EU ”will die” – French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen after Russia visit
The European Union will disappear, French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen told a rally on Sunday, promising to shield France from globalization as she sought to fire up her supporters in the final four weeks before voting gets underway, according to Reuters. ”The European Union will die because the people do not want it anymore …...
Over 1,000 detained in Moscow rally – human rights activists
Some 1,030 protesters were detained on Tverskaya Street by Moscow riot police Sunday, according to preliminary data collected by OVD-Info, the organization monitoring political persecution. At the moment, at least 120 people have not been released from police stations they had been taken to. According to human rights activists, at least in 22...
Putin`s desire for new Russian empire not to stop with Ukraine – Ukraine`s Foreign Minister
Against the background of Kremlin`s obsession with restoring Soviet hegemony, but the security of the entire Europe and the west, not only Ukraine, is at stake, Ukraine`s Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin wrote in his op-ed for The Guardian. The postwar order that provided peace and stability across the continent appears to be breaking up, while...
The company of Head of the National Bank of Ukraine buys bonds of Russian VTB Bank, PIB in 2013-2014
Financial expert Aleksey Komakha claims that the ICU company where the incumbent Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Valeria Gontareva served as chairperson of the board of directors from 2007 to June 19, 2014, bought bonds of Russian VTB Bank and Prominvestbank (PIB) in 2013-2014, according to the Ukrainian-based media outlet RBC...
U.S. agents have obtained documents on Paul Manafort in eastern Europe inquiry
Treasury department agents received information about the former Trump campaign chairman`s offshore transactions, a source tells the AP. U.S. treasury department agents have recently obtained information about offshore financial transactions involving Donald Trump`s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, as part of a federal anti-corruption...
McCain ”optimistic” over prospects of U.S. lethal aid to Ukraine
Chairman of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee Sen. John McCain at a joint press conference with Sen. Ron Johnson in Brussels has expressed optimism regarding possible provision of lethal aid to Ukraine by Donald Trump`s administration, according to an UNIAN correspondent. ”Obviously, for many years, I have approved of at least the...
Moscow riot police slams down on anti-corruption rally: many detained including organizer Navalny
Holding hands in a single line, law-enforcers break the crowd into parts, targeting for detention the most active protesters. People are heard chanting ”Shame,” ”Russia without Putin,” ”Impeachment,” ”Government must retire,” ”Putin is thief,” and ”Freedom to Navalny.” At Moscow`s Pushkin Square, riot policemen resorted to mass arrests of...
Forbes`s billionaires ranking includes six Ukrainian tycoons
The annual ranking of the World`s Billionaires by Forbes has included six Ukrainian tycoons, according to the influential U.S. magazine Forbes. Oligarch Rinat Akhmetov has become the richest man among the Ukrainians presented in the 2017 ranking. His assets doubled in the past year. His fortune increased from $2.3 billion to $4.6 billion, while...
U.S. imposes sanctions against eight Russian companies
The U.S. government has imposed sanctions on eight other Russian companies accusing them of violating U.S. non-proliferation law regarding Iran, North Korea and Syria since 2009, according to U.S. official. The following companies were included in the black list: Rosoboronexport, 150th Aircraft Repair Plant, Aviaexport foreign economic trade...
NATO envoys arrive in Balaklia to assist in humanitarian demining
NATO representatives are arriving in the town of Balaklia, Ukraine, to conduct demining operations in the area where a large-scale fire engulfed a military munitions depot on March 23, head of the Kharkiv regional state administration Yulia Svetlichna said on air of 112 Ukraine TV channel. ”I can say that NATO envoys are already arriving to carry...
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