Section: News & Summaries
Chief prosecutor Lutsenko: ”Significant progress” in Sheremet case
Ukrainian Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko said ”significant progress” has been made in the investigation into the murder of Belarusian journalist Pavel Sheremet, who was killed in a car blast in Kyiv, where he lived, but the information is not public, according to a UNIAN correspondent. ”There is no information about the Sheremet case that can...
Judge Chaus detained on bribery charges, hides money in glass jar
Deputy Prosecutor General and chief of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor`s Office Nazar Kholodnytskyi has revealed how notorious judge Mykola Chaus, who was detained on August 9 on bribery charges, was hiding reportedly stolen money, in a glass jar instead of depositing it in the bank. ”Material evidence has been seized from the site...
Bloomberg: Gazprom quarterly profit falls 5.2% amid gas-price fecline
Gazprom PJSC, the world`s biggest natural gas producer, said first-quarter profit decreased 5.2% as expenses climbed amid lower prices for the fuel, according to Bloomberg. Net income fell to 362 billion rubles ($5.6 billion) from 382 billion rubles a year earlier, the Moscow-based company said Monday in a statement, Bloomberg wrote. That...
Militants fire rocket-propelled grenades on Zolote checkpoint
Militants fired grenade launchers on the Zolote entry/exit checkpoint from the town of Pervomaisk in Luhansk region on the evening of August 9, the press service of the State Border Guard Service reported. The grenades exploded a few meters before the checkpoint, the report said. No one was injured. The border guards did not open fire in...
Reuters Exclusive: Turkish military officer seeking asylum in United States
A Turkish military officer on a U.S.-based assignment for NATO is seeking asylum in the United States after being recalled by the Turkish government in the wake of last month`s failed military coup, U.S. officials told Reuters. The asylum bid is the first known case involving a Turkish military officer in the United States as Turkey purges...
Russia-UK relations: May and Putin pledge to improve ties – BBC
Theresa May has spoken on the phone to Russia`s President Vladimir Putin for the first time since she became PM, Downing Street has confirmed, according to the BBC. Both leaders expressed dissatisfaction with UK-Russian relations, and pledged to improve ties, the Kremlin said, the BBC reports. A Downing St spokeswoman said they agreed that...
Occupiers open Kalanchak checkpoint
At 04:30 on August 10, occupation authorities of Crimea opened the Kalanchak checkpoint, which had been blocked for several days. The other two checkpoints, Chaplynka and Chonhar, are functioning normally, Kherson Regional State Administration head Andriy Gordeev said on 112 Ukraine TV Channel. ”All the checkpoints have been opened by the...
Lavrov and Steinmeier discuss settlements in Syria, Ukraine
The Russian and German foreign ministers, Sergei Lavrov and Frank-Walter Steinmeier, have discussed the settlements of conflicts in Syria and Ukraine by telephone at the German side`s request, the Russian Foreign inistry said on Tuesday, according to Russian news agency TASS.> ”The ministers exchanged views on the situation in Syria and...
Hryvnia official exchange rate still 24.81 to dollar
The National Bank of Ukraine on Tuesday evening set the official hryvnia exchange rate at UAH 24.81 to the dollar. The Central Bank set the following official exchange rates of the hryvnia against leading foreign currencies for August 10: $100 costs UAH 2,481.8263 (on August 9, it was UAH 2,481.9639); EUR 100 costs UAH 2,749.3672 (on August 9, it...
1,500 more judges, prosecutors to be suspended from judiciary in Turkey
A further 1,500 judges and prosecutors were planned to be suspended over suspected links to the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization/Parallel State Structure (FETO/PDY), believed to be behind the July 15 failed coup attempt, according to Hurriyet Daily News. The Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK) was preparing a decree to hand out a...