Section: News & Summaries

      Private Domain: USA: A Note on “Proprietary Government”
      Mar21

      Private Domain: USA: A Note on “Proprietary Government”

      Read as I do. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was poised to ride this momentum into Northeast Asia last week, but instead sustained a series of self-inflicted wounds. Before even departing Washington, he broke tradition by not inviting the State Department press corps on his plane, needlessly damaging relations with the media and forgoing the...

      Lukashenko reports arrests of militants preparing armed provocation in Belarus, accuses Ukraine, Lithuania and Poland
      Mar21

      Lukashenko reports arrests of militants preparing armed provocation in Belarus, accuses Ukraine, Lithuania and Poland

      Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko announces the militants who had been preparing to stage an armed provocation have been apprehended in Belarus, BelTA has learned. When asked about possible reasons behind the more active operation of the so-called fifth column and various opposition bodies lately, Lukashenko said: ”It turned out that some of...

      Ukraine expects to resume egg exports to Israel in spring
      Mar21

      Ukraine expects to resume egg exports to Israel in spring

      Ukraine expects to resume this spring egg exports to Israel, which were halted in January 2016, due to the Israelis` suspicions on possible salmonella contamination, head of the State Food Safety and Consumer Protection Service Volodymyr Lapa told a press conference. He noted that the Israeli side requested that Ukraine inform them on the main...

      Gazprom files cassation against Ukraine anti-trust watchdog`s fine
      Mar21

      Gazprom files cassation against Ukraine anti-trust watchdog`s fine

      PJSC Gazprom has appealed in cassation the ruling of the Kyiv Economic Court of Appeal on enforcing a UAH 85.9 billion (US$3.4 billion) fine and the same amount of penalty, on claims by Ukraine`s Anti-Monopoly Committee, according to AMC head Yuriy Terentyev, Liga.net reports. ”The ruling was handed down by the appellate instance, and [now]...

      U.S. NSA director Rogers explains why Russia needs Ukraine`s Crimea
      Mar21

      U.S. NSA director Rogers explains why Russia needs Ukraine`s Crimea

      Director of the U.S. National Security Agency (NAS), Admiral Mike Rogers says Russia has no intention to return Crimea back to Ukraine, according to the Ukrainian language service of Voice of America (VOA). Answering a question whether Russia has intentions to return Crimea, he told a  congressional panel on Monday, March 20: ”They have publicly...

      Five Ukrainian soldiers in Dnipro hospital, two in critical condition
      Mar21

      Five Ukrainian soldiers in Dnipro hospital, two in critical condition

      Chief Physician of Dnipro Regional Mechnikov Clinical Hospital Serhiy Ryzhenko says that two out of the five wounded Ukrainian soldiers who have been taken to Dnipro hospitals in the past 24 hours are in a critical condition, according to 112 Ukraine TV channel. ”Five people have been taken over the past week, three of them are in a serious...

      Turkey`s Erdogan says may review ties with Europe after referendum
      Mar21

      Turkey`s Erdogan says may review ties with Europe after referendum

      Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday said after an April referendum Turkey may review relations with Europe, which he described as `fascist and cruel` and resembling that of the pre-World War Two era, according to Reuters. Turkey and Europe are at loggerheads with Ankara accusing some European countries such as Germany and the Netherlands...

      PACE President visits Syria with Russian Duma delegates, Ukraine reacts
      Mar21

      PACE President visits Syria with Russian Duma delegates, Ukraine reacts

      A delegation of deputies of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) from the Czech Republic, Belgium, Serbia, and Italy and the State Duma of Russia led by PACE President of Pedro Agramunt has arrived in Syria, Channel One Russia has reported. The State Duma deputies are reported to have arranged this visit despite the fact...

      Fitch affirms Ukrainian Railway at `CCC`
      Mar21

      Fitch affirms Ukrainian Railway at `CCC`

      Fitch Ratings has affirmed Ukrainian Railway`s Long-Term Foreign Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at `CCC`, Fitch Ratings said in its press release. Long-Term Local Currency IDR at `RD`, Short-Term Foreign Currency IDR at `C` and National Long-Term rating at `RD(ukr)`, according to Fitch. The Long-term foreign currency rating on Shortline...

      Lawyer Feygin hopes for international assistance in Sushchenko`s case
      Mar21

      Lawyer Feygin hopes for international assistance in Sushchenko`s case

      Mark Feygin, the Russian lawyer of Ukrainian journalist Roman Sushchenko remanded in custody in Russia, says the negotiations on the exchange or release of his client are underway, and the journalist`s defense hopes for international assistance in this case, 112 Ukraine TV channel reported. ”Negotiations on Sushchenko`s exchange or release – no...