Russia agents attempt to arrange Poroshenko`s fake interview with U.S. paper
Russia`s special services have attempted to arrange a fake interview of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko with The New York Times, according to the presidential press secretary.”The Russian special services continue hybrid information warfare against Ukraine. They have tried to arrange an interview on behalf of the Ukrainian president with The...
TASS: Russia to spend some $200,000 on Lenin body preservation in 2016
The Russian Federal Protection Service (FSO) says it is planning to spend more than 13 million rubles (some $200,000) in 2016 on the preservation of the embalmed body of Bolshevik Revolution leader Vladimir Lenin, on display in the Mausoleum on Red Square for over 90 years, according to Russian news agency TASS.A laboratory of medical and...
VOA: NATO, Russia schedule first formal talks since 2014
Officials from NATO and Russia are scheduled to hold their first formal meeting in almost two years, covering Ukraine, the security situation in Afghanistan, and military activities, according to Voice of America (VOA).The meeting scheduled for April 20 at NATO headquarters in Brussels will take place at the ambassadorial level, VOA reported.NATO...
Reuters: Lithuania blacklists 46 for their role in Savchenko trial
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius announced on Tuesday that Lithuania blacklisted several dozen Russians and Ukrainians for their role in the detention and sentencing of the Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko and two other Ukrainians, according to Reuters.Ukraine expanded sanctions against Russia last month after a Russian court found...
Rada Tuesday meeting closed without vote on Yatsenyuk, new Cabinet
The evening meeting of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine`s parliament, on Tuesday was closed without debating the resignation of acting Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk or the appointment of his proposed successor, incumbent Parliament Speaker Volodymyr Groysman along with new Cabinet members, according to an UaPosition correspondent.First Vice Speaker...
Reuters: Egypt buys 175,000 tonnes of Romanian, Ukrainian wheat
Egypt`s state grain buyer GASC said on Tuesday it bought 175,000 tonnes of Romanian and Ukraine wheat in a tender, according to Yahoo News with reference to Reuters.Of the total, GASC bought 120,000 tonnes of Romanian wheat and 55,000 tonnes of Ukraine wheat, GASC vice chairman Mamdouh Abdel Fattah said, Yahoo News wrote.The wheat was purchased...
Radio Poland: Tusk did not undertake Ukraine peace initiative in 2014
Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski says former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk declined to participate in peace talks over Ukraine in 2014, according to Radio Poland.Witold Waszczykowski told Radio Poland that Poland was asked to participate in negotiations – which subsequently followed the ”Normandy Four” format of Russia, Ukraine, Germany...
Results of Dutch vote on Ukraine officially released
The Electoral Council of the Netherlands has published the official results of a referendum on the ratification of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union, according to an UaPosition correspondent.The turnout was 32.28%, of them, 61% of voters opposed the ratification, while 38.21% voted for it.The Dutch vote results were...
Bentley, Lamborghini, Ferrari may leave Russian market
Luxury brands such as Bentley, Lamborghini, Ferrari and others may leave the Russian market due to the fact that the Russian government has refused to lift a requirement regarding the installation of ERA-GLONASS automated emergency response systems. Besides, the regulations require at least two crash tests, Russian newspaper Kommersant...
NBU to cancel requirement for banks to copy passports when forex operations
As part of further liberalization of foreign currency regulations, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) plans to cancel a requirement for banks to make and keep copies of documents provided by individuals when carrying out foreign exchange operations, the regulator reported on Facebook referring to a statement of Director of the Open Markets...
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