Section: News & Summaries

      Putin grants Russian citizenship to Hollywood star Steven Seagal
      Nov03

      Putin grants Russian citizenship to Hollywood star Steven Seagal

      Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to grant Russian citizenship to Hollywood actor and martial artist Steven Seagal, the Kremlin said on its website on Thursday. It is worth noting that Seagal has repeatedly visited Russia and met with Putin. In August 2014, the actor visited occupied Crimea. In January 2016, Seagal obtained...

      Ukraine was held on gas leash for 25 years – Poroshenko
      Nov03

      Ukraine was held on gas leash for 25 years – Poroshenko

      Independence is an important component – something that the country has been missing for 25 years – energy independence. Ukraine was held on a gas leash, like a puppy, for 25 years, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said at an opening of a new gas well in Lviv region, the president`s press service reported. Building up own gas...

      Aide of Russian MP among mercenaries killed in Syria war – media
      Nov03

      Aide of Russian MP among mercenaries killed in Syria war – media

      An aide of LDPR deputy of the Russian parliament Mykhail Degtyaryov was killed in Syria while taking part in the conflict among other Russian mercenaries, Reuters reported. Degtyaryov told Reuters that the man, Sergei Morozov, was a friend and confirmed that he had died in combat during the battle for Palmyra. Reuters also reported Morozov had...

      Clinton may greenlight lethal aid for Ukraine if she wins election – ex-U.S. ambassador
      Nov03

      Clinton may greenlight lethal aid for Ukraine if she wins election – ex-U.S. ambassador

      If Hillary Clinton becomes president of the United States, it is likely that she will retain key elements of President Barack Obama`s policy toward Ukraine, said former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, now a Senior Fellow at Brookings Institute Steven Pifer, ZN.ua reports. In particular, Pifer said Ms Clinton could continue to support Kyiv, as well as...

      Ukraine reports almost 50 Russian attacks in Donbas; Grads used in Luhansk sector
      Nov03

      Ukraine reports almost 50 Russian attacks in Donbas; Grads used in Luhansk sector

      Combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 47 times in the past 24 hours, including 26 barrages in the Mariupol sector, 13 in the Luhansk sector, and eight in the Donetsk sector, according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. View map in full size In the Mariupol...

      U.N. says 239 migrants die in two shipwrecks off Libya
      Nov03

      U.N. says 239 migrants die in two shipwrecks off Libya

      At least 239 migrants, believed to be from West Africa, have died in two shipwrecks off Libya, a spokesman for the United Nations migration agency, said on Thursday, according to Reuters. One group of migrants, including about 20 women and six children, set off in a rubber dinghy from Libya around 03:00 on Wednesday, but their boat collapsed...

      SurkovLeaks 2: Secret Minsk agreements
      Nov03

      SurkovLeaks 2: Secret Minsk agreements

      The pullback of Russian-made heavy flamethrower systems, the so-called Buratino (”Pinocchio”), from the contact line in Donbas, eastern Ukraine, was discussed during Trilateral Contact Group talks in Minsk in January 2015, yet, there is no mention of this type of military hardware in open sources featuring the Minsk agreements concluded on...

      Ukrainian Prosecutor General head Lutsenko asks Rada to strip Member of Parliament, oligarch Novinsky of immunity
      Nov03

      Ukrainian Prosecutor General head Lutsenko asks Rada to strip Member of Parliament, oligarch Novinsky of immunity

      Ukrainian Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko has asked the Vekhovna Rada, Ukraine`s parliament to strip Opposition Bloc Member of Parliament, oligarch Vadym Novinsky of parliamentary immunity to hold him liable in ex-president Viktor Yanukovych`s case. The Prosecutor General`s Office (PGO) has sent a motion to the Verkhovna Rada, asking for...

      Depositors of failed banks block Kyiv`s center, clash with police
      Nov03

      Depositors of failed banks block Kyiv`s center, clash with police

      Depositors of bankrupt banks have partially blocked Khreshchatyk Street in Kyiv, according to an UNIAN correspondent. People are demanding that the authorities, in particular NBU Governor Valeria Gontareva, refund them deposits they stored in the banks. About 100 participants of the rally were trying to set fire to car tires, but firefighters...

      Hague court wants proof of magnitude of Euromaidan crimes – Prosecutor General`s Office of Ukraine
      Nov03

      Hague court wants proof of magnitude of Euromaidan crimes – Prosecutor General`s Office of Ukraine

      The says the International Criminal Court (ICC) thinks there is not enough proof of the magnitude of Euromaidan crimes, and Ukrainian Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko is going to The Hague, the Netherlands, to hold talks with ICC representatives pending the anniversary of the Revolution of Dignity, according to Channel 5. ”The next anniversary...