Сoal from Georgian company Saqnakhshiri GIG Group can be of Donbas origin
Georgian company Saqnakhshiri GIG Group has won the tender set up by power generating company PJSC Centrenergo for the purchase of 700,000 coal of anthracite grade for Zmiivska and Tripilska TPPs. ”Despite the fact that the tender was held via ProZorro [e-procurement system], it was not transparent,” editor in chief of the BusinessCensor outlet...
Reasons IMF keeps funding Ukraine – Anders Aslund
Kyiv has been fulfilling the most important, though not all, obligations before the International Monetary Fund, Anders Aslund wrote in a column titled ”Why Does the IMF Keep Funding Ukraine?” published by Atlantic Council. When the International Monetary Fund`s board convened on April 3, it found that the Ukrainian government had fulfilled only...
Austrian suspected of killings in Donbas detained on Polish border – Radio Poland
Polish border guards say they have detained a 25-year-old Austrian national suspected of involvement in armed conflict in eastern Ukraine, as reported by Radio Poland. The man, detained at a Polish-Ukrainian border crossing in Dorohusk, is suspected of killing wounded people and prisoners in his role as ”a member of a fighting group,” border...
Naftogaz has no info on date of Stockholm Arbitration`s decision in dispute with Gazprom
The date remains unknown when the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce will issue a ruling in a dispute between the National Oil and Gas Holding Company Naftogaz of Ukraine and The Russian gas monopoly Gazprom regarding the terms of the contract for the purchase and sale of natural gas, the Naftogaz press service has told an...
National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine marks 2nd anniversary: probe underway in cases into UAH 85 bln damage to state budget
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine investigates corruption-related crimes that inflicted damage reaching UAH 85 billion, as reported by the Bureau`s press service. ”Recently, the NABU turned two years old. Our detectives are working on hundreds of cases, many of which have become high-profile. The damage from crimes that NABU is...
Fitch affirms Ukraine at `B-`; outlook stable
Fitch Ratings has affirmed Ukraine`s Long-Term Foreign- and Local-Currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) at `B-` with a Stable Outlook. ”Ukraine`s ratings balance weak external liquidity, a high public debt burden and structural weaknesses, in terms of a weak banking sector, institutional constraints and geopolitical and political risks, against...
2 Ukrainian soldiers killed, 4 wounded in Donbas in last 24 hours
The situation remains tense in the area of the Anti-Terrorist Operation as the Russian-occupation forces continue armed provocations against the Ukrainian troops. Since the early hours of Sunday, the enemy opened fire 54 times on the Ukrainian strong points along the line of contact, according to the ATO press center. View map in full size On...
Dozens detained in nationwide anti-Putin protests in Russia
Dozens of people have been detained while taking part in a protest campaign in many Russian cities urging President Vladimir Putin not to run in the country`s presidential election next year, according to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). Police apprehended at least 30 people on April 29 in St. Petersburg, one of 32 cities across Russia...
Police seize over one tonne of amber in Volyn region
Law enforcers in Volyn region seized more than one tonne of amber amid searches in the town of Volodymyr-Volynsky on the night of April 29, according to the press service of the regional prosecutor`s office. The searches were conducted as part of investigating criminal proceedings on illegal extraction of amber, the press service reports. Over...
OSINT group identifies more Russians from a special forces battalion of the Russian 8th Mountain Motorized Rifle Brigade in Donbas
Ukrainian OSINT community InformNapalm reports they have identified war criminals from a special forces battalion of the Russian 8th Mountain Motorized Rifle Brigade (the 8th MMRB) who participated in the first wave of the Russian aggression in eastern Ukraine. The new InformNapalm investigation is based on the earlier published picture of...
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