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      Finance Ministry changes rules of registration, filing complaints by taxpayers
      Dec04

      Finance Ministry changes rules of registration, filing complaints by taxpayers

      The Ministry of Finance has improved with an order enforced Nov 25 the process of drafting and filing complaints by taxpayers and their review by the authorities of the State Fiscal Service, according to a report on the ministry website. In particular, the taxpayers can now file petitions for the public consideration of the complaint, with media...

      Russian central bank loses $31 million in cyber attack
      Dec04

      Russian central bank loses $31 million in cyber attack

      Hackers stole more than RUB 2 billion ($31 million) from correspondent accounts at the Russian central bank, the bank said on Friday, the latest example of an escalation of cyber attacks on financial institutions around the globe. Central bank official Artyom Sychyov discussed the losses at a briefing, saying that the hackers had attempted to...

      Prosecutor General`s Office gets evidence of Russia using Ukraine`s drilling platforms in Black Sea
      Dec04

      Prosecutor General`s Office gets evidence of Russia using Ukraine`s drilling platforms in Black Sea

      Violations against Ukrainian drilling platforms in the Black Sea, seized by the Russian Federation, may strengthen Ukraine`s position in lawsuits against Russia, according to a statement published on the website of the Prosecutor General`s Office of Ukraine. Military prosecutors recorded the fact of changing the navigation data of drilling...

      RFE/RL Crimea journalists win Burke Award
      Dec04

      RFE/RL Crimea journalists win Burke Award

      The Broadcasting Board of Governors has recognized the professionalism and courage of the RFE/RL Ukrainian Service`s Crimea desk by presenting it with the 2016 David Burke Distinguished Journalism Award. RFE/RL President Thomas Kent accepted the prize on behalf of the journalists in a ceremony today presided over by BBG Chief Executive Officer...

      Forum in Tel-Aviv to kick off Israeli-Ukrainian business Alliance
      Dec04

      Forum in Tel-Aviv to kick off Israeli-Ukrainian business Alliance

      An Israeli-Ukrainian Entrepreneurship Forum will take place in in Tel Aviv on 14-15 December 2016. The Forum offers a new focus for research on the challenges of meeting Israeli-Ukrainian business demands for the sustainable development, according to EuromaidanPress. The purpose of the Forum is to create conditions for a potential partnership in...

      Moscow responds to U.S. curbing military ties with Russia
      Dec04

      Moscow responds to U.S. curbing military ties with Russia

      Moscow sees nothing new in U.S. Congress banning cooperation between Russian and U.S. military, according to the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, TASS reports. ”Nothing new here, the Congress adopted a similar law last year, too,” he said Saturday, according to TASS. ”In Pentagon`s last year budget was a ban on contacts between military...

      Norway urges Trump to issue predictable, clear policy on Russia
      Dec04

      Norway urges Trump to issue predictable, clear policy on Russia

      Norway on Friday urged U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to enunciate a clear and predictable policy on Russia as soon as possible, amid growing concerns in Oslo about increasing Russian military activities in the ”High North” or Arctic region, according to Reuters. ”What is most important to us right now is to have both a predictable and a very...

      Ukraine reports 6 wounded in Donbas hostilities in past 24 hours
      Dec04

      Ukraine reports 6 wounded in Donbas hostilities in past 24 hours

      Six Ukrainian troops were wounded in the zone of the Anti-Terrorist Operation in Donbas in the past day, speaker of the Ministry of Defense for the ATO issues Andriy Lysenko told a briefing Saturday, according to an UNIAN correspondent. View map in full size ”Over the past day as a result of the fighting there are no casualties, but six troops...

      U.S. Congress approves defense budget for 2017, providing for military aid to Ukraine
      Dec03

      U.S. Congress approves defense budget for 2017, providing for military aid to Ukraine

      The United States plans to expand military cooperation with Ukraine, in particular, to provide the equipment and technical support to the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, as stated in the draft U.S. defense budget for 2017, approved by the lower house of Congress, according to Deutsche Welle. The document was adopted by an overwhelming...

      Donald Trump risks China rift with Taiwan call
      Dec03

      Donald Trump risks China rift with Taiwan call

      Donald Trump risks opening up a major diplomatic dispute with China before he has even been inaugurated after speaking on the telephone on Friday with Tsai Ing-wen, the president of Taiwan, which was the first U.S.-Taiwanese presidential contact since diplomatic relations were cut in 1979, according to The Financial Times. Although it is not...