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      Russia to set up three divisions to counter NATO — Defense chief
      May04

      Russia to set up three divisions to counter NATO — Defense chief

      Two of the new divisions will be set up in the Western Military District while another one will be established in the Southern Military District to counter NATO military buildup near Russia`s borders, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said on Wednesday, according to TASS.”The Defense Ministry is taking a number of measures to counteract the buildup...

      Deficit of Ukraine`s foreign trade in goods grows by 40.7% in Jan-March
      May04

      Deficit of Ukraine`s foreign trade in goods grows by 40.7% in Jan-March

      The deficit of Ukraine`s foreign trade in goods January through March 2016 grew by 40.7% year-over-year, to $1.6 billion, according to the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU).Exports in the first three months of 2016 amounted to $7.05 billion, which was 19.9% down year-over-year, while imports shrank by 13.1%, to $8.614 billion, the NBU said.At the...

      One dead after Ukraine coal mine blast

      One Ukrainian coal miner was killed and at least nine others were missing, feared dead after a methane gas explosion at a mine. ||| Kiev – One Ukrainian coal miner was killed and at least nine others were missing, feared dead on Wednesday after a methane gas explosion at a mine in the war-scarred separatist east.The chief health official of...

      Poroshenko signs law extending indefinitely moratorium on `Russian debt` repayment
      May04

      Poroshenko signs law extending indefinitely moratorium on `Russian debt` repayment

      President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has signed a law adopted by the Ukrainian parliament ”On peculiarities of the transactions with the public debt, state-guaranteed debt, and local debt,” which allows to extend for an indefinite period the moratorium on repayment of the so-called `Russian debt.`The document was sent back to the parliament with...

      Entire city evacuated amid massive Canada wildfire
      May04

      Entire city evacuated amid massive Canada wildfire

      Authorities ordered the mandatory evacuation of the entire Canadian city of Fort McMurray in northern Alberta amid a raging wildfire, according to CNN.Alberta officials issued an expanded order Tuesday, according to the report.Nearly 53,000 people had moved to safer ground, authorities said.Extremely high temperatures and low humidity fueled the...

      The Long Arm of Russian “Soft” Power
      May04

      The Long Arm of Russian “Soft” Power

      Anxious about losing ground to Western influence in the post-Soviet space and the ousting of pro-Russia elites by popular electoral uprisings in the early 2000s, the Kremlin has developed a range of proxy groups in support of its foreign policy. This network of pro-Kremlin groups promotes the Russian World (Russkiy Mir), a flexible tool that...

      Sytnyk: PGO constantly seeks to blame NABU
      May04

      Sytnyk: PGO constantly seeks to blame NABU

      Director of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) Artem Sytnyk claims that the Prosecutor General`s Office (PGO) constantly seeks to blame the NABU for something. ”We started slowly to receive cases from the PGO. I think public pressure plays a big role here. Because earlier the PGO refused to hand over cases, arguing that the...

      The Telegraph: Turkey to get visa-free travel despite failing to meet EU targets
      May04

      The Telegraph: Turkey to get visa-free travel despite failing to meet EU targets

      Turkey should be granted visa-free travel to the European Union from the end of June, officials recommended today, despite the country failing to meet a series of reform targets in time, according to The Telegraph.The European Commission issued a formal recommendation that visa requirements for 75 million Turks be lifted. It means that the...

      Ukraine seeks cancellation of anti-dumping measures in EEU via WTO
      May04

      Ukraine seeks cancellation of anti-dumping measures in EEU via WTO

      Ukraine has demanded at a meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices that the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), namely Russia, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, cancel anti-dumping measures against Ukrainian rods and steel pipes.Ukraine also demanded the termination of an investigation by...

      UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom visits conflict-hit Ukraine
      May04

      UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom visits conflict-hit Ukraine

      UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom travelled to conflict-hit eastern Ukraine to raise awareness of the global education crisis facing children in humanitarian emergencies, the UN Children`s Fund reported on its website.Bloom visited classrooms hit by shells just three kilometres from the frontline of the conflict that broke out more than...