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      Does Ukraine Need an Anti-Corruption Court?
      Aug25

      Does Ukraine Need an Anti-Corruption Court?

      The recent scandal surrounding alleged payments made to Paul Manafort by the former Ukrainian government has again cast a spotlight on corruption in Ukraine. Whatever one thinks of the Manafort story, no one can dispute that Ukrainians are entitled to an honest government that does not steal from them. But how can Ukraine achieve this goal? And...

      Chief of Ukraine`s Police recognized that police beat a man to death
      Aug25

      Chief of Ukraine`s Police recognized that police beat a man to death

      A 32-year-old man was beaten to death during his detention by police officers in Kryvoozersky district, Mykolaiv region, in the early hours of August 24. The police reported that the man was resisting arrest and they had to use ”physical force and handcuffs.” Meanwhile, Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko reported that the three policemen suspected...

      Hryvnia weakens to UAH 25.42 to dollar on interbank market
      Aug25

      Hryvnia weakens to UAH 25.42 to dollar on interbank market

      Hryvnia quotations against the dollar on the interbank currency market on Thursday fell to UAH 25.37/25.42 to the dollar by the middle of trade, a broker at a commercial bank has told an UNIAN correspondent. Hryvnia quotes against the euro have settled at UAH 28.6480/28.7020, while those against the Russian ruble have settled at UAH...

      Heaviest fire since Debaltseve battle recorded yesterday, 3 WIA
      Aug25

      Heaviest fire since Debaltseve battle recorded yesterday, 3 WIA

      Three Ukrainian soldiers were wounded in fighting in eastern Ukraine in the past 24 hours, according to presidential spokesman for ATO issues Oleksandr Motuzianyk. ”There were three wounded in action (WIA),” Motuzianyk said at a briefing in Kyiv on Thursday, a UNIAN correspondent reported. According to Motuzianyk, further aggravation of the...

      North Korea`s Kim declares sub missile launch `greatest success`
      Aug25

      North Korea`s Kim declares sub missile launch `greatest success`

      North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised the test-firing of a submarine-launched ballistic missile and declared it ”the greatest success,” which puts the country in the ”front rank” of nuclear military powers, official media reported on Thursday, according to Reuters. North Korea fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) on Wednesday...

      Ukraine breaks road construction contract with Italy after no work for 9 months
      Aug25

      Ukraine breaks road construction contract with Italy after no work for 9 months

      The State Automobile Roads Agency of Ukraine (Ukravtodor) on August 23, 2016, broke its contract with Italy`s TODINI Costruzioni Generali S.p.a. for the overhaul and renovation of the Lubny-Poltava stretch of the M-03 highway between Kyiv, Kharkiv and Dovzhansky. The Ukrainian side said the Italian contractor had not performed any activity at the...

      ”Putin`s son-in-law” family ranks among Russia`s richest clans
      Aug25

      ”Putin`s son-in-law” family ranks among Russia`s richest clans

      The Shamalov family, closely associated with Russian President Vladimir Putin, has for the first time entered the Forbes list of the richest families in Russia at fourth position, according to Forbes Russia. The combined wealth of Nikolay Shamalov and his son Kirill is estimated at US$ 2.4 billion, forbes.ru wrote. The chunk of Putin`s old friend...

      Steinmeier concerned about militant threats to OSCE observers in Ukraine
      Aug25

      Steinmeier concerned about militant threats to OSCE observers in Ukraine

      Following recent incidents targeting patrol teams of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) in the country`s east, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Germany Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier issued a statement. ”It is with great concern that I have learned that shots were again fired in the direction of an SMM team near...

      Ukrainian President: Putin wants all of my country – CNN
      Aug25

      Ukrainian President: Putin wants all of my country – CNN

      On the day of his country`s 25th anniversary of independence from the Soviet Union, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted ”the whole Ukraine” to be part of the ”Russian Empire.” ”It is absolutely the same situation like the Russian bombardment in Aleppo,” he told CNN`s Christiane Amanpour in an...

      Poroshenko: EU deal gradually compensating for Ukraine`s losses caused by Russia
      Aug25

      Poroshenko: EU deal gradually compensating for Ukraine`s losses caused by Russia

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said the EU Association Agreement with Ukraine has begun to gradually compensate for the losses the country has sustained because of the war with Russia, according to a UNIAN correspondent. ”The Ukraine-EU Association Agreement is already working gradually to compensate for the incredible losses inflicted...