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Ukraine Finance Minister discusses cooperation with IMF, World Bank officials
Ukraine`s Minister of Finance Oleksandr Danyliuk discussed urgent problems of cooperation between Ukraine, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank at the annual meeting of the IMF and the World Bank Group held on October 6-9 in Washington, DC. ”As for the World Bank, we are currently in an active period – we are reviewing the...
PACE President calls for Russia`s return to Assembly
President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Pedro Agramunt insists that the Assembly should take all necessary steps to return Russian delegates to the plenary hall, according to Europeiska Pravda. While opening the autumn session of PACE, he said that the situation with no Russian delegation at the Assembly is...
Kyiv Commercial Court to consider ACU claim against Gazprom
Kyiv Commercial Court has accepted a claim of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (ACU) against the Russian gas monopoly Gazprom regarding the forced recovery of a UAH 86 billion fine, as stated in the court documents published on its website. The court hearings have been scheduled for October 31. ”The Commercial Court of Kyiv has received a...
France to call for war crimes probe against Russia over Syria
The French foreign minister has said he will ask the International Court of Justice to investigate possible war crimes in Syria, according to The Independent. ”We do not agree with what Russia is doing, bombarding Aleppo. France is committed as never before to saving the population of Aleppo,” Jean-Marc Ayrault said, The Independent reports....
”Absurd charges”: Russian Journalist Union requires FSB explanation on Sushchenko`s arrest
Chairman of the Russian Union of Journalists Vsevolod Bogdanov has sent a letter to the head of Russia`s FSB Federal Security Service, Alexander Bortnikov, requesting to provide detailed explanations on the arrest of Ukrinform journalist Roman Sushchenko. ”It is reported that immediately after your appeal on behalf of the Russian Union of...
Hollande says unsure whether to receive Putin during Paris visit – Reuters
French President Francois Hollande said he was unsure whether to see his Russian counterpart when he visits Paris on October 19 and condemned Vladimir Putin`s ”unacceptable” support for Syrian air strikes, in excerpts from a TV interview released on Sunday, according to Reuters. Asked about the visit, Hollande told TF1 television he would...
Ukraine working toward becoming U.S. ally outside NATO – Poltorak
Ukraine is working on obtaining the status of the main ally of the United States outside NATO, Ukrainian Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak said in an interview with LB.ua published on Sunday, October 9. ”There is a task set by the president of Ukraine to work in this direction… We are negotiating with the United States. By the end of the...
Ex-Kyiv mayor fails Georgia parliament vote as independent candidate
Former Kyiv Mayor Leonid Chernovetsky has become third in Adjaria`s Kobuleti single-member district No. 71, running for Georgian parliament as an independent candidate nominated by a group of citizens. Chernovetsky scored 11.8% out of 50% of the required votes after the Georgian Central Election Commission had processed ballot papers from 45 out...
Minister of Foreign Affairs says other scenarios exist if Minsk implementation fails
Ukraine`s Minister of Foreign Affairs Pavlo Klimkin says that there are other scenarios to settle the situation in Donbas if the implementation of the Minsk peace agreements fails. ”I`ve got ideas and scenarios of how to move further but I`m sure we`re on the right track,” he told TV Channel 112 Ukraine when answering a question if there is a...
Ukrinform journalist left without food, water on first day of arrest in Moscow
Journalist from Ukraine`s Ukrinform news agency Roman Sushchenko, who has been arrested in Moscow, was left without food and water on the first day of his detention, and he has lost about six kilograms while in custody, according to Russia`s Novaya Gazeta. ”We have asked Roman if any physical pressure was applied to him. Sushchenko answered `no.`...