Belarus expects to receive $1 bln loan from Russia
Belarus looks forward to receiving nearly $1 billion credit from Russia, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus Vladimir Semashko told ONT National TV channel, TASS reports. ”There was an instruction to allocate an additional $1 billion loan on good terms,” the deputy prime minister said. Semashko claimed that the relevant agreement was...
Ukraine pledges before IMF to protect Russian banks` subsidiaries in Ukraine – Gontareva
Ukraine has committed to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to protect Russian state-owned banks` subsidiaries in Ukraine from illegal actions, Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Valeria Gontareva told a briefing. The IMF is concerned about the situation around these banks, and this was one of the reasons for the postponement of...
Klimkin condemns ”cynical election” in occupied South Ossetia
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin condemns the illegitimate actions of Russian invaders in the Tskhinvali region of Georgia, according to his Twitter account. ”I strongly condemn the illegitimate actions of Russian occupiers in the Tskhinvali region of Georgia. Especially cynical is the pseudo-expression of will on the anniversary of the...
Czech court closes down organization posing as ”Donetsk People`s Republic Consulate”
The Regional Court in Czech Republic`s Ostrava started proceedings to liquidate the ”DPR” Representative Center in Czech territory headed by Czech national Nela Liskova, according to Hlidacipes.org. The court handed down the ruling on the second attempt, Hlidacipes.org reported. Czech Foreign Minister Lubomir Zaoralek demanded court action as...
Britain to push for tough new sanctions on Putin – media
Britain is pushing western nations to impose new sanctions on Russia if Moscow fails to curb ties with Bashar al Assad amid the escalation of Syrian conflict, according to The Times. Boris Johnson, the British foreign secretary, is demanding that western nations draw up ”very punitive sanctions” in response to last week`s chemical attack on a...
Ukraine`s chief banker names bankrupt banks, largest debtors for refinancing
Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Valeria Gontareva has told reporters debts of insolvent banks to the NBU as of today are estimated at UAH 45.2 billion. Gontareva claimed that insolvent banks own the regulator some UAH 45.2 billion in terms of refinancing. According to the official, the largest debtors are the following banks: Nadra...
Denmark seeks to change law on pipelines amid Nord Stream 2 divisions
Denmark`s government is proposing amending legislation to allow it to ban pipeline projects on the grounds of foreign and security policy due to concerns raised by Russian efforts to build a disputed gas pipeline through Danish waters. The small Nordic country has been caught in a geopolitical conflict as Russian state gas exporter Gazprom and...
Russian teen detained over explosives found near Oslo subway – DW
Norwegian police said on Sunday that they had raised the country`s security threat level the day after an explosive was found near a busy subway station in Oslo. Authorities also announced that they had apprehended a suspect over the incident, Deutsche Welle reported. The suspect was a 17-year-old Russian national who had been living in Norway...
Ukraine`s T-64 tank tested before being transferred to army
A T-64 tank, which was sent to the Kharkiv Armored Plant for a routine maintenance, has gone through a full complex of restoration works on its engine, transmission units and assemblies, and an armament complex, including a remote weapon system. At the same time, the work was carried out to upgrade the tank with dynamic protection system, as...
Russian naval activity in Europe exceeds Cold War levels – U.S. Navy Admiral Michelle Howard
Recent Russian naval activity in Europe exceeds levels seen during the Cold War, a top U.S. and NATO military officer said, voicing concern that the distributed nature of the deployments could end up ”splitting and distracting” the transatlantic alliance, according to Reuters. ”We`re seeing activity that we didn`t even see when it was the Soviet...
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