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Russia conducts military exercises in occupied Crimea
Russian divisions responsible for providing logistical support are determining what tasks are needed to support the forces in occupied Crimea, according to RIA Novosti. ”The divisions providing logistical support have started working on practical tasks to support the forces in the sea and ground landfills of the Republic of Crimea,” Russian...
Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine to demand payment of UAH 85 bln fine from Gazprom
The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (ACU) is ready to go to court over payment of a UAH 85 bln fine imposed on Gazprom for abusing its monopoly of the Ukrainian natural gas transit market, ACU Head Yuriy Terentyev told reporters. According to Terentyev, the Russian company was trying, by all means, to challenge ACU`s decision on imposition of...
Yatsenyuk summoned to court on Grigorishin`s claim
The Kyiv Pechersk District Court has summoned former Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk to a meeting on October 13 as a defendant in a suit filed by Ukrainian-born Russian billionaire Konstantin Grigorishin. The relevant summons was published today in the Ukrainian government`s Uriadovy Kurier newspaper. ”To the attention of Arseniy...
The West Has a Ukraine Challenge, and It’s Not Going Away
Since the Middle Ages, Kyivan Rus—the loose network of warring principalities whose borders vaguely coincide with today’s Ukraine—has been exposed to waves of invaders from neighboring states. This list of aggressors includes the Normans, Mongols, Poles, Ottomans, Habsburg Austrians, Germans, and Nazis—and not least, Muscovite Russians, the...
Finance Ministry backs proposal to raise minimum price of alcohol
Ukraine`s Finance Ministry has published a draft resolution on its website proposing to increase the minimum price of alcohol. The document has been released for public debate. Earlier, on August 12, the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade also proposed that the price of vodka and alcoholic beverages be raised by 24%, the price of cognac...
Merkel sees no end to EU sanctions against Russia
There is no reason to lift the European Union`s sanctions against Russia as Moscow has not fulfilled all of its commitments under the Minsk peace plan, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in an interview published on Friday, according to Reuters. Merkel told the RedaktionsNetzwerks Deutschland (RND) that Russia had caused a major crisis by...
Corrupt judge delivers decision in Odesa Refinery case in favor of fugitive businessman Kurchenko
The Odesa region Economic Court on Thursday, August 18, approved the registration of the monetary claims of creditors of the PJSC Odesa Refinery, acknowledging the plant`s debt in the amount of UAH 14 billion to companies owned by fugitive Ukrainian businessman Serhiy Kurchenko, who was in charge of the Yanukovych family`s shadow businesses,...
Romny mayor detained for accepting bribe
Serhiy Salatun, mayor of the town of Romny in Sumy region, has been detained for accepting a UAH 50,000 bribe, the press service of the Military Prosecutor`s Office of the central region of Ukraine reported. ”The mayor demanded and received these funds from the regional manager of one of the companies for providing it with permits for...
Border guards test modernized patrol boat
Border guards have tested a UMS-1000 new modernized boat, the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine told a UaPosition correspondent. The UMS-1000 new upgraded high-speed patrol boat, which is designed for seas, rivers and lakes, recently set sail. According to authorities, this boat is different from other boats under the same project, which were...
Yanukovych may be interrogated on Berkut case in autumn: Lawyer
Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych may give evidence in the trial of the Berkut riot police officers, which is taking place in the Kyiv Sviatoshynskiy District Court, Yanukovych`s lawyer Vitaliy Serdiuk said, according to Radio Liberty. ”According to information provided by the Prosecutor General`s Office (PGO) during the trial,...