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      Focus: Poroshenko gets ahead Firtash in Ukraine`s wealthiest people list
      Apr22

      Focus: Poroshenko gets ahead Firtash in Ukraine`s wealthiest people list

      Ukrainian weekly news magazine Focus has published the traditional rating of Ukraine`s hundred wealthiest people.The biggest moneybag traditionally remains an oligarch and owner of SCM Rinat Akhmetov. His assets are estimated at $3.1 billion. The leader of Privat group and former governor of Dnipropetrovsk region Ihor Kolomoisky ranked second,...

      Groysman requests SBU check alleged ties of energy minister advisor with ”LPR-DPR”
      Apr22

      Groysman requests SBU check alleged ties of energy minister advisor with ”LPR-DPR”

      Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman rules out the appointment of the current adviser to the Energy Minister Yuriy Ziukov to the post of Deputy Head of the Ministry of Energy if the information about his collaboration with the militants of the Donetsk and Luhansk People`s Republic terrorist organizations is confirmed.”If the information is...

      Kremlin says Mejlis ban ”internal affair”
      Apr22

      Kremlin says Mejlis ban ”internal affair”

      Moscow does not deem it necessary to take into account the third countries` views regarding the issue of a ban imposed on Crimean Tatar Mejlis, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday, TASS reported.”This is an internal affair of the Russian Federation,” he said commenting on the call of the US Department of State ”to reverse...

      Poland to increase army by 50%
      Apr22

      Poland to increase army by 50%

      Army of Poland will increase by 50% in the next few years. In particular, three additional brigades of territorial defense will have been created on the eastern flank by the beginning of 2017, according to Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz, kommersant.ru reported referring to Rzeczpospolita.The minister noted that the Army`s operational units...

      Ukraine-EU Association Agreement must not be altered following Dutch referendum – MEP
      Apr22

      Ukraine-EU Association Agreement must not be altered following Dutch referendum – MEP

      The members of the European Parliament consider it important to find such a solution to the situation following the Dutch referendum on the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement that would not affect the content of the deal, that`s according to chairman of the European Parliament delegation to the Ukraine-EU Association Committee Andrej Plenkovic who...

      Oil prices rise as investor sentiment turns upbeat – Reuters
      Apr22

      Oil prices rise as investor sentiment turns upbeat – Reuters

      Oil prices rose on Friday, setting crude futures on course for solid weekly gains, as market sentiment turned more upbeat despite ongoing oversupply, according to Reuters.International benchmark Brent crude futures LCOc1 were trading at $44.88 per barrel at 07:13 GMT, up 35 cents, or 0.8%, from their last settlement, Reuters wrote.U.S. West Texas...

      Mejlis representations may open in Brussels, Washington in autumn
      Apr22

      Mejlis representations may open in Brussels, Washington in autumn

      MP from the Petro Poroshenko Bloc and Chairman of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis Refat Chubarov does not rule out the opening of the Mejlis representative offices in Brussels and Washington this autumn.”Since the Russian occupation of Crimea, the main area of our activities is in the capitals of some countries, where the main international...

      Ukraine boosts gas production
      Apr22

      Ukraine boosts gas production

      Natural gas production in Ukraine in January-March 2016, excluding the Russian-annexed Crimea, increased by 2.4% year-over-year, up to 4.9 billion cubic meters, according to State Statistics Service of Ukraine.Gas production in March 2016 compared with the previous month increased by 6.4% – up to 1.7 billion cubic meters. while gas...

      Losses of Ukraine`s operating banks in 1Q at UAH 8 bln
      Apr22

      Losses of Ukraine`s operating banks in 1Q at UAH 8 bln

      44 Ukrainian banks in March performed with losses totaling UAH 7.3 billion, according to the National Bank of Ukraine.Total losses of banks operating in Ukraine, excluding those insolvent, as of April 1, 2016, amounted to UAH 8.011 billion, which is almost two times lower than on April 1 of the previous year.As reported on the website of the...

      NBU approves mechanism for implementing sanctions on persons from ”Savchenko List”
      Apr22

      NBU approves mechanism for implementing sanctions on persons from ”Savchenko List”

      The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has provided application of personal special economic and other restrictive measures (sanctions) against individuals involved in the organization, illegal detention and imprisonment in the Russian Federation of Ukrainian citizens Nadia Savchenko, Oleh Sentsov and Oleksandr Kolchenko.According to the regulator`s...