Ukrainian analyst and Poroshenko`s advisor Volodymyr Horbuli assesses probability of Russian annexation of occupied Donbas
Director of the National Institute for Strategic Studies, academician, adviser to the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Horbulin believes that Russia will not go for the annexation of certain regions of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, according to an UNIAN correspondent. ”Today, the Russian Federation hanged Donbas as a stone on Ukraine`s neck, it...
Serhiy Kurchenko, members of Yanukovych’s criminal group, plans to monopolize liquefied petroleum gas supplies to Ukraine – Russian media
Fugitive Ukrainian businessman, one of the people from Viktor Yanukovych entourage, Serhiy Kurchenko may become a monopoly supplier of Russian liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to Ukraine, according to the Russian newspaper Kommersant. It is expected that the export of LPG to Ukraine will be limited starting May, and the only option for Russian...
Ukraine to launch big blockchain deal with tech firm Bitfury
Ukraine has partnered with global technology company the Bitfury Group to put a sweeping range of government data on a blockchain platform, the firm`s chief executive officer told Reuters, in a project he described as probably the largest of its kind anywhere. Bitfury, a blockchain company with offices in the United States and overseas, will...
Ukraine needs up to $10 bln in FDI annually to see economic growth – head of National Investment Council
Ukraine needs to attract up to $10 billion in foreign direct investment annually to achieve substantial economic growth, according to head of Office of the National Investment Council Yulia Kovaliv. ”Today, Ukraine has reached macro-stabilization. However, in terms of GDP, we are significantly behind the neighboring Eastern European states. The...
NATO Secretary General: Russia`s aggression in Ukraine main reason for strengthening defense in Europe
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said that the main reason for strengthening NATO`s collective defense in Europe is the Russian aggression in Ukraine. ”We are concerned about the situation, especially in eastern Ukraine, and the fact that Russia illegally annexed a part of Ukraine – Crimea. And that is the first time since the end of...
Cost of IMF loan: Ukraine seeks to allow farmland sale from 2018
Ukrainian authorities intend before late May 2017 to adopt a law regulating farmland turnover, and starting 2018, when the moratorium expires, to launch farmland sales. The adoption of a corresponding law is one of the structural beacons of the International Monetary Fund, while Ukraine`s will to start farmland sales is set out in a letter of...
U.S. Department of State gives no confirmation of Tillerson discussing Ukraine with Putin
The State Department of the United States of America could not confirm whether U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had discussed the situation in Ukraine with President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, spokesperson Mark Toner told a briefing in Washington, DC. ”I can say that he did raise Ukraine in his bilateral meeting with Foreign...
Number of Ukrainian hostages in Donbas rises to 126 – representative of Ukraine in the Minsk Contact Group
The representative of Ukraine in the humanitarian subgroup of the Trilateral Contact Group for the peaceful settlement in Donbas, First Deputy Chair of the Verkhovna Rada Iryna Gerashchenko says that the number of Ukrainian hostages in the occupied areas of Donbas has increased to 126 people. ”Unfortunately, there are already 126 people on the...
NATO deterrence policy was not reason for Russia`s invasion in Ukraine – Stoltenberg
Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Jens Stoltenberg emphasizes that the Alliance`s strategy to deter external threats was not the reason for the Russian Federation`s military invasion in Ukraine. ”Russia used military force against Ukraine. But it is important not to mix that with NATO deterrence because NATO...
Russia won`t broadcast 2017 Eurovision – Russian media
Russia`s Channel One has decided to cancel the broadcast of the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest in light of the entry ban issued by the Ukrainian authorities against Russian contestant Yulia Samoilova, according to the Russian news agency TASS. ”Channel One does not consider it possible to broadcast the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest,” the channel`s...
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