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      Only KGB Generals Stand between Putin and Absolute Power
      Oct19

      Only KGB Generals Stand between Putin and Absolute Power

      Russia’s President Vladimir Putin rules supreme. On September 18, his United Russia party won its largest-ever majority—enough to change the constitution—in the parliamentary elections. He seems to be running circles around the West in both Ukraine and Syria.Yet, Russia’s stability must not be overestimated. Last year, retail sales...

      Poland turns to Norwegian gas to trump Russia
      Oct19

      Poland turns to Norwegian gas to trump Russia

      Increased tensions with Russia over its plans to build the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to Germany is pushing Poland to revive a stalled pipeline project with Norway, Ukraine Today reports citing Politico. Warsaw`s main goal is to find other gas suppliers when its current contract with Russia`s Gazprom expires in 2022, according to Ukraine Today....

      Russia`s ghost army in Ukraine tracked by unmarked graves and queues by ATMs
      Oct19

      Russia`s ghost army in Ukraine tracked by unmarked graves and queues by ATMs

      Moscow`s continued denial of direct military aggression in Ukraine convinces nobody, it seems, with the latest confirmation coming from an unexpected, if sadly typical, source, writes Halya Coynash for the website of Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, according to Ukraine Today. Locals in Russia`s Rostov oblast can reportedly always tell you...

      Why Ukraine’s New Ultranationalist Party Will Not Last
      Oct19

      Why Ukraine’s New Ultranationalist Party Will Not Last

      On October 14, the Azov Battalion—Ukraine’s controversial ultranationalist paramilitary group that has been fighting in the Donbas as part of the National Guard—entered the political fray. Registered as a political party under the name National Corps, the new party proposes an ambitious military and nationalist agenda, including a...

      Ukraine in talks with EU on free mobile roaming services
      Oct19

      Ukraine in talks with EU on free mobile roaming services

      Ukraine will join the European Union`s common digital space, which means the abolition of charges for mobile roaming, according to ZN.ua. The prospects for the use of a common EU-Ukraine-Eastern Partnership digital space were discussed at the ministerial meeting of the EU`s ”Digital Community” initiative with the participation of the EU...

      Spacecraft with new International Space Station crew, relics of Orthodox saint launched from Baikonur spaceport
      Oct19

      Spacecraft with new International Space Station crew, relics of Orthodox saint launched from Baikonur spaceport

      The Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft with the next crew of the International Space Station (ISS) was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, a representative of the Roscosmos state space corporation told TASS. ”The Soyuz-FG carrier rocket with the Soyuz MS-02 manned transportation spacecraft has been launched,” he said, TASS reported. The...

      Russian militants were shelling Ukrainian positions for 11 hours non-stop, launched over 500 missiles
      Oct19

      Russian militants were shelling Ukrainian positions for 11 hours non-stop, launched over 500 missiles

      The situation in Mariupol sector remains difficult. Militants from so-called “9th regiment” continue large-scale attacks at Ukrainian positions along Talakivka – Shyrokyne frontline area using heavy armor, informed the spokesman of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Colonel Andriy Lysenko. View map in full size Massive militants’ mortar and...

      Agrarian Ministry praises work of EU Export Promotion Center
      Oct19

      Agrarian Ministry praises work of EU Export Promotion Center

      The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine praises the work of the Center for promotion of export to the European Union, which was established at the Agrarian Ministry in mid-May 2016, according to Head of International Cooperation Department of the Agrarian Ministry Oleksandr Romanovsky. ”The work of the Center is quite successful. It...

      NBU approves sanctions procedure against banks violating financial restructuring legislation
      Oct19

      NBU approves sanctions procedure against banks violating financial restructuring legislation

      The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) approved a procedure for imposing sanctions against banks for violations of the law on financial restructuring, according to regulator`s resolution No. 392 dated October 13, 2016. An application to impose sanctions on banks may be filed by debtors or by the supervisory board, the secretariat or the arbitration...

      Poroshenko to hold meeting with Hollande, Merkel before Normandy Four talks
      Oct19

      Poroshenko to hold meeting with Hollande, Merkel before Normandy Four talks

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko will hold a separate meeting with French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel before the talks of the Normandy Four leaders in Berlin on Wednesday, Presidential Administration of Ukraine reported on Twitter. ”A separate meeting between Poroshenko, the French President and the German...