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      Reuters: Russia offers to fly warplanes more safely over Baltics
      Jul14

      Reuters: Russia offers to fly warplanes more safely over Baltics

      Moscow offered to fly its jets over the Baltic region with their transponders engaged, an apparent concession to NATO powers who accuse Russia`s air force of endangering aviation by turning off the devices that allow them to be detected by ground radar, according to Reuters.Moscow`s envoy to NATO told alliance ambassadors that Russian pilots...

      Centrenergo reportedly buys coal in occupied Donbas via ”criminal” firm – media
      Jul13

      Centrenergo reportedly buys coal in occupied Donbas via ”criminal” firm – media

      PJSC Centrenergo energy generation company reportedly purchases coal from the occupied territory of Donbas, eastern Ukraine, through a ”criminal” firm, according to the Nashi Groshi investigatory journalism website.Centrenergo has recently published a report, saying it continues cooperation with Donbas coal management enterprise LLC, which was...

      Two ex-NBU officials arrested on suspicion of embezzling UAH 787 million
      Jul13

      Two ex-NBU officials arrested on suspicion of embezzling UAH 787 million

      Two former officials of the National Bank of Ukraine have been arrested for participation in a criminal organization, which had been controlled by the ousted ex-president Viktor Yanukovych, according to Ukraine`s chief military prosecutor Anatoliy Matios.Among the detainees is ex-deputy head of the National Bank Oleksiy Tkachenko and former head...

      Stoltenberg: Allies and Russia have profound, persistent disagreements on Ukraine
      Jul13

      Stoltenberg: Allies and Russia have profound, persistent disagreements on Ukraine

      NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says Ukraine was ”the first item” on the agenda of the NATO-Russia Council meeting held at the Ambassadorial level Wednesday, an UNIAN correspondent reported from a briefing in Brussels Wednesday.”Ukraine was the first item on our agenda. And this is important because Russia`s actions in Ukraine have...

      Gang`s mastermind: media elaborate on arrest of ex-Kyiv Mayor son in Spain
      Jul13

      Gang`s mastermind: media elaborate on arrest of ex-Kyiv Mayor son in Spain

      Spanish media showed pictures of the arrest in Spain of Stepan Chernovetskiy, son of a former Kyiv Mayor Leonid Chernovetsky, who lived in a house purchased with laundered money, according to Europeiska Pravda citing El Punt Avuі.The newspaper says Stepan Chernovestkiy was arrested in a resort town of S`Agar? as he is considered by local law...

      Pro-Kremlin far-right Bulgarian Party used in latest Ukrainian ”separatism fake”
      Jul13

      Pro-Kremlin far-right Bulgarian Party used in latest Ukrainian ”separatism fake”

      The investigation by the Ukrainian activists at StopFake debunked yet another propaganda myth spun in several media outlets, this time about alleged pressure by the law enforcers on Bulgarian ethnic minority in Ukraine.The activists say that, if you believe the media, Bulgaria has endorsed the demand of local Ukrainian Bulgarians and called on...

      Ukraine`s top official from mineral resources agency arrested for UAH 1.5 mlin bribe
      Jul13

      Ukraine`s top official from mineral resources agency arrested for UAH 1.5 mlin bribe

      In Ukraine`s anti-corruption spree, the law enforcers have detained a senior official from one of the companies of the state-owned NJSC Nadra of Ukraine upon receiving a UAH 1.5 million bribe from a business, promising to facilitate gas production licensing procedure, that`s according to Interior Minister Arsen Avakov.First Deputy Head of the SOE...

      Kremlin dubs Crimean journalists, activists as `terrorists`
      Jul13

      Kremlin dubs Crimean journalists, activists as `terrorists`

      Authorities in Moscow have listed 22 people who were born on Ukraine`s Crimea Peninsula as ”terrorists and extremists”, according to RFE/RL.The list, published on July 12 by Russia`s Federal Financial Monitoring Service (Rosfinmonitoring), includes journalists, civil activists, and political prisoners who have criticized Moscow`s occupation and...

      Theresa May UK`s new Prime Minister
      Jul13

      Theresa May UK`s new Prime Minister

      Britain`s second female prime minister Theresa May promises ”union of all citizens”, vowing to tackle injustice in society in her first speech as prime minister, The Guardian reports.Theresa May promised to fight ”burning injustice” in British society, govern for the poor and marginalized, and create a union ”between all of our citizens” in her...

      Rada readies to respond to Polish Senate over Volyn tragedy (draft appeal)
      Jul13

      Rada readies to respond to Polish Senate over Volyn tragedy (draft appeal)

      The Ukrainian Parliament expressed concern over the move by the Polish Senate, according to LB.ua which released a copy of a draft appeal by the Ukrainian legislators to their Polish colleagues.The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine condemned the unilateral actions of their Polish counterparts, at the same time calling to stop further politicization of...