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      Russia`s ministries and central bank test readiness for wartime operation mode
      Aug29

      Russia`s ministries and central bank test readiness for wartime operation mode

      The federal executive authorities and the defense industry enterprises will switch to a ”wartime” operation mode, according to a statement from the Russian Defense Ministry`s Department of Information and Mass Communications, RIA Novosti reported. ”Structural units of the Telecom and Mass Communications Ministry, the Finance Ministry, the...

      Cabinet dismisses information policy deputy minister
      Aug29

      Cabinet dismisses information policy deputy minister

      The Cabinet of Ministers has dismissed Tetiana Popova from the post of Deputy Minister of Information Policy of Ukraine. The decision was made at a cabinet meeting on August 23, Popova wrote on Facebook. ”Yes, it was satisfied on August 23,” she said. Popova noted that she was not planning to hold any public office roles under the current...

      Russian troops attack Ukraine 76 times in past 24 hours, fire artillery on Arkhanhelske
      Aug29

      Russian troops attack Ukraine 76 times in past 24 hours, fire artillery on Arkhanhelske

      Combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 76 times in the past 24 hours – 37 times in the Donetsk sector, 27 times in the Mariupol sector and 12 times in the Luhansk sector – according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation headquarters. ”In the Donetsk sector, the enemy fired 152mm heavy...

      Reuters: Oil prices fall on rising Iraq output, doubt over producer talks
      Aug29

      Reuters: Oil prices fall on rising Iraq output, doubt over producer talks

      Oil prices fell about 1% on Monday as Iraq`s production rose and as Iran said it would only cooperate in producer talks to freeze output if fellow exporters recognized its right to fully regain market share, according to Reuters. International Brent crude oil futures LCOc1 were trading at $49.32 per barrel at 0558 GMT, down 60 cents, or 1.2%,...

      Over 100 crime bosses detained amid peer`s funeral in eastern Ukraine
      Aug29

      Over 100 crime bosses detained amid peer`s funeral in eastern Ukraine

      The SBU Security Service of Ukraine and the National Police have detained 106 crime bosses near the town of Sviatohirsk in Donetsk region, the venue of the funerals of the criminal lord dubbed Lekha Krasnodonskoy, according to the SBU press service. They were apprehended for the police to ”check if their stay in Ukrainian territory was legal,”...

      Germany`s economy minister: U.S.-EU free trade talks fail – Reuters
      Aug28

      Germany`s economy minister: U.S.-EU free trade talks fail – Reuters

      Germany`s Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Sunday that talks on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), a free trade deal being negotiated by the United States and the European Union, had essentially failed, according to Reuters. ”The negotiations with the USA have de facto failed because we Europeans did not want to...

      Economy ministry hopes for UAH 13 bln in dividends from state companies in 2017
      Aug28

      Economy ministry hopes for UAH 13 bln in dividends from state companies in 2017

      Ukraine`s Ministry for Economic Development and Trade expects that state companies and joint-stock companies, whose controlling stakes belong to the state, will pay about UAH 13 billion (about $520 million) in dividends in 2017. ”According to the Economy Ministry`s estimates, state-owned joint-stock companies alone will transfer UAH 13 billion in...

      Justice minister: Hague tribunal to address Ukraine case against Russia only after war
      Aug28

      Justice minister: Hague tribunal to address Ukraine case against Russia only after war

      Ukrainian Justice Minister Pavlo Petrenko forecasts that the Hague tribunal might take up Ukraine`s case against Russia only after the war has ended, while it might take the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) up to five years to consider claims by Ukraine against Russia. ”If we talk about The Hague, the general practice is that the...

      Wage debts on rise in Ukraine
      Aug28

      Wage debts on rise in Ukraine

      Wage debts in Ukraine grew by 4% in July 2016, compared to June 2016, to UAH 2 billion ($80 million) as of August 1, 2016, according to the State Statistics Committee. Delayed wages to personnel of operating companies in July rose by 5.5%, to UAH 1.36 billion, the State Statistics Service said. The bulk of this debt was accumulated by industrial...

      Reuters: Turkey ratchets up Syria offensive, says warplanes hit Kurdish militia
      Aug28

      Reuters: Turkey ratchets up Syria offensive, says warplanes hit Kurdish militia

      Rebels supported by Turkey fought Kurdish-backed forces in northern Syria on Saturday, as Ankara ratcheted up its cross-border offensive by saying it had launched air strikes against both Kurdish forces and Islamic State, according to Reuters. Turkey`s government, which is fighting a Kurdish insurgency at home, has said the Syrian campaign it...