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      TASS: Three persons killed in helicopter crash-landing in Russia`s Yamal-Nenets Area
      Apr19

      TASS: Three persons killed in helicopter crash-landing in Russia`s Yamal-Nenets Area

      Russia`s Ministry for Emergency Situations and Civil Defense has reported that the three persons who were aboard a Robinson helicopter, which disappeared near Bely island in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area on Monday are dead, according to Russian news agency TASS.”The Robinson helicopter had to crash-land and the people aboard died,” a spokesman...

      Poroshenko calls Putin to facilitate release of Nadia Savchenko
      Apr18

      Poroshenko calls Putin to facilitate release of Nadia Savchenko

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has spoken on the phone with President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin to accelerate the release of the Ukrainian female pilot and MP Nadia Savchenko, according to the Ukrainian president`s press service.”Poroshenko said Ukraine urges Russia to immediately release Nadia Savchenko,” says the press...

      Poroshenko instructs Finance Ministry, Fiscal Service to ”take first step” to deoffshorization
      Apr18

      Poroshenko instructs Finance Ministry, Fiscal Service to ”take first step” to deoffshorization

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko instructed the Ministry of Finance and the State Fiscal Service to take action toward Ukraine`s accession to the international convention on access to the accounts of non-residents, the president`s press service has told UNIAN.The issue was discussed during the working meeting with the representatives of...

      Russia wants to recognize three Ukrainian organizations ”unwanted”
      Apr18

      Russia wants to recognize three Ukrainian organizations ”unwanted”

      The Russian Ministry of Justice, General Prosecutor`s Office and the Foreign Ministry are collecting and analyzing data for the possible banning four non-profit organizations from the so-called ”stop list” adopted last year by the Russian Federation Council, that`s according to the chairman of the international affairs committee of the Federation...

      Savchenko requires Convention on Transfer of Sentenced Persons be applied to her
      Apr18

      Savchenko requires Convention on Transfer of Sentenced Persons be applied to her

      The Ministry of Justice of Ukraine has received an appeal from the Ukrainian female pilot and MP Nadia Savchenko sentenced in Russia to imprisonment with a request to launch the process of her return to Ukraine, Justice Minister Pavlo Petrenko wrote on Facebook.In her letter Savchenko asked to be transferred to Ukraine within the framework of the...

      Avakov speaks of losses of National Guard, Interior Ministry in Donbas
      Apr18

      Avakov speaks of losses of National Guard, Interior Ministry in Donbas

      Interior Minister Arsen Avakov reported on the death of 308 soldiers from the battalions of the National Guard and the Ministry of Interior in hostilities in Donbas over two years of conflict. In his Facebook posting, the Minister expressed support for the volunteer battalions and said that he for the first time gave the official statistics on...

      Jerusalem bus bomb wounds 16, Netanyahu hints at Palestinian link: Reuters
      Apr18

      Jerusalem bus bomb wounds 16, Netanyahu hints at Palestinian link: Reuters

      An explosion aboard a bus in Jerusalem left 16 wounded on Monday, Israeli media said, and police said it may have been a militant attack or the result of a fire from other causes, according to Reuters.A bomb blew up a bus and set fire to another in Jerusalem on Monday, wounding 16 people in an attack that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...

      Lukashenko to sack Govt if plan for Belarus development not fulfilled
      Apr18

      Lukashenko to sack Govt if plan for Belarus development not fulfilled

      Top-ranking government officials, the government, the National Bank and the governors should step efforts to solve Belarus social and economic development issues, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said as he heard out a report on the country`s development in Q1 2016 and the measures to raise the efficiency of the economy on 18 April,...

      Swiss National Bank approves a $200 mln loan to NBU
      Apr18

      Swiss National Bank approves a $200 mln loan to NBU

      The Swiss National Bank will provide a loan to the National Bank of Ukraine in the amount of $200 million in several tranches, which will be used to replenish Ukraine`s international reserves, as reported on the NBU website. The report refers to an earlier signed bilateral loan agreement which entered into force on April 6 between the National...

      Ukraine`s gas stocks in underground facilities grow to 8.6 bcm
      Apr18

      Ukraine`s gas stocks in underground facilities grow to 8.6 bcm

      The stocks of natural gas in Ukraine`s underground storage facilities grew by 1.6% from April 11 to April 16, or 135 million cubic meters (mcm), to 8.595 billion cubic meters (bcm) from 8.46 bcm, according to the operator of Ukraine`s gas transport system, Ukrtransgaz. The average daily volume of pumping gas for underground storage is about 16...