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      Court rejects defense`s appeal over confiscation of ”Yanukovych assets”
      May25

      Court rejects defense`s appeal over confiscation of ”Yanukovych assets”

      The Donetsk Regional Appeals Court has refused to commence proceedings regarding the confiscation of $1.5 billion on the appeal of the team of lawyers, representatives of non-resident companies of ex-president Viktor Yanukovych`s criminal organization, according to the Prosecutor General`s Office of Ukraine. However, the PGO has not yet received...

      OSCE envoy Sajdik: Number of civilians killed in Donbas more than doubles
      May25

      OSCE envoy Sajdik: Number of civilians killed in Donbas more than doubles

      Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office to the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG) on the settlement of the Donbas crisis, Ambassador Martin Sajdik says that the number of civilians killed in the east of Ukraine January through May 2017 soared by 120% year-over-year, according to the Belarussian telegraph agency BELTA. ”This has been...

      Russian-controlled media spread false information about Ukraine`s national nuclear company – EU-Ukraine Business Council
      May25

      Russian-controlled media spread false information about Ukraine`s national nuclear company – EU-Ukraine Business Council

      Founding Director of the EU-Ukraine Business Council James Wilson says that the pro-Russian nuclear lobby and Russian-controlled media spread false information and rumors about the activities of Ukraine`s national nuclear energy generating company Energoatom and equipment suppliers for nuclear power plants due to the fact that the company reduces...

      China receives the first contract for dredging in ”Yuzhny”
      May25

      China receives the first contract for dredging in ”Yuzhny”

      Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) and China Harbor Engineering Company (CHEC) have signed a contract for dredging works under the project ”Reconstruction of water access, and operational water areas at berths, given cargo turnover prospects of Yuzhny seaport,” UkrAgroConsult reports . Chinese specialists will increase the depth of the access...

      Stoltenberg says Donbas fighting reason NATO strengthening eastern flanks
      May25

      Stoltenberg says Donbas fighting reason NATO strengthening eastern flanks

      NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg expects France and Germany to raise the issue of the implementation of Minsk agreements during the meeting of the Alliance leaders on Thursday, May 25, according to an UNIAN correspondent in Brussels. ”I expect several allies, and especially France and Germany being in the Normandy format, to raise and also...

      Wave of raids across Ukraine targets former Income Ministry officials, 23 detained
      May25

      Wave of raids across Ukraine targets former Income Ministry officials, 23 detained

      Twenty-three officials of the former Ministry of Income and Fees have been detained as law enforcers launch raids across Ukraine, Interior Minister Arsen Avakov and Ukraine`s chief military prosecutor Anatoliy Matios said, 112 Ukraine reported. ”I think this is the largest anti-corruption operation ever held nationwide. The investigation revealed...

      Ukraine to allow cargo transit to unrecognized Transnistria only under Moldova control
      May25

      Ukraine to allow cargo transit to unrecognized Transnistria only under Moldova control

      Transit of goods to the unrecognized Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic through the territory of Ukraine will be performed only upon agreement with the National Food Safety Agency of the Republic of Moldova, according to the Ukrainian State Food Safety and Consumer Protection Service. ”Decree No. 33 of May 17, 2017, issued by Ukraine`s chief state...

      NATO leaders to discuss Russia in Brussels today
      May25

      NATO leaders to discuss Russia in Brussels today

      NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said that the leaders of the countries-members of the North Atlantic Alliance will discuss the policy and relations with Russia at the meeting in Brussels on Thursday, according to an UNIAN correspondent. ”Russia is on NATO`s agenda always and Russia will be discussed during the meeting later on today,”...

      Russian spies seek EU recruits in fight clubs
      May25

      Russian spies seek EU recruits in fight clubs

      Russian intelligence services are using martial arts clubs to recruit potential troublemakers in Germany and other EU countries, security experts have warned, according to EU Observer. The number of clubs is higher than previously reported and the ”sleeper cells” could stage violent provocations ahead of the upcoming German elections, they said,...

      Russia sends 65th ”humanitarian convoy” with weapon and ammo to Donbas
      May25

      Russia sends 65th ”humanitarian convoy” with weapon and ammo to Donbas

      The Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations has sent its 65th ”humanitarian convoy” to Donbas, the ministry`s press service reported. ”A truck convoy of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations with `humanitarian aid` for Donbas crossed the Russian-Ukrainian border,” reads the report. The bulk of the cargo supposedly consists of children`s...