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      Prosecutor General`s Office of Ukraine reveals UAH 1 bln fraud at insolvent Finance and Credit Bank
      Oct28

      Prosecutor General`s Office of Ukraine reveals UAH 1 bln fraud at insolvent Finance and Credit Bank

      The Prosecutor General`s Office (PGO) has exposed an illegal financial transaction by employees of insolvent Finance and Credit Bank, a spokeswoman for Ukrainian Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko Larysa Sargan wrote on Facebook. ”The department for investigation of particularly important cases in the field of economy with the operational support...

      Ukraine`s consolidated budget deficit touches UAH 32 billion
      Oct28

      Ukraine`s consolidated budget deficit touches UAH 32 billion

      Ukraine`s consolidated budget deficit in the first nine months of 2016 was at UAH 31.692 billion, compared to a surplus of UAH 32.509 billion in the same period last year, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) reported on its website. The consolidated budget revenues for the first nine months of 2016, excluding intergovernmental transfers, amounted...

      Russian political scientist suggests Putin, Surkov`s goal in Ukraine
      Oct28

      Russian political scientist suggests Putin, Surkov`s goal in Ukraine

      The Russian president`s envoy Vladislav Surkov pursues no private goals in Ukraine, Russian political scientist, scholar and publicist Andrey Piontkovsky said in an interview with Online.ua. ”Had they told him to love Ukraine, he would have loved it. They told him to destabilize [the country] – so he has been destabilizing it. Surkov is Putin`s...

      Russian troops attacked Ukraine 54 times in last day
      Oct28

      Russian troops attacked Ukraine 54 times in last day

      Combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 54 times in the past 24 hours, including 34 in the Mariupol sector, three barrages in the Luhansk sector, and 17 in the Donetsk sector, according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. View map in full size In the Mariupol...

      Yazidi activists win Sakharov Prize, but opaque process sparks debate
      Oct28

      Yazidi activists win Sakharov Prize, but opaque process sparks debate

      The European Parliament has awarded its Sakharov Prize For Freedom Of Thought to two Yazidi survivors of sexual enslavement and other brutality at the hands of the militant group Islamic State (IS), but the choice was marred by a dispute that cast a pall over the informal process to pick a winner, according to Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty...

      Ukraine PM Groysman and French Foreign Minister Ayrault discuss deployment of OSCE police mission in Donbas
      Oct28

      Ukraine PM Groysman and French Foreign Minister Ayrault discuss deployment of OSCE police mission in Donbas

      Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman and French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault on Thursday discussed the prospects of deploying an armed OSCE police mission in Donbas, the press service of the Ukrainian Government reported. The prime minister thanked France for its assistance to Ukraine in countering Russian aggression. ”The...

      Tycoon Akhmetov again named the richest Ukrainian
      Oct28

      Tycoon Akhmetov again named the richest Ukrainian

      Businessman from Donetsk Rinat Akhmetov has again topped the rating of the 100 richest Ukrainians, which was compiled by the Novoye Vremia Weekly jointly with investment company Dragon Capital, according to TV news service TSN. As was the case last year, tycoon Akhmetov ranks first. His assets are estimated at $4.1 billion. War in Donbas has...

      Russia ships secret military cargo from Syria to occupied Crimea – OSINT activists
      Oct28

      Russia ships secret military cargo from Syria to occupied Crimea – OSINT activists

      International non-governmental intelligence community InformNapalm says it has caught trail of a secret cargo, which arrived from Syria in the occupied Crimea in high secrecy. ”On October 20, 2016, at approximately 13:00, Nadalina cargo ship under the flag of Sierra Leone heading from Tartous (Syria) via the Romanian sea port of Navodari entered...

      Poroshenko, Erdogan condemn human rights violations in Russian-occupied Crimea
      Oct28

      Poroshenko, Erdogan condemn human rights violations in Russian-occupied Crimea

      President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko late Thursday had a telephone conversation with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, according to the Ukrainian president`s press service. Petro Poroshenko has congratulated the Turkish people with the upcoming ninety-third anniversary of the proclamation of the Republic of Turkey. President Poroshenko...

      Ukrainian E-declaration system DDoS-ed – Special Communication Service
      Oct28

      Ukrainian E-declaration system DDoS-ed – Special Communication Service

      An emergency session of National anti-corruption bureau was called on Thursday, October 27. The bureau members discussed technical faults with the e-declaration system, according to Ukraine Today. The deadline for delivering declarations is due on Monday, October 31. After two months of delays, now civil servants finally filling in the...