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      Putin secretly meets with Yanukovych over ledgers mentioning Manafort – media
      Nov07

      Putin secretly meets with Yanukovych over ledgers mentioning Manafort – media

      Russian President Vladimir Putin has met with fugitive ex-President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych in secret over the ledgers that mention Donald Trump`s former campaign chief Paul Manafort, according to Newsweek. ”According to information obtained from inside Russia by Western intelligence, Putin later met with Yanukovych in secret near Volgograd,...

      Month after U.S. elections ”most favorable” time for Moscow to destabilize Ukraine – Russian analyst
      Nov07

      Month after U.S. elections ”most favorable” time for Moscow to destabilize Ukraine – Russian analyst

      Because the United States will be distracted by its elections and their aftermath, Andrey Illarionov says, the next 30 days represent ”the best situation for destabilizing” Ukraine from Moscow`s point of view, according to a Russian political analyst Andrey Illarionov who spoke with 112 Ukraine TV Channel, Euromaidanpress reports. Indeed,...

      Minister of Defense of Ukraine: Ukraine respects Moldova`s intention to close Russian military base on its territory
      Nov07

      Minister of Defense of Ukraine: Ukraine respects Moldova`s intention to close Russian military base on its territory

      Minister of Defense of Ukraine Stepan Poltorak has held talks with Minister of Defense of Moldova Anatol Salaru. The heads of defense ministries discussed issues of cooperation between ministries of defense of Ukraine and Moldova and prospects of its development, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has reported. Poltorak stressed Ukraine respected...

      Russian gas transit through Ukraine up by 20% since year-start
      Nov07

      Russian gas transit through Ukraine up by 20% since year-start

      Transit shipments of Russian gas via Ukraine to the European Union (EU) in January-October 2016 increased by 20% year-on-year to 65.3 billion cubic meters (bcm), according to Ukrtransgaz, operator of the country`s gas transportation system. Transit supplies of Russian gas via Ukraine in October amounted to 8 bcm. As UNIAN reported earlier,...

      Russian militants fired at Ukrainian positions over 100 times, shelled Shyrokyne from cannon artillery
      Nov07

      Russian militants fired at Ukrainian positions over 100 times, shelled Shyrokyne from cannon artillery

      Combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 52 times in the past 24 hours, including 32 in the Mariupol sector, 12 barrages in the Luhansk sector, and eight in the Donetsk sector, according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. View map in full size In the Mariupol...

      Ukraine should introduce tolls for freight trucks on roads of national importance
      Nov07

      Ukraine should introduce tolls for freight trucks on roads of national importance

      Newly appointed Acting Head of the controversial state motorway agency Ukravtodor Slawomir Nowak has called for the introduction of a payment system for freight trucks on the roads of national importance. ”There is a sacred rule in Europe: `Those who drive [on roads] – pay.` And the ones who inflict the most damage also pay. And who damages the...

      Ukrainian Agency for Prevention of Corruption plans to participate in searches of declarants to monitor their lifestyle
      Nov07

      Ukrainian Agency for Prevention of Corruption plans to participate in searches of declarants to monitor their lifestyle

      Head of the National Agency for Prevention of Corruption (NAPC) Natalia Korchak has said that NACP wants to participate in the searches of the declarants to monitor their lifestyle. The NAPC are now preparing a procedure for auditing, she said on 112 Ukraine TV Channel. ”This is the proposal that we consider, so that we could better monitor...

      Lutkovska, Chubarov, Polozov discuss cooperation in defending political prisoners in Crimea
      Nov07

      Lutkovska, Chubarov, Polozov discuss cooperation in defending political prisoners in Crimea

      Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Valeria Lutkovska, Head of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatars and a Ukrainian MP Refat Chubarov and Nikolay Polozov, lawyer of deputy chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people Ahtem Chiygoz, have discussed cooperation in the protection of the rights of political prisoners and their...

      Ukrainians in October sell $114 mln more currency than they purchase
      Nov07

      Ukrainians in October sell $114 mln more currency than they purchase

      Net sales of foreign currency by the Ukrainians in October amounted to $113.9 million, which is 2.5 times lower than the net sales in the previous month, according to the National Bank of Ukraine. In October, the banks sold $179 million of cash currency to the population, buying $65.1 million in the same period, as reported on the NBU website....

      Implementation of Silk Road project ”unthinkable” without Ukraine – China envoy
      Nov07

      Implementation of Silk Road project ”unthinkable” without Ukraine – China envoy

      Implementation of Chinese infrastructure project Silk Road, designed to strengthen economic cooperation and enhance trade between China and Europe would be unthinkable without Ukraine`s participation, Chinese Ambassador to Ukraine Du Wei said at a Kyiv forum. ”Without Ukraine, the implementation of the [Silk Road] initiative would be incomplete,...