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      Vote Trump or face nuclear war, says Putin ally

      “Victory for Trump would be a gift to humanity. But if Hillary Clinton wins it will be the last US president ever,” Russian lawmaker Vladimir Zhirinovsky told Reuters. ||| Moscow – Americans should vote for Donald Trump as president next month or risk being dragged into a nuclear war, according to a Russian ultra-nationalist ally of...

      Bloomberg: Ayrault says France may meet Russia, Ukraine, Germany this month
      Oct12

      Bloomberg: Ayrault says France may meet Russia, Ukraine, Germany this month

      Leaders of France, Germany and Russia could still meet with President Petro Poroshenko in Berlin on October 19 to discuss the Ukraine situation, though the French government also wants Russia to make progress on other issues such as Syria, French officials said, according to Bloomberg. The meeting is ”possible but not confirmed,” Jean-Marc...

      Poroshenko signs law facilitating European Investment Banks agri-food loan for Ukraine
      Oct12

      Poroshenko signs law facilitating European Investment Banks agri-food loan for Ukraine

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed a bill into law to ratify a financial agreement between Ukraine and the European Investment Bank (EIB) on a Ukraine agri-food apex loan worth EUR 400,000, the presidential press service told UNIAN. The agreement, which was signed in Kyiv on December 28, 2015, was ratified by the Verkhovna Rada,...

      PACE rapporteur urges Budapest memo signatories to protect Ukraine
      Oct12

      PACE rapporteur urges Budapest memo signatories to protect Ukraine

      Kristyna Zelienkova, a rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on a draft resolution titled ”Political Consequences of the Conflict in Ukraine,” has called on the signatories to the 2014 Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances to abide by their commitments and protect Ukraine in case of an incursion. ”The...

      Ukraine, Turkey sign off 1st deal on production of radar stations
      Oct12

      Ukraine, Turkey sign off 1st deal on production of radar stations

      Ukrainian state company Ukrinmash, which is part of Ukraine`s state-owned defense giant UkrOboronProm, and Turkish company Havelsan Hava Elektronik Sanayi have signed an agreement on cooperation in the production of passive radar stations at the facilities of UkrOboronProm, according to the press service of the concern. The agreement was signed...

      Situation hot in Mariupol sector, Ukraine forces fire back due to threat of breakthrough
      Oct12

      Situation hot in Mariupol sector, Ukraine forces fire back due to threat of breakthrough

      Combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 44 times in the past 24 hours, including 34 in the Mariupol sector, seven barrages in the Luhansk sector, and three in the Donetsk sector, according to the press center of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. View map in full size In the Mariupol sector, the...

      What Ukraine Can Learn from Romania’s Fight against Graft
      Oct12

      What Ukraine Can Learn from Romania’s Fight against Graft

      In 2015, Romania got serious about its corruption problem. DNA, its aggressive anticorruption body, indicted 1,250 public officials, including the sitting prime minister. Five other ministers, twenty-one members of parliament, and Bucharest mayor Sorin Oprescu were indicted. The agency ordered the seizure of nearly half a billion euros.Romania is...

      Accounts of Ukraine`s major gas company seized in debt recovery case
      Oct12

      Accounts of Ukraine`s major gas company seized in debt recovery case

      Accounts of Ukraine`s largest gas company Ukrgazvydobuvannia were seized on October 6 in connection with the company`s debt to Promfinance Group to the tune of UAH 27.916 million, the press service of Ukrgasvydobuvannia reported. The company noted that the seizure of its accounts disrupts the process of carrying out debit transactions, such as...

      State Property Fund to hold auctions to sell two hydropower plant in November
      Oct12

      State Property Fund to hold auctions to sell two hydropower plant in November

      The State Property Fund of Ukraine (SPFU) will conduct auctions to sell Kostiantynivska hydropower plant and a closed Myhiyivska HPP (both located in Mykolaiv region) on November 22 and 24, with a starting price of UAH 10.9 million and UAH 13.8 million respectively, according to the ”Privatization details” newspaper. At the moment, Myhiyivska HPP...

      OSCE declares restricted access in disengagement areas in Donbas
      Oct12

      OSCE declares restricted access in disengagement areas in Donbas

      The OSCE SMM reported restricted access in all three disengagement areas in Donbas. ”The SMM continued to monitor the disengagement process and to pursue full access to the disengagement areas of Stanytsia Luhanska (16km north-east of Luhansk), Zolote (60km west of Luhansk) and Petrivske (41km south of Donetsk), as foreseen in the Framework...