Section: News & Summaries

      Ex-deputy head of Naftogaz shoots himself as law enforcers try to arrest him
      Dec21

      Ex-deputy head of Naftogaz shoots himself as law enforcers try to arrest him

      Former deputy head of Naftogaz of Ukraine energy holding, who had been in office at the time of Viktor Yanukovych presidency, Hennady Yuriev, has committed suicide in his home in Vinnytsia region, according to the press secretary of Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko. It is noted that today, December 21, military prosecutors have come to his house...

      Key figures of Ukraine budget 2017: UAH 27.2 per dollar, inflation at 8%
      Dec21

      Key figures of Ukraine budget 2017: UAH 27.2 per dollar, inflation at 8%

      The Verkhovna Rada in the early hours of Wednesday adopted as a whole the government-proposed draft state budget for 2017, providing for a 3% deficit and economic growth laid down at 3%. Budget revenues are set at the level of UAH 721.4 billion, expenses – at UAH 790.4 billion. The deficit ceiling is set at UAH 77.5 billion. Macroeconomic...

      Onyshchenko`s ”gas schemes”: fugitive MP says will testify to National Anti Corruption Bureau of ukraine via Skype Dec 22
      Dec21

      Onyshchenko`s ”gas schemes”: fugitive MP says will testify to National Anti Corruption Bureau of ukraine via Skype Dec 22

      Ukraine`s fugitive legislator Oleksandr Onyshchenko has said he will testify to the National Anti-Corruption Bureau via a video conference on December 22, according to an UNIAN correspondent. ”They [NABU] have agreed on my Skype conference [interrogation] tomorrow,” Onyshchenko told reporters at a Skype press conference. At the same time, he...

      New law on guarantees of retail deposits in state banks adopted by Ukrainian Parliament
      Dec21

      New law on guarantees of retail deposits in state banks adopted by Ukrainian Parliament

      The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has adopted as a basis and as a whole the draft law submitted by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on amendments to the Law of Ukraine ”On banks and banking activity”, involving state guarantee of individuals` deposits in state banks. The relevant decision was supported by 276 MPs with a minimum of 226 votes...

      Two Chechen battalions to be deployed in Syria
      Dec21

      Two Chechen battalions to be deployed in Syria

      Russian authorities have ordered the Chechen leaders to form two new combat battalions to be deployed in Syria for Russia`s boots-on-the-ground operation, the Novaya Gazeta outlet has learned, according to Ukraine Today. The authorities of the Russia`s autonomous republic of Chechnya will form two battalions of 600 persons, the newspaper says,...

      Russia`s hybrid war against Ukraine ongoing for 25 years – U.S. Ambassador
      Dec21

      Russia`s hybrid war against Ukraine ongoing for 25 years – U.S. Ambassador

      Ambassador of the United States to Ukraine Marie L. Yovanovitch has said that the so-called ”hybrid war” of the Russian Federation against Ukraine began even before this term emerged. At a Kyiv presentation of the Foreign Policy Audit study, Yovanovitch said that over the 25 years since Ukraine had gained independence, the country remained in a...

      Ukrainian Parliament approves establishment of export-credit agency
      Dec21

      Ukrainian Parliament approves establishment of export-credit agency

      The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has approved the establishment of an Export-Credit Agency with the main task of supporting large-scale expansion and doubling the volume of exports by 2019. The bill on ensuring the large-scale export expansion of Ukrainian producers through insuring, guaranteeing, and reducing the cost of export lending (No.2142a)...

      Release of hostages, escalation near Svitlodarsk to be discussed in Minsk on December 21
      Dec21

      Release of hostages, escalation near Svitlodarsk to be discussed in Minsk on December 21

      The release of hostages, the opening of the Zolote exit and entry checkpoint, as well as the aggravation of the situation at the Svitlodarsk arc will be discussed at the meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group in Minsk on December 21, 112 Ukraine TV channel reports. ”The meeting of the four working groups will begin, and at 14:00 local time...

      National Bank of Ukraine chief voices terms of PrivatBank stabilization
      Dec21

      National Bank of Ukraine chief voices terms of PrivatBank stabilization

      Head of the National Bank of Ukraine Valeria Gontareva has said that the stabilization process of the nationalized PrivatBank can take between one and three years, DT.ua reported. ”I think, PrivatBank will have its value and it could be sold… According to my calculations, it would take at least a year, but no more than three years,”...

      Turkey tells U.S. that Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen was behind Russian diplomat`s killings
      Dec21

      Turkey tells U.S. that Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen was behind Russian diplomat`s killings

      Turkey`s foreign minister has told U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that Ankara and Moscow believe followers of Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen were behind the killing of Russian ambassador Andrei Karlov, ministry sources said on Tuesday, according to Reuters. Ankara has also accused Gulen of orchestrating a failed coup in July, a charge the...