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      Macron on top after first presidential debate of French race
      Mar22

      Macron on top after first presidential debate of French race

      In the first debate between the main contenders to become France`s next president the centrist front-runner emerged with his lead intact, according to Bloomberg. Emmanuel Macron, a 39-year-old running for office for the first time, parried attacks from both ends of the political spectrum as he navigated questions on the economy, terrorism, and...

      MFA Ukraine says detention of UNIAN journalist in Moscow ”provocation”
      Mar21

      MFA Ukraine says detention of UNIAN journalist in Moscow ”provocation”

      The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine called the detention of an UNIAN journalist in Moscow Roman Tsymbaliuk a provocation by Russian authorities, according to ministry`s press secretary Mariana Betsa. ”The detention of journalist R. Tsymbaliuk is a provocation on the part of the Russian Federation,” she tweeted. ”The Consul took off to the...

      Manafort falsified invoice to Belize company to legitimize Yanukovych`s $750,000 payment to himself – Ukrainian MP
      Mar21

      Manafort falsified invoice to Belize company to legitimize Yanukovych`s $750,000 payment to himself – Ukrainian MP

      Viktor Yanukovych`s Party of Regions in 2009 through deliberately concluded fictitious contracts on the alleged sale of computers through an offshore company transferred $750,000 to the account of the ousted Ukrainian president`s former adviser Paul Manafort, MP Serhiy Leshchenko told a Kyiv press conference Tuesday, an UNIAN correspondent...

      Tillerson plans to skip NATO meeting, visit Russia in April – media
      Mar21

      Tillerson plans to skip NATO meeting, visit Russia in April – media

      U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson plans to skip a meeting with NATO foreign ministers next month in order to stay home for a visit by China`s president and will go to Russia later in April, U.S. officials said on Monday, disclosing an itinerary that allies may see as giving Moscow priority over them, according to Reuters. Tillerson intends to...

      Moscow police detain UNIAN correspondent Roman Tsymbaliuk
      Mar21

      Moscow police detain UNIAN correspondent Roman Tsymbaliuk

      Ukrainian journalist Roman Tsymbaliuk, who has an official accreditation of the Russian Foreign Ministry, was detained in Moscow along with his interviewee, a graduate student who earlier flew a Ukrainian flag over the Moscow State University dorm. ”We found Zakhar, the hero who flew the Ukrainian flag over Moscow State University on the third...

      Private Domain: USA: A Note on “Proprietary Government”
      Mar21

      Private Domain: USA: A Note on “Proprietary Government”

      Read as I do. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was poised to ride this momentum into Northeast Asia last week, but instead sustained a series of self-inflicted wounds. Before even departing Washington, he broke tradition by not inviting the State Department press corps on his plane, needlessly damaging relations with the media and forgoing the...

      Lukashenko reports arrests of militants preparing armed provocation in Belarus, accuses Ukraine, Lithuania and Poland
      Mar21

      Lukashenko reports arrests of militants preparing armed provocation in Belarus, accuses Ukraine, Lithuania and Poland

      Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko announces the militants who had been preparing to stage an armed provocation have been apprehended in Belarus, BelTA has learned. When asked about possible reasons behind the more active operation of the so-called fifth column and various opposition bodies lately, Lukashenko said: ”It turned out that some of...

      Ukraine expects to resume egg exports to Israel in spring
      Mar21

      Ukraine expects to resume egg exports to Israel in spring

      Ukraine expects to resume this spring egg exports to Israel, which were halted in January 2016, due to the Israelis` suspicions on possible salmonella contamination, head of the State Food Safety and Consumer Protection Service Volodymyr Lapa told a press conference. He noted that the Israeli side requested that Ukraine inform them on the main...

      Gazprom files cassation against Ukraine anti-trust watchdog`s fine
      Mar21

      Gazprom files cassation against Ukraine anti-trust watchdog`s fine

      PJSC Gazprom has appealed in cassation the ruling of the Kyiv Economic Court of Appeal on enforcing a UAH 85.9 billion (US$3.4 billion) fine and the same amount of penalty, on claims by Ukraine`s Anti-Monopoly Committee, according to AMC head Yuriy Terentyev, Liga.net reports. ”The ruling was handed down by the appellate instance, and [now]...

      U.S. NSA director Rogers explains why Russia needs Ukraine`s Crimea
      Mar21

      U.S. NSA director Rogers explains why Russia needs Ukraine`s Crimea

      Director of the U.S. National Security Agency (NAS), Admiral Mike Rogers says Russia has no intention to return Crimea back to Ukraine, according to the Ukrainian language service of Voice of America (VOA). Answering a question whether Russia has intentions to return Crimea, he told a  congressional panel on Monday, March 20: ”They have publicly...