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      Ukraine secures funding for Eurovision-2017 – Finance Minister
      Dec06

      Ukraine secures funding for Eurovision-2017 – Finance Minister

      The Eurovision 2017 host city of Kyiv has fully secured the funding for holding an international song contest, Minister of Finance of Ukraine Oleksandr Danyliuk wrote on Facebook. To ensure full financing, UAH 430 million worth of guarantees was allocated and almost UAH 456 million was  provided for in the budget for 2017. In addition, Kyiv as a...

      British Navy ship monitors Russian destroyer through British waters
      Dec06

      British Navy ship monitors Russian destroyer through British waters

      HMS Sutherland, a Type 23 frigate, was sent from her base at Devonport, Plymouth, to the edge of the English Channel to meet Vice Admiral Kulakov, The Telegraph reports. The Russian ship, an Udaloy class destroyer, was recently operating in the Eastern Mediterranean, and is now on her return journey, where she has been escorted by other NATO...

      Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, and YouTube joining efforts to fight terrorism
      Dec06

      Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, and YouTube joining efforts to fight terrorism

      The United States` biggest social networks are working together to build a database of photos and videos used to recruit people into terrorism, the companies said, according to The Verge. Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, and Google`s YouTube will create a shared database that identifies images via a unique digital fingerprint, making it easier for...

      Ukrainian citizen Panov illegally captured and tortured in Crimea into confessing – lawyer
      Dec06

      Ukrainian citizen Panov illegally captured and tortured in Crimea into confessing – lawyer

      Ukrainian citizen Yevhen Panov was reportedly tortured into confessing ”sabotage” plans for Crimea after he had been detained on the Russian-occupied peninsula, according to the detainee`s lawyer. ”There`s some hidden agenda in the case. According to my client, investigators still visit him and persuade him to give up our services as lawyers,”...

      Ukraine envoy to UN: Kremlin uses same methods in Donbas, Syria
      Dec06

      Ukraine envoy to UN: Kremlin uses same methods in Donbas, Syria

      Ukraine`s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Volodymyr Yelchenko condemned the blocking by Russia and China of the resolution on a week-long truce in Aleppo. The Ukrainian envoy compared the situation in Syria with what has been happening in Donbas. ”The methods used by Russia and the forces under its control in Donbas are exactly the...

      Russia, China block U.N. demand for seven-day Aleppo truce
      Dec05

      Russia, China block U.N. demand for seven-day Aleppo truce

      Russia and China on Monday vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution that would have demanded a seven-day truce in Syria`s Aleppo, with Russia arguing it would allow rebels to regroup and that time was needed for talks between Washington and Moscow, according to Reuters. It was the sixth time Russia has vetoed a Security Council resolution on...

      EU nations near compromise on how to counter Russian gas supply risks
      Dec05

      EU nations near compromise on how to counter Russian gas supply risks

      EU nations are edging toward a compromise on a proposal to guard against gas supply disruptions, agreeing to share details on contracts and cooperate across borders, the Slovak presidency said on Monday, according to Reuters. Cuts in gas supplies from Russia in 2006 and 2009 exposed the bloc`s vulnerability – particularly in eastern Europe...

      Secret warehouse of Russian demining unit near Donetsk kindergarten revealed
      Dec05

      Secret warehouse of Russian demining unit near Donetsk kindergarten revealed

      Ukrainian volunteer intel community InformNapalm reported on its latest discovery as a result of OSINT efforts. InformNapalm published pictures showing a demining system UR-77 Meteorite, BKT RK2 or TMK-2 vehicle and charges for the UZP demining system, which contain 725 kg of PVV-7 explosive each. ”It is assumed that the warehouse is used for...

      Russia is ”threat No.1” – U.S. Air Force Secretary
      Dec05

      Russia is ”threat No.1” – U.S. Air Force Secretary

      Russia`s increasing military activities around the world have unsettled top U.S. military officials, who say they are reshaping their budget plans to better address what they now consider to be the most pressing threat to U.S. security, Reuters reports. ”Russia is the No. 1 threat to the United States,” Air Force Secretary Deborah James told...

      Ukrainian  local budgets` receipts in 11 months estimated at US$ 5 bln in equivalent
      Dec05

      Ukrainian local budgets` receipts in 11 months estimated at US$ 5 bln in equivalent

      Receipts of the Ukrainian local budgets` general fund January through November 2016, excluding inter-budget transfers, were estimated at UAH 131.9 billion, or $5 billion in the equivalent, according to Ukraine`s Finance Ministry. This was 49.6%, or UAH 43.7 billion, up year-over-year, the ministry said. The receipts in the 11 months accounted for...