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      The Illusion of Military Victory in Syria
      Mar02

      The Illusion of Military Victory in Syria

      This week, Russia again used its veto to protect Syria from UN Security Council chemical weapons sanctions. While Russia’s involvement in Aleppo has emboldened Bashar al-Assad, Putin’s agreement with Turkey over a border buffer zone calls into question the viability of the Syrian regime. Last December the men, women and children of...

      Ukrainian sugar exports increased by 33 times in 2016
      Mar02

      Ukrainian sugar exports increased by 33 times in 2016

      Ukrainian Agrarian Policy and Food Minister Taras Kutoviy announces Ukrainian enterprises exported 344,000 tonnes of sugar during the sugar refining season from August 20, 2016, to January 11, 2017, having boosted shipments abroad by 33 times year-over-year. ”Ukraine has increased sugar exports by 33 times, to 344,000 tonnes. The result is due to...

      Naftogaz to spend World Bank-secured loan on 1.1 bcm of gas in March
      Mar01

      Naftogaz to spend World Bank-secured loan on 1.1 bcm of gas in March

      Ukraine`s oil and gas giant, NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine, will buy 1.1 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas in March, using letters of credit worth more than EUR 220 million under a loan agreement with Citi and Deutsche Bank against the World Bank`s guarantees, according to the company`s press service. ”The first 15 letters of credit have been...

      Escalation in Eastern Ukraine: 117 attacks on Ukrainian positions, 2 killed, 2 wounded in last day
      Mar01

      Escalation in Eastern Ukraine: 117 attacks on Ukrainian positions, 2 killed, 2 wounded in last day

      Russia`s hybrid military forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in Donbas 117 times in the past 24 hours with two Ukrainian soldiers reported as killed in action (KIA) and two as wounded in action (WIA), according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. View map in full size In the Mariupol sector, Russian...

      Former top SBU general explains hustle over seizure of Ukrainian enterprises in occupied Donbas
      Mar01

      Former top SBU general explains hustle over seizure of Ukrainian enterprises in occupied Donbas

      Pro-Russian militants of the so-called ”LPR”/”DPR,” who are now claiming they will ”nationalize” Ukrainian companies, had already had their watchdogs in these businesses monitoring commercial activity and receiving kickbacks, said former head of the main investigation department of the SBU Security Service of Ukraine Major-General Vasyl Vovk....

      Deputy Head of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis warns Ukraine against abandoning annexed Crimea
      Mar01

      Deputy Head of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis warns Ukraine against abandoning annexed Crimea

      Three years after the annexation of the Crimean peninsula Hromadske`s Nataliya Gumenyuk spoke with Ilmi Umerov, Deputy Head of the Mejlis, who had been detained by the Russian authorities and charged with membership in Hizb-Ut Tahrir terrorist organization. ”The actions of the occupying power have taken a new form lately,” Umerov said, answering...

      Ukraine`s defense ministry names three reasons for escalation in Donbas
      Mar01

      Ukraine`s defense ministry names three reasons for escalation in Donbas

      Ukrainian Defense Ministry spokesman for Anti-Terrorist Operation Andriy Lysenko has said that the escalation of fighting in Donbas was connected with the so-called ”ultimatum” by militants, the arrival of units of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian armed forces into the occupied territory, and the arrival of...

      Austrian prosecutors investigating siphoning UAH 12 bln from Ukrainian banks via Meinl Bank
      Mar01

      Austrian prosecutors investigating siphoning UAH 12 bln from Ukrainian banks via Meinl Bank

      Over a year ago, the lawyers at Center for Combating Corruption submitted to the Austrian law enforcement agencies a report on Meinl Bank`s participation in criminal schemes to launder funds from a number of Ukrainian banks and driving them to bankruptcy. Vienna prosecutor`s office is probing the involvement of Meinl Bank in the siphoning of...

      Russian militants declare ”nationalization” of Ukrainian enterprises located in occupied areas
      Mar01

      Russian militants declare ”nationalization” of Ukrainian enterprises located in occupied areas

      The self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk ”people`s republics” from March 1 are introducing the so-called external control at all Ukrainian enterprises operating in the temporarily occupied areas of Donbas as a response to the trading blockade of the militant-held territory, according to TASS. ”We are forced to declare that if the blockade is not...

      Information Space in the Feudal Mode
      Mar01

      Information Space in the Feudal Mode

      Posted by eOne Films, October 26, 2012. Synopsis of a Different Kind of Script Putin’s mission: sustain feudalism in service to political absolutism and reap the benefits of sustained conflicts and, eventually, subjugated and taxed populations. KGB method: Reflexive Control via the indirect channeling of terrorism to promote the...