PACE passes no-confidence vote against President Agramunt over Syria visit with Russians
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), following an open debate on a notorious Syria visit on Russian invitation of PACE President Pedro Agramunt, deprived him of the right to represent the Assembly, head of the Ukrainian delegation Volodymyr Ariev wrote on Facebook on Friday, April 28. ”PACE President Agramunt failed to...
Estonia says Russia may put troops in Belarus to challenge NATO
Estonia`s defense minister said on Thursday that Russia may use large-scale military exercises to move thousands of troops permanently into Belarus later this year in a warning to NATO, according to Reuters. Russia and Belarus aim to hold joint war games in September that some North Atlantic Treaty Organisation allies believe could number more...
Ukrainian Foreign Ministry calls provocation move to take down monument to UPA fighters in Poland
Kyiv is outraged by the taking down of the monument set up 23 years ago in honor of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) in the cemetery of the village of Hruszowice near the city of Przemysl, Poland. Such actions are deemed a provocation on the eve of the marking of the 70th anniversary of the Operation Vistula criminal act, the Ukrainian Foreign...
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny hospitalized after latest attack – media
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was hospitalized on Thursday, after an unknown man attacked him outside his office in Moscow, according to The Moscow Times. The assailant sprayed a green antiseptic into Navalny`s face, drenching his right eye in the noxious chemical, The Moscow Times reported. First aid workers soon arrived to examine...
Gazprom says Poland`s PGNiG files monopoly complaint to EU – media
Polish gas company PGNiG has filed a complaint to the European Commission alleging monopoly breaches by Gazprom, the Russian gas giant said on Thursday, according to Reuters. Gazprom said in its financial report for 2016 the Polish company filed the complaint on March 14, citing Gazprom`s ”unjust” pricing policy towards PGNiG and hindering of...
Russia funds and manages conflict in Ukraine, “Surkov leaks” show – Atlantic Council
Hacked emails show that the Kremlin directs and funds the ostensibly independent ”republics” in eastern Ukraine and runs military operations there, Aric Toler and Melinda Haring wrote in an article for Atlantic Council titled ”Russia Funds and Manages Conflict in Ukraine, Leaks Show.” In late 2016, Ukrainian hacker groups released emails...
Lithuania remains Ukraine`s reliable partner – officials
Lithuanian leadership assured that Lithuania would continue to be a reliable partner of Ukraine in upholding its territorial integrity and sovereignty, as well as realizing the urgent tasks of the reform process, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry`s press service told UNIAN following the meetings of Ukraine`s Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin with...
Ukraine`s National Bank may lose some $82 mln due to lawsuits
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) could sustain UAH 2.2 billion, or US$ 82.3 million, in losses because of lawsuits filed against the regulator, according to the NBU`s consolidated financial statements for 2016. Meanwhile, the regulator notes that the likelihood of such losses is low. ”There is a probability of possible loss on some claims...
Lessons of ”patriotism”: Russian militants in Donbas experiment with children`s minds in occupied areas
”Help Dima the sapper evade all enemy mines, overcome all obstacles and pay a visit to his grandmother,” a labyrinth-style wargame published in the children`s magazine Polite Little People issued in occupied Luhansk tells its readers. There have been only two copies published, but the ideas outlined here are already blooming and giving fruit,...
Putin quietly detaches Ukraine`s rebel zones as U.S. waffles
Vladimir Putin is seizing on mixed signals from the U.S. to quietly tighten Russia`s grip on two rebel regions of Ukraine, burying hopes for a European-brokered peace deal and relief from sanctions anytime soon, according to Bloomberg. While the Kremlin continues to publicly back the accord that Germany and France oversaw in 2015, Putin`s real...
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