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      FSB renegade who fought for Ukraine reported missing
      Nov15

      FSB renegade who fought for Ukraine reported missing

      Ilya Bogdanov, a former Russian citizen and an FSB officer who defected to Ukraine and fought against the pro-Russian militants in Donbas, is reported missing in Kyiv, Ukraine Today reports. There have been no signs of his activity on his Facebook page or public appearance since November 12, and his friends in Kyiv have already contacted the...

      EU Representative for Foreign Affairs Mogherini warns against ”black and white” representations of EU-Russia relations
      Nov15

      EU Representative for Foreign Affairs Mogherini warns against ”black and white” representations of EU-Russia relations

      European Union`s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini at the end of the informal dinner of the EU foreign minister in Brussels November 14 said that the EU engagement with Russia was ”constructive” and at the same time ”selective”. ”You know, the European Union has a very principled position on the...

      Kyiv held a public debate on Ukraine-Poland relations perspective
      Nov15

      Kyiv held a public debate on Ukraine-Poland relations perspective

      On November 11 the Institute of World Policy held a public discussion and presented a discussion paper on the Ukrainian-Poland relations within the project ”Ukraine`s Foreign Policy Audit”. In particular, it covers the controversies of common history, including the subject of the Volhynian tragedy, Ukraine Today reports. The research paper was...

      Russian troops attacked Ukraine 35 times in last day
      Nov14

      Russian troops attacked Ukraine 35 times in last day

      Combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 35 times in the past 24 hours, according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. In the Luhansk sector, Russian-backed militants used mortars of various calibers, anti-tank missile systems and grenade launchers to attack the...

      Trump, Putin hold phone talks
      Nov14

      Trump, Putin hold phone talks

      Russian President Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation with U.S. President-Elect Donald Trump, according to TASS citing the Kremlin`s press service. Both Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump are reported to have spoken in favor of increasing joint efforts to normalize the Russian-U.S. relations, TASS reported. The Russian president stressed...

      President of Ukraine: We do everything to ensure EU`s introduction of visa-free regime for Ukrainians
      Nov14

      President of Ukraine: We do everything to ensure EU`s introduction of visa-free regime for Ukrainians

      President Petro Poroshenko emphasizes that Ukraine has completely fulfilled all the criteria to obtain the visa-free regime with the European Union, the president`s press service reports. ”We have implemented 144 reforms approved by the Special Assessment Mission of the EU. That is why we must accelerate the provision of the visa-free regime for...

      Extreme snowfalls in Ukraine: 400 vehicles stranded, 30 trains behind schedule
      Nov14

      Extreme snowfalls in Ukraine: 400 vehicles stranded, 30 trains behind schedule

      Heavy snowfalls across Ukraine have left about 350-400 vehicles stranded in Ternopil, Khmelnytsky, and Ivano-Frankivsk regions, while about 30 trains are behind their schedule, according to recent reports. It started to snow heavily on Sunday evening, it snowed overnight and snow depths vary from 5 to 20 cm, the operator of Ukrainian roads,...

      Steinmeier poised to be German President – Deutsche Welle
      Nov14

      Steinmeier poised to be German President – Deutsche Welle

      Chancellor Angela Merkel`s Christian Democratic Party (CDU) has backed Social Democrat Frank-Walter Steinmeier to be the ruling coalition`s candidate for the German presidency, following talks among party leaders on Monday morning, according to Deutsche Welle. The CDU`s Bavarian sister-party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), also gave its...

      Ukraine sees 1.8% GDP growth in Q3 year-on-year
      Nov14

      Ukraine sees 1.8% GDP growth in Q3 year-on-year

      Ukraine`s GDP grew by 1.8% in the third quarter of 2016 year-on-year, against a 1.3% increase in the second quarter of 2016 compared to the same period of 2015, according to the State Statistics Service. GDP in the third quarter of 2016 compared to the previous, second quarter of 2016, grew by 0.4% against a 0.6% increase in the second quarter...

      Russian Mig-29 crashes near its aircraft carrier in Mediterranean – U.S. officials
      Nov14

      Russian Mig-29 crashes near its aircraft carrier in Mediterranean – U.S. officials

      A Russian fighter jet crashed in the Mediterranean Sea shortly after launching from its aircraft carrier near the coast of Syria Sunday, two U.S. officials told Fox News. Three Russian MiG-29 fighter jets took off from their Soviet-era aircraft carrier, Admiral Kuznetsov, and flew in the direction of Syria. Once airborne, one of the Russian jets...