Section: News & Summaries
OSCE SMM Deputy Chief elaborates on procedure of armed mission deployment in Donbas
The decision to deploy in Donbas the armed police mission of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe should be taken by the organization`s Permanent Council, that`s according to First Principal Deputy Chief of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine Alexander Hug, who spoke at a Kyiv briefing Friday, an UNIAN correspondent...
Normandy Four talks ”lowered risk” of Russia`s offensive in Donbas – diplomatic source
The Normandy Four dinner in Berlin has reduced the likelihood of Russia`s large-scale offensive on positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Donbas, a source in diplomatic circles has told UNIAN. The source has said that during the talks, the Ukrainian delegation received assurances from the Russian side that Moscow would contribute to the...
Donald Trump is making America more Russian by the day – Business Insider
The longer Donald Trump is the center of American discourse, the more Americans sound like Russians, according to an editorial by Linette Lopez published by Business Insider. Trump is fomenting conspiracy theories and delegitimizing the media and the government. Russia watchers know well that that`s a Kremlin tactic. The way the Russian...
DDoS attack downs ”half of the internet” in U.S., Europe today – media
Twitter, Spotify and Reddit, and a huge swath of other websites were down October 21. This was happening as hackers unleashed a large distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on the servers of Dyn, a major DNS host. It`s probably safe to assume that the two situations are related, Gizmodo reports. Dyn posted this update on its website:...
Ukrainian officials must be taught to respect small businesses – EBRD
Ukraine is in a critical need of strengthening the role of small and medium-sized businesses, which requires proper communication on the part of government agencies, that`s according to Sevki Acuner, head of the Ukrainian office of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Ukraine should launch a training program for public officials,...
Egypt sold Mistral battleships to Russia for USD 1: Polish defense minister
Egypt has sold two French-built Mistral battleships to Russia – which originally commissioned the ships – for $1, said Polish Defence Minister Antoni Macierewicz, Radio Poland reports. ”It is true that the Mistrals were sold to Egypt, and it is true that in recent days they have de facto been transferred to Russia for one dollar. This operation...
Ukrainian government to maintain simplified system of taxation
The Ukrainian government in the framework of implementing commitments to its key creditor, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), will maintain the existing simplified system of taxation of businesses, but will strongly fight against attempts of large companies to use this system for tax avoidance, according to a posting on the government`s...
There They Go Again: International Media Enables Russian Aggression in Ukraine
When does a Russian warlord become a “pro-Russian separatist?” Newsrooms around the world may want to ask themselves this question following Russian militant leader Arsen Pavlov’s assassination in Donetsk in mid-October. In the wake of the killing, one news report after another ran with headlines referring to Pavlov as a pro-Russian...
Epicenter of Russian aggression shifts toward Mariupol sector over past two weeks – Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine
Due to a significant increase in the number of attacks over the past two weeks, particularly in the Mariupol sector, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov visited this sector of the Anti-Terrorist Operation zone, where he held a meeting with the ATO military leadership, the NSDC press service...
EU to decide on suspension mechanism for visa-free regime for Ukraine in early November: journalist
EU Council and the European Parliament will decide on the suspension mechanism for visa free in early November, according to Rikard Jozwiak, Brussels reporter for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. ”Seems like a deal on the suspension mechanism for visa free now might be reached first in the week 7-11 Nov.,” he tweeted on Friday, October 21. As...