Oil prices extend losses on looming gasoline glut
Oil prices dropped for a third session in a row on Tuesday, as weakening demand for gasoline and persistent doubts on whether crude producers will be able to reach an agreement to rein in a worldwide supply glut dragged on the market, Reuters reported.Growth in gasoline use has been one of the strongest pillars supporting demand across the fuel...
Savchenko starts serving sentence, to resume ”dry” hunger strike on April 6
Ukrainian captive pilot, MP Nadia Savchenko on April 5 started serving her 22-year sentence in Russia.Savchenko was sentenced to 22 years in prison by Russian-based Donetsk City Court on March 22, 2016.She announced he had decided not to appeal the verdict and would renew her ”dry” hunger strike from April 6, demanding her return to...
U.S. to continue to encourage anti-corruption reforms in Ukraine – White House
The United States will continue to encourage the Ukrainian authorities to follow through with implementing anti-corruption reforms, White House press secretary Josh Earnest said at a daily press briefing on Monday.”President Poroshenko has demonstrated a commitment, along with the rest of the government of Ukraine, to implementing a whole bunch...
Russian proxies attack Ukraine troops 61 times in last day
The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 61 times in the past 24 hours, which is almost half more than in the previous day and night, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO).”Using mortars of various calibers, the Russian-backed mercenaries fired on our positions...
Suspicious activity at N. Korea radiochemical laboratory, progress towards completing experimental light water reactor
Recent commercial satellite imagery indicates suspicious activity at the Yongbyon Radiochemical Laboratory complex used to produce plutonium for building nuclear weapons, 38 North reports.During the past five weeks, exhaust plumes on two, possibly three, occasions were observed at the Radiochemical Laboratory`s Thermal Plant (e.g., steam plant)....
NBU strengthens official exchange rate to UAH 25.99 to dollar
The National Bank of Ukraine on Monday evening strengthened the official hryvnia exchange rate by 11 kopiykas, bringing the national currency to UAH 25.99 to the dollar.The Central Bank set the following official exchange rates of the hryvnia against leading foreign currencies for April 5:$100 costs UAH 2,599.4632 (on April 4, it was UAH...
SIPRI: World military spending resumes upward course
World military expenditure totaled almost $1.7 trillion in 2015, an increase of 1% in real terms from 2014, according to new figures from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).”The increase reflects continuing growth in Asia and Oceania, Central and Eastern Europe, and some Middle Eastern states. The decline in spending in...
Kremlin dismisses revelations in Panama Papers as ”Putinphobia”
Dmitry Peskov, Putin`s spokesman, said on Monday that the publication of leaked offshore files from the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca was designed to ”destabilise the situation in Russia ahead of elections,” according to The Guardian.”It`s clear that the level of Putinphobia has reached a level at which it is impossible a priori to speak...
Poroshenko`s financial advisers: Roshen transferred into trust, President has nothing to do with management of Roshen
Roshen Confectionery Corporation, founded by the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, has been transferred into the trust, and the Ukrainian president has no relation to the operating activities of the asset, the activities around the asset, as well as the processes of its sale, Makar Pasenyuk, managing director of the ICU, which is Petro...
Russian trolls caught red-handed again, target Dutch voters ahead of referendum on Ukraine
Bellingcat`s elaborate analysis proves Russia`s ”troll factory” was behind fake videos released on the internet that aimed at discrediting the Ukrainian state in the Netherlands ahead of the Dutch referendum on Ukraine-EU Association Agreement.The article published by Bellingcat investigative team titled ”Behind the Dutch Terror Threat Video: The...
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