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      Putin explains why he does not agree to prisoner exchange with Ukraine
      Dec23

      Putin explains why he does not agree to prisoner exchange with Ukraine

      Russian President Vladimir Putin has explained why the ”representatives of Donbas” are not satisfied with the negotiations with Ukraine on the exchange of prisoners, according to an UNIAN correspondent from Russia. ”Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has once expressed the idea of an ”all for all”  exchange. I totally agree with that, but later...

      Agrarian Ministry raises forecast of grain exports from Ukraine to 41.6 mln tonnes
      Dec23

      Agrarian Ministry raises forecast of grain exports from Ukraine to 41.6 mln tonnes

      The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine has increased the forecast of grain exports from Ukraine in the 2016-2017 marketing year (July 2016 – June 2017) to 41.6 million tonnes, Ukrainian Agriculture Minister Taras Kutoviy told journalists. ”We have raised the forecast to 41.56 million tonnes,” he said. Earlier, the Ministry...

      Passengers seen leaving hijacked Libyan plane at Malta Airport
      Dec23

      Passengers seen leaving hijacked Libyan plane at Malta Airport

      Passengers begin leaving hijacked Afriqiyah Airways A320 plane at Malta Airport, according to BBC News. Maltese authorities say there are women and children, the BBC reported on Twitter. Later, Prime Minister of Malta Joseph Muscat wrote on Twitter that all passengers and some crew members had been released. As UNIAN reported earlier, an...

      Putin says early presidential elections in 2017 possible
      Dec23

      Putin says early presidential elections in 2017 possible

      Russian President Vladimir Putin considers ”inappropriate” to hold early presidential elections in 2017 but at the same time admits they are possible. A journalist of The Wall Street Journal asked whether it was possible to hold early presidential elections next year. ”It is possible, but inappropriate,” Putin answered at a press conference in...

      ”We do not feel guilty” – Putin comments on Crimea annexation, Donbas war
      Dec23

      ”We do not feel guilty” – Putin comments on Crimea annexation, Donbas war

      Russian President Vladimir Putin believes that Russia is not to blame for the war in Donbas and other tragedies that have taken place in Ukraine over the past three years. Speaking at a press conference on Friday, he said that Russia had not been the initiator of ”what has happened,” according to the Ukrainska Pravda online newspaper. ”We do not...

      Libyan plane hijacked, lands in Malta
      Dec23

      Libyan plane hijacked, lands in Malta

      An Afriqiyah Airways A320 with around 120 people on board has just landed in Malta after it was hijacked, according to Times of Malta. The plane was on an internal flight from Sebha to Tripoli and diverted by a hijacker who claimed to have a hand grenade, Times of Malta reports. A total of 111 passengers and seven crew members are on board the...

      Ukrhydroenergo paid about UAH 2 bln taxes in 2016
      Dec23

      Ukrhydroenergo paid about UAH 2 bln taxes in 2016

      Ukraine`s state-owned company Ukrhydroenergo paid about UAH 2 billion taxes in 2016, Ukrhydroenergo CEO Ihor Syrota said during celebrations to mark the Day of Energy in Kaniv. Over 11 months of 2016, the company has paid to the budgets of different levels UAH 1.9 billion in taxes, which is almost three times more than last year,...

      U.S. State Department appeals to Russia about accords on ”ceasefire” in Eastern Ukraine
      Dec23

      U.S. State Department appeals to Russia about accords on ”ceasefire” in Eastern Ukraine

      The U.S. State Department hopes that a long-term truce will be established in Donbas in connection with the intention of parties to armed conflict to observe the ”ceasefire” from midnight on December 24. ”The United States welcomes the trilateral contact group`s announcement of an agreement for a holiday ceasefire in eastern Ukraine – excuse me –...

      Germany arrests two on terror charges – BBC
      Dec23

      Germany arrests two on terror charges – BBC

      Two men have been arrested in Germany on suspicion of planning an attack on a shopping center in Oberhausen near the Dutch border, police say, according to BBC News. The brothers, aged 31 and 28 and born in Kosovo, were detained early on Friday in Duisburg, BBC News reports. Germany is on high alert after Monday`s attack in Berlin, which left 12...

      U.S. returns part of Okinawa island to Japan
      Dec23

      U.S. returns part of Okinawa island to Japan

      The return of land on Okinawa`s Northern Training Area will reduce the footprint of U.S. forces on the Japanese island by 20%, U.S. Department of Defense reports, according to Ukraine Today. The land that used to be a training area was returned during a ceremony hosted by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at his office in Tokyo, Ukraine Today...