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      Poll: Over 80% of Russians not ready to protest
      Sep16

      Poll: Over 80% of Russians not ready to protest

      The protest wave of 2011-2012 brought the Russians a sense of frustration and impossibility of change, according to Russian newspaper Vedomosti with reference to the findings of a survey by the Levada Center, an independent Russian polling and sociological research organization. Only 18% of respondents see the possibility of mass protests against...

      9,000 convicts released from Ukrainian prison under ”Savchenko law” – police
      Sep16

      9,000 convicts released from Ukrainian prison under ”Savchenko law” – police

      A total of 34,000 prisoners will be released under the so-called ”Savchenko law” during 2016, while 9,000 people have already left penitentiary facilities, Deputy Chief of the National Police Vadym Troyan wrote on Facebook. According to him, one in ten of those, who had been released from prison under ”Savchenko law”, were detained, and half of...

      Draft state budget of Ukraine for 2017 envisages 17% expenditure growth
      Sep16

      Draft state budget of Ukraine for 2017 envisages 17% expenditure growth

      The draft budget for 2017 projects expenditure growth by 16.7%, to UAH 876.9 billion, and GDP growth by 3%, said Ukraine`s Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman at a cabinet meeting on Thursday while presenting the draft budget. ”The budget for 2016 amounts to UAH 749 billion, the budget for 2017 is estimated at UAH 876.9 billion. The revenue side of...

      Snowden no ”whistleblower” – U.S. Congress Intel Committee
      Sep16

      Snowden no ”whistleblower” – U.S. Congress Intel Committee

      Every member of the House Intelligence Committee signed a letter to U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday urging him not to pardon Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who prompted an overhaul of government surveillance programs after he leaked stolen records about the agency in 2013, The Wall Street Journal reports....

      Ukraine`s 2017 draft budget tabled in Verkhovna Rada
      Sep16

      Ukraine`s 2017 draft budget tabled in Verkhovna Rada

      A bill on the national budget for 2017 has been tabled in parliament. Respective bill No. 5000 was posted on the parliament`s website. At the same time, there is neither text of the document nor addenda available on the website. In keeping with the budget resolution for 2017, the Ukrainian government plans to set the minimum wages at the same...

      EU is at risk of losing legal battle with Yanukovych – DW
      Sep16

      EU is at risk of losing legal battle with Yanukovych – DW

      The Ukranian ex-president, Viktor Yanukovych is suing against EU sanctions at the European Court of Justice. Even if the verdict falls in his favor, his bank account will remain inaccessible in the near future, according to Deutsche Welle. Since fleeing to Russia two years ago, the Ukrainian ex-President has gone underground and his only...

      Danes chosen to lead EU’s new $18 million program against corruption in Ukraine – The Washington Post
      Sep16

      Danes chosen to lead EU’s new $18 million program against corruption in Ukraine – The Washington Post

      Danish Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen says his country has been chosen to lead the European Union`s new 16 million-euro ($18 million) program against corruption in Ukraine, according to The Washington Post. Jensen says he will make the official announcement during a visit to Kyiv on Friday, together with EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes...

      Russia not yet notified of being taken to International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea by Ukraine – media
      Sep16

      Russia not yet notified of being taken to International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea by Ukraine – media

      Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova says Russia has not yet received any notifications from Kyiv that Ukraine filed a lawsuit at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), according to Russian news agency TASS. ”We`ve heard statements Ukraine has handed over to us a notification it is filing a lawsuit at the...

      Coking coal supplies to Ukrainian coke plants increased by 18% in 2016
      Sep16

      Coking coal supplies to Ukrainian coke plants increased by 18% in 2016

      Supplies of coking coals to Ukrainian coke plants in January-August increased by 18% year-over-year (y-o-y), to 11.9 million tonnes, according to Metalurgprom industrial association. Supplies of domestic coal in the reporting period amounted to 4.1 million tonnes, an increase of 8%, while supplies of imported coal stood at 7.8 million tonnes,...

      Refinancing rate to be lowered to 15% per annum – NBU
      Sep16

      Refinancing rate to be lowered to 15% per annum – NBU

      The National Bank of Ukraine has decided to lower the refinancing rate by 0.5 percentage points, or to 15%, per annum. The decision comes into effect September 16, the regulator told UNIAN. ”The Board of the National Bank of Ukraine has decided to lower its refinancing rate to 15% per annum from September 16,” a statement...