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      Russian S-400 put in full operation in annexed Crimea – Russian Ministry of Defense
      Oct08

      Russian S-400 put in full operation in annexed Crimea – Russian Ministry of Defense

      The new Russian anti-aircraft missile systems have been put on combat duty in the annexed Crimea, the press service of the Southern Military District of the Russian Ministry of Defense reported October 7. ”In the middle of 2016, a regimental kit of the anti-aircraft missile system S-400 Triumph and an anti-aircraft missile-gun system Pantsyr-S...

      National Bank of Ukraine forecasts profitable banking sector in 2017
      Oct08

      National Bank of Ukraine forecasts profitable banking sector in 2017

      Head of the National Bank of Ukraine`s Financial Stability Department Vitaliy Vavryshchuk has stated that Ukraine`s banking sector is expected to demonstrate a positive financial result by the end of 2017. ”The financial performance of the banking sector as a whole will remain quite volatile. We will observe some significant changes from month to...

      Russian, Syrian strikes in Syria demand war crimes probe – Kerry
      Oct08

      Russian, Syrian strikes in Syria demand war crimes probe – Kerry

      Russian and Syrian actions such as bombing hospitals in Syria cry out for a war crimes investigation, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday, according to Reuters. ”Last night, the [Syrian] regime attacked yet another hospital and 20 people were killed and 100 people were wounded. Russia, and the regime, owe the world more than an...

      Russian Su-27 fighter jet violates Estonian airspace – NATO envoy
      Oct08

      Russian Su-27 fighter jet violates Estonian airspace – NATO envoy

      Russian military`s Sukhoi Su-27 violated Estonia`s airspace, the Estonian ambassador to NATO said Friday on Twitter. This comes a day after Finland accused Russia of breaching its airspace, IBTimes reports. It was not immediately clear when the latest violation happened, however, according to Ambassador Lauri Lepik`s Twitter feed, Russia`s...

      Russian troops attack Ukraine 30 times in last day, fire artillery on Avdiyivka
      Oct07

      Russian troops attack Ukraine 30 times in last day, fire artillery on Avdiyivka

      Combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 30 times in the past 24 hours, including 16 in the Mariupol sector, 10 barrages in the Luhansk sector, and four in the Donetsk sector, according to the press center of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. In the Donetsk sector, Russia`s hybrid military force...

      Three arrested in alleged scheme to export sensitive U.S. technology to Russia
      Oct07

      Three arrested in alleged scheme to export sensitive U.S. technology to Russia

      A U.S. citizen and two Russian nationals were arrested on Thursday on charges relating to the alleged illegal export of sensitive military technology from the United States to Russia, the Justice Department said, as reported by Reuters. The department said Alexey Barysheff of Brooklyn, New York – a naturalized U.S. citizen – was...

      Russia formally charges Ukrainian journalist Sushchenko with espionage
      Oct07

      Russia formally charges Ukrainian journalist Sushchenko with espionage

      The investigation has indicted Ukrainian journalist of Ukrinform news agency Roman Sushchenko for espionage, according to the journalist`s lawyer, Mark Feygin, TASS reports. ”He was charged,” Feygin said. According to the lawyer, the investigator continued to read out the indictment as he spoke. As UNIAN reported earlier, the Russian Federal...

      Ukrainian banking sector`s external debt shrinks to $10.5 bln
      Oct07

      Ukrainian banking sector`s external debt shrinks to $10.5 bln

      The Ukrainian banking sector`s gross external debt in the first half of 2016 decreased by $2.3 billion to $10.5 billion, as stated in the first edition of ”Review of the Banking Sector” prepared by the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU). The document was presented during a briefing at the NBU. According to the NBU, the reduction of debt has resulted...

      Ukraine`s parliament okays establishment of national road fund
      Oct07

      Ukraine`s parliament okays establishment of national road fund

      The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Ukraine`s parliament, has adopted a bill to establish a national road fund to finance repairs and construction of roads and highways in the country. Some 286 lawmakers voted for the adoption of bill No. 4014a in first reading on amendments to the law of Ukraine about sources of financing road facilities of Ukraine...

      Ukrainians lodge 2,000 individual complaints against Russia with the European Court of Human Rights
      Oct07

      Ukrainians lodge 2,000 individual complaints against Russia with the European Court of Human Rights

      Ukrainian Justice Minister Pavlo Petrenko has said that Ukrainian citizens have lodged more than 2,000 individual complaints against Russia with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), a UNIAN correspondent reported. The minister recalled that within the framework of the free legal aid system, it was decided to create a ”big project that would...