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      Vilify and Amplify: How the Kremlin’s Disinformation Machine is Attacking the MH17 Probe
      Sep27

      Vilify and Amplify: How the Kremlin’s Disinformation Machine is Attacking the MH17 Probe

      The Kremlin has turned its disinformation machine on those who are investigating the shoot-down of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over Ukraine in July of 2014, using state employees, state-run media, and the state-run, though unacknowledged, “troll factory” of fake Internet accounts. The primary goal of the media attacks has been to undermine the...

      Imports of passenger vehicles in Ukraine grows by 24%
      Sep27

      Imports of passenger vehicles in Ukraine grows by 24%

      Imports of passenger vehicles in Ukraine in January-July 2016 increased by 24% to 40,995 units, according to the State Statistics Service`s website. According to the report, the total customs value of the imported vehicles amounted to $730.4 million, which is 68% more than last year. At the same time, exports of vehicles from Ukraine during the...

      New Russian military base 100 km from Ukraine border ”almost ready” – Euronews
      Sep27

      New Russian military base 100 km from Ukraine border ”almost ready” – Euronews

      Russia is completing the construction of a large military base in the southern Rostov region, some 100 kilometres from the border with Ukraine, according to Euronews. The base consisting of three military facilities is the latest in a chain of new military sites, part of what the Kremlin sees as an important counterpoint to NATO, Euronews...

      Ukraine`s Defense Ministry elaborates on military reserve
      Sep27

      Ukraine`s Defense Ministry elaborates on military reserve

      Ukrainian military reserve involves more than 85,000 citizens, speaker for the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Chernobay has told a news briefing in Kyiv Tuesday, according to an UNIAN correspondent. ”To date, more than 85,000 citizens serve in the military reserve of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” Chernobay said. Defense Ministry spokesman...

      Ukrgazvydobuvannia launches production of Euro-4 diesel fuel
      Sep27

      Ukrgazvydobuvannia launches production of Euro-4 diesel fuel

      The country`s largest gas company, Ukrgazvydobuvannia, has started production of the eco-friendly Euro-4 diesel fuel at the Shebelynka plant for processing gas condensate and oil, company`s chief Oleh Prokhorenko wrote on Facebook. ”We have launched Euro-4 diesel fuel at the Shebelynka plant… This is the end of the era of non-eco-friendly...

      Finance Ministry says deviation from targets of Budget 2017 possible
      Sep27

      Finance Ministry says deviation from targets of Budget 2017 possible

      The indicators of the state budget of Ukraine for 2017, according to the draft approved by the Cabinet of Ministers and currently considered by Parliament are realistic, but deviations from these parameters are possible in both directions, Ukrainian Finance Minister Oleksandr Danylyuk said on Espreso.TV. ”Of course, any crisis, either global or...

      ”Putin is playing really tough, long game”: Clinton
      Sep27

      ”Putin is playing really tough, long game”: Clinton

      U.S. presidential candidate from the Democratic Party Hillary Clinton has said that Russian President Vladimir Putin greenlighted hacker attacks on U.S. institutions. ”I think cyber security, cyber warfare will be one of the biggest challenges facing the next president, because clearly we`re facing at this point two different kinds of...

      Russia must own up to MH17 role: Australia`s ex-PM
      Sep27

      Russia must own up to MH17 role: Australia`s ex-PM

      Former prime minister of Australia Tony Abbott is urging Russia to own up to its role in the fatal downing of flight MH17, amid claims new evidence shows militants were not at fault, according to news.com.au. Mr Abbott, who was prime minister at the time of the crash, dismissed the Russian claim that the deadly missile downing MH17 was fired...

      Member of European Parliament names conditions for visa waiver for Ukraine
      Sep27

      Member of European Parliament names conditions for visa waiver for Ukraine

      Despite formal implementation by Kyiv of all requirements of the European Commission needed to be granted a visa-free regime, the European Parliament believes that Brussels needs a special mechanism that will give it the ”levers for monitoring the implementation of anti-corruption legislation and judicial reform” in Ukraine, the Ukrainian...

      Trump: ”United States cannot be policemen of the world”
      Sep27

      Trump: ”United States cannot be policemen of the world”

      Republican candidate for the presidential post in the United States Donald Trump during the first televised debate with his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton said that Washington could not be the world`s police. In the debate that went down at Hofstra University (NY) and broadcast to a multimillion audience in the United States and worldwide...