and law enforcement has approved the expansion of a list of state enterprises subject to privatization in 2016-2017 to 330 entities, First Deputy Economy Minister Yulia Kovaliv wrote on Facebook. The...
Ukraine Agrarian Ministry seeks UAH 3 bln in state support for farmers in 2017
Ukraine`s Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food has proposed spending UAH 3 billion in state funds in 2017 to support small and medium-sized agricultural producers cultivating up to 500 ha of land or to provide tax breaks for them, according to the ministry`s press service. ”At least UAH 3 billion is required for direct financial support of small...
Dzhemilev: West may pay dearly for flexibility in matters of Crimean occupation
The Ukrainian president`s envoy to the Crimean Tatar people and leader of the Crimean Tatar people, Ukrainian MP Mustafa Dzhemilev, believes that Western countries may pay dearly for their flexibility toward Russia in matters related to the occupation of Crimea. In an interview with Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza, Dzhemilev said that Western...
UN pays tens of millions to Assad regime under Syria aid program – The Guardian
The UN has awarded contracts worth tens of millions of dollars to people closely associated with the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, as part of an aid program that critics fear is increasingly at the whim of the government in Damascus, a Guardian investigation has found. Businessmen whose companies are under U.S. and EU sanctions have been...
Italian Carabinieri begin training Ukrainian National Guard officers
Italian experts on the protection of public order launched a comprehensive training module on August 29 with the servicemen of the National Guard, according to the press service of the National Guard. The four-week course will include mastering the basics of maintaining order on the country`s streets and covers patrolling inaccessible areas;...