Section: News & Summaries

      Russian shipborne air task force arrives in Mediterranean
      Nov01

      Russian shipborne air task force arrives in Mediterranean

      The Russian shipborne air strike force led by the missile cruiser Pyotr Veliky has arrived in the Mediterranean Sea, Russia`s Defense Minister Army General Sergey Shoigu said on Tuesday, according to Russian news agency TASS. ”Last week, our shipborne air strike force led by the missile cruisier Pyotr Veliky made a passage through the eastern...

      Ukrainians can swap passport book for passport card from Nov 1
      Nov01

      Ukrainians can swap passport book for passport card from Nov 1

      All Ukrainians can swap their passport book for a brand-new passport card from November 1, 2016, according to Cabinet resolution No. 745. ”To introduce from November 1, 2016, the issuance (including if stolen or lost), the exchange of passport books of citizens of Ukraine, using the means of the National Demographic Registry, for contactless...

      Ukrainian National TV Company head Alasania resigns ahead of Eurovision in Ukraine
      Nov01

      Ukrainian National TV Company head Alasania resigns ahead of Eurovision in Ukraine

      Director General of the National Television Company of Ukraine (NTU) Zurab Alasania has submitted a letter of resignation, saying his step is aimed at drawing attention to the problems with the budget of the 2017 Eurovision song contest and Suspilne TV (Public Broadcaster), according to MediaPort news agency. ”But I`m resigning now. Perhaps this...

      Lawyer Feygin admits Sushchenko`s swap for spy prosecuted in Ukraine
      Nov01

      Lawyer Feygin admits Sushchenko`s swap for spy prosecuted in Ukraine

      Mark Feygin, the Russian lawyer of Ukrainian journalist Roman Sushchenko, who has been arrested in Russia, predicts that his client`s case may end with the exchange for a person who is prosecuted in Ukraine, according to TV Channel 112 Ukraine. ”I have a feeling this will end with the exchange at their [Russia`s] initiative for some spy or not...

      Almost half of attacks on Ukraine troops in Donbas focus on Mariupol sector
      Nov01

      Almost half of attacks on Ukraine troops in Donbas focus on Mariupol sector

      Combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 36 times in the past 24 hours, including 17 in the Mariupol sector, nine barrages in the Luhansk sector, and 10 in the Donetsk sector, according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. In the Mariupol sector, the enemy fired...

      “Increasingly aggressive” Russia a growing threat to UK – MI5 head
      Nov01

      “Increasingly aggressive” Russia a growing threat to UK – MI5 head

      Russia poses an increasing threat to the stability of the UK and is using all the sophisticated tools at its disposal to achieve its aims, the director general of MI5 has told the Guardian. In the first newspaper interview given by an incumbent MI5 chief in the service`s 107-year history, Andrew Parker said that at a time when much of the focus...

      Poll: 42% of Ukrainians want early parliament election
      Nov01

      Poll: 42% of Ukrainians want early parliament election

      As of September this year, 42% of the population in Ukraine said they would support early elections to the Verkhovna Rada, the country`s parliament, according to a public opinion poll conducted by Rating Group Ukraine at the request of the International Republican Institute. At the same time, 64% of the polled said they would go to vote if the...

      Russia`s renewed might rests on weak economic foundations
      Nov01

      Russia`s renewed might rests on weak economic foundations

      Speaking at an annual conference near Sochi last week, Russian president Vladimir Putin once again railed at the U.S. for allegedly misusing its global hegemony of the past 25 years and shutting Russia out of creating the post-cold war world order, according to the Financial Times. There was also an implicit assumption in his speech: that as the...

      Reuters: Oil prices rise from one-month lows after OPEC approves strategy
      Nov01

      Reuters: Oil prices rise from one-month lows after OPEC approves strategy

      Oil prices edged higher from one-month lows in early trading in Asia on Tuesday after OPEC agreed on a long-term strategy that was seen as an indication the cartel was reaching a consensus on managing production, according to Reuters. But the gains were limited as the market was weighed down by further indications of record output from the group,...

      Putin set to launch huge attack on Aleppo – intelligence
      Nov01

      Putin set to launch huge attack on Aleppo – intelligence

      Vladimir Putin will launch a full-scale military assault on the Syrian city of Aleppo as early as this week, according to Western intelligence, The Australian reports citing The Times. The Russian President plans to exploit a political hiatus in Washington during the presidential election and its aftermath to ­secure a decisive victory in the...