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      Ukraine`s Anti-monopoly watchdog greenlights acquisition of Ukrsotsbank by Alfa-Bank
      Sep08

      Ukraine`s Anti-monopoly watchdog greenlights acquisition of Ukrsotsbank by Alfa-Bank

      Alfa-Bank has earlier acquired 100% of shares of Ukrsotsbank from the Italian banking group UniCredit. The Anti-Monopoly Committee of Ukraine has completed its consideration of the case regarding the purchase of 100% of shares of Ukrsotsbank from the Italian banking group UniCredit by a Luxembourg-based ABH Holdings SA, owner of Alfa Bank. The...

      Obama ridicules Trump`s `whacky` ideas
      Sep08

      Obama ridicules Trump`s `whacky` ideas

      U.S. President Barack Obama urged the media and voters Thursday to challenge Donald Trump`s ”whacky” proposals, and he reiterated that the Republican nominee isn`t qualified to be president, The Washington Times reports. ”The most important thing for the public and the press is to just listen to what he says and follow up and ask questions to...

      Chechen journalist jailed on drug charges, supporters call it repression
      Sep08

      Chechen journalist jailed on drug charges, supporters call it repression

      Colleagues of a journalist in Russia`s troubled Chechnya region says a court has ordered him imprisoned for three years on drug charges, according to Radio Liberty. The Shali district court sentenced Zhalaudi Geriyev on September 5 for alleged marijuana possession, RFE/RL reported. Geriyev was a contributor to the website Caucasus Knot, and known...

      Ukrainian Parliament responds to Polish Parliament`s decision on Volyn tragedy
      Sep08

      Ukrainian Parliament responds to Polish Parliament`s decision on Volyn tragedy

      The Ukrainian legislators have called on their Polish counterparts to stop politicizing the tragic pages of Ukrainian-Polish history and to focus their efforts on building up constructive relations between Ukraine and Poland in order to strengthen partnership in the democratic Europe, based on European values. The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on...

      U.S. agrees to help enhance Ukrainian forces, dispatches adviser – Reuters
      Sep08

      U.S. agrees to help enhance Ukrainian forces, dispatches adviser – Reuters

      The United States and Ukraine on Thursday agreed to cooperate on defense technology and improve Ukraine`s forces in a move aimed at boosting Ukrainian defense and enhancing U.S. assistance, the Pentagon said, according to Reuters. U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter and Ukrainian Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak signed the partnership agreement...

      Russian military terminate contracts not to fight in Donbas – Tymchuk
      Sep08

      Russian military terminate contracts not to fight in Donbas – Tymchuk

      Early termination of contracts has been increased among servicemen of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation involved in the fighting in Donbas so they might return to Russia, head of the Information Resistance Group and MP Dmytro Tymchuk wrote on Facebook. According to Tymchuk, one of the reasons for this termination of contracts is the...

      Ukrainian farmers gather nearly 39 mln tonnes of grain by Sept 1
      Sep08

      Ukrainian farmers gather nearly 39 mln tonnes of grain by Sept 1

      Ukrainian farmers have threshed 38.6 million tonnes of grain and leguminous crops, including corn, as of September 7, from 9.9 million ha of land, as compared to 37.4 million tonnes on the same date last year, according to the Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry`s press service. The average yield capacity of grain crops is 39 centners per ha,...

      Beijing setting up G20`s first center to aid corruption fight
      Sep08

      Beijing setting up G20`s first center to aid corruption fight

      China is moving quickly to implement the anti-corruption consensus reached at the G20 Summit, which ended on Monday in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, by setting up the group`s first anti-graft research center in Beijing, according to China Daily. The center will provide intelligence support in the hunt for economic fugitives and confiscation of...

      Prosecutors know terms of Kaskiv`s extradition to Ukraine
      Sep08

      Prosecutors know terms of Kaskiv`s extradition to Ukraine

      The Prosecutor General`s Office of Ukraine (PGO) expects that Vladyslav Kaskiv, the former head of the State Agency for Investment and National Projects of Ukraine, who is accused of a large-scale embezzlement, will be extradited to Ukraine in two to three months. Kaskiv was detained in Panama, and the PGO has received an official confirmation...

      NATO to support Ukraine despite Russian criticism – Stoltenberg
      Sep08

      NATO to support Ukraine despite Russian criticism – Stoltenberg

      NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said that criticism of NATO by Russia for its supporting Ukraine has no grounds, as every independent country has the right to ask for the Alliance`s support, according to the news portal Evropeiska Pravda. ”Russia criticizes our support of Ukraine. But Ukraine is an independent state, and it has asked...