OSCE Chief Monitor Apakan condemns sexual harassment of SMM patrol member by Donetsk separatists
The Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan, condemns the sexual harassment of an SMM patrol member by an armed man in the pro-Russian separatists controlled area of Donetsk region, which took place on May 5. ”Together with all OSCE participating States, the SMM condemns all forms of...
Ukraine`s underground gas stocks reach 8.7 bcm
Stocks of natural gas at Ukraine`s underground storage facilities grew by 3.9%, or 327 million cubic meters (mcm), from 8.397 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas from April 29 till May 6, to 8.724 bcm of gas, according to Ukrtransgaz, operator of Ukraine`s gas transport system. The amount of gas pumped daily into the USFs, as of May 6 was at 53.6...
Construction of TurkStream gas pipeline`s offshore section commenced – Gazprom
Construction of the TurkStream gas pipeline was commenced on Sunday in the Black Sea near the Russian coast, Russian energy giant Gazprom said in a release. Pipelaying is carried out by the Audacia vessel owned by Allseas, the construction contractor for both strings of the gas pipeline`s offshore section. The vessel will be also used for pipe...
Russia puts Europe on alert as Putin`s warships enter Latvia`s exclusive economic zone in the Baltic Sea
Three Russian warships have challenged NATO by entering Latvia`s exclusive economic zone in the Baltic Sea, according to armed forces officials in Riga, Express.co.uk reported. The corvettes – Liven 551, Serpukhov 603 and Morshansk 824 – were detected only four nautical miles from Latvian territorial waters, the report says. See also: Russian...
Ukrainian MP who offered leasing Crimea to Russia stripped of citizenship
Andriy Artemenko, the ”back-door diplomat” who allegedly pitched a so-called plan to resolve the conflict with Russia onto the desk of Trump`s national security adviser (at the time) Michael Flynn, has been deprived of Ukrainian citizenship by a presidential decree, according to the State Migration Service. The State Migration Service reported on...
Oil rises on prospect that output cut could extend beyond 2017
Oil prices rose on Monday as Saudi Arabia`s energy minister said an OPEC-led production cut scheduled to end in June would likely be extended to cover all of the year, or even into 2018, although another increase in U.S. drilling capped gains, according to Reuters. Brent crude futures were at $49.48 per barrel at 06:52 GMT (2.52 a.m. ET), up 38...
Macron wins with 65% of vote – Ipsos exit poll
Independent candidate and leader of the political movement En Marche!, or Onwards! Emmanuel Macron has defeated far-right candidate Marine Le Pen in Sunday`s French presidential election by 65.1% of the vote, according to Ipsos exit poll, France 24 TV channel reports. On the air of the TV channel, it was seen that supporters of Macron began to...
Ukrainian Ambassador in Minsk on upcoming Russia-Belarus military exercises: I don`t trust Russians
Ambassador of Ukraine to Belarus Ihor Kizima said that he had attended the meeting between Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko, where the latter assured that there would not be any military aggression against Ukraine from the territory of Belarus. See also: Lukashenko assures Russian-Belarussian military...
Activist in Prague protest against arrival of pro-Putin Night Wolves bikers
On May 6, activists in the center of Prague protested against the arrival of Russia`s Night Wolves motorbike club members, who traditionally organize a motocross in early May on the occasion of the anniversary of the victory over Nazism, according to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). Some 30 people with Crimean Tatar, Ukrainian, the EU,...
Ukraine`s international reserves rise to $17.2 bln
Foreign exchange reserves of Ukraine as of May 1, 2017, amounted to US$17.175 billion, which is by $2.052 billion, or 13.57%, more than on April 1, as reported by the National Bank of Ukraine with reference to preliminary data. The April growth of reserves was mainly due to the disbursements made by the International Monetary Fund and other...
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