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      Groysman wants to ”jump off” enslaving gas contract, make Ukraine energy exporter
      Oct12

      Groysman wants to ”jump off” enslaving gas contract, make Ukraine energy exporter

      The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine will complete the development of the country`s Energy Strategy by year-end, aiming for energy independence, Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said during the meeting of the Regional Development Council, according to the press service of the government. ”Our energy strategy we`re working on and...

      Media elaborate on Russia-Turkey gas agreements
      Oct12

      Media elaborate on Russia-Turkey gas agreements

      Media have reported that the size of discount on Russian gas for Turkey would depend on additional volumes of Russian gas supplies to the country. Sources told Russian newspaper Kommersant that two billion cubic meters (bcm) per year may be additionally supplied to Turkey through the Trans-Balkan pipeline amid the country`s rising consumption of...

      Ukraine says ceasefire fails in Stanytsia Luhanska, names withdrawal conditions
      Oct12

      Ukraine says ceasefire fails in Stanytsia Luhanska, names withdrawal conditions

      Ukrainian Defense Ministry spokesman for Anti-Terrorist Operation Andriy Lysenko has claimed violations of ceasefire by pro-Russian militants in the village of Stanytsia Luhanska and named the conditions for the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops, an UNIAN correspondent reports from a Kyiv briefing. “The ceasefire in Stanytsia Luhanska did not...

      Video: activists fill Moscow center with posters of abducted Crimean Tatar
      Oct12

      Video: activists fill Moscow center with posters of abducted Crimean Tatar

      In Moscow, the activists placed numerous posters with photos of the Crimean Tatar human rights activist Ervin Ibragimov, who was abducted in May. This way, the activists are trying to draw international attention to the abductions and murders of Crimean Tatars in the occupied Crimea, the press service of the Ministry of Information Policy of...

      PACE to consider resolution on human rights violations in occupied Crimea, Donbas
      Oct12

      PACE to consider resolution on human rights violations in occupied Crimea, Donbas

      The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) plans to adopt a resolution on human rights violations in the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine – Donbas and Crimea, the press service of Batkivshchyna party told UNIAN referring to Deputy Chairman of the Ukrainian delegation in PACE Serhiy Sobolev who is currently in Brussels....

      Ukrainian citizen detained over ”extremist” book on entry into Russian-occupied Crimea
      Oct12

      Ukrainian citizen detained over ”extremist” book on entry into Russian-occupied Crimea

      Russian border guards at the Dzhankoy checkpoint in occupied Crimea have detained a 34-year-old Ukrainian citizen for carrying ”extremist literature,” according to the Russian FSB border department, TASS reports. ”A book containing a ”collection of extremist lectures” was found among personal belongings of a 34-year-old man (who was riding as a...

      Poroshenko calls on Trudeau to synchronously ratify FTA deal
      Oct12

      Poroshenko calls on Trudeau to synchronously ratify FTA deal

      President Petro Poroshenko had a phone conversation with Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau on Tuesday, October 11, having discussed a series of issues of bilateral agenda, the president`s press service reported. ”The President offered to synchronously ratify the FTA agreement signed during the visit of Prime Minister Trudeau to Ukraine on...

      Former Ukrainian President criticizes Normandy format for secrecy and lack of solutions
      Oct12

      Former Ukrainian President criticizes Normandy format for secrecy and lack of solutions

      Former Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk believes that it is necessary to seek another format, even a ”Budapest format” due to the uncertainty of the role the Normandy format of talks on Ukraine plays. ”The Normandy format is unique with the fact that no documents are signed or adopted within its framework: no decisions, no memorandums, and no...

      Ukraine not to raise retirement age soon: Deputy PM
      Oct12

      Ukraine not to raise retirement age soon: Deputy PM

      Ukraine will not raise the retirement age, Deputy Prime Minister Pavlo Rozenko told the Ukrainian TV 112 Channel. According to the official, to raise the retirement age in the country, it is necessary first to increase life expectancy by seven to 10 years. Meanwhile, as Rozenko noted, there is no the demand to raise the retirement age in the...

      Ukrainian World Congress reacts to PACE president`s statement on Russia return to Assembly
      Oct12

      Ukrainian World Congress reacts to PACE president`s statement on Russia return to Assembly

      The Ukrainian World Congress (UWC) is seriously concerned about the repeatedly declared intent of President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Pedro Agramunt to re-engage the Russian Federation in the work of PACE, the UWC press service reported. Highlighting PACE Resolutions 1990 (2014), 2034 (2015) and 2063...