Tillerson plans to skip NATO meeting, visit Russia in April – media
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson plans to skip a meeting with NATO foreign ministers next month in order to stay home for a visit by China`s president and will go to Russia later in April, U.S. officials said on Monday, disclosing an itinerary that allies may see as giving Moscow priority over them, according to Reuters. Tillerson intends to...
Moscow police detain UNIAN correspondent Roman Tsymbaliuk
Ukrainian journalist Roman Tsymbaliuk, who has an official accreditation of the Russian Foreign Ministry, was detained in Moscow along with his interviewee, a graduate student who earlier flew a Ukrainian flag over the Moscow State University dorm. ”We found Zakhar, the hero who flew the Ukrainian flag over Moscow State University on the third...
Lukashenko reports arrests of militants preparing armed provocation in Belarus, accuses Ukraine, Lithuania and Poland
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko announces the militants who had been preparing to stage an armed provocation have been apprehended in Belarus, BelTA has learned. When asked about possible reasons behind the more active operation of the so-called fifth column and various opposition bodies lately, Lukashenko said: ”It turned out that some of...
Ukraine expects to resume egg exports to Israel in spring
Ukraine expects to resume this spring egg exports to Israel, which were halted in January 2016, due to the Israelis` suspicions on possible salmonella contamination, head of the State Food Safety and Consumer Protection Service Volodymyr Lapa told a press conference. He noted that the Israeli side requested that Ukraine inform them on the main...
Gazprom files cassation against Ukraine anti-trust watchdog`s fine
PJSC Gazprom has appealed in cassation the ruling of the Kyiv Economic Court of Appeal on enforcing a UAH 85.9 billion (US$3.4 billion) fine and the same amount of penalty, on claims by Ukraine`s Anti-Monopoly Committee, according to AMC head Yuriy Terentyev, Liga.net reports. ”The ruling was handed down by the appellate instance, and [now]...
U.S. NSA director Rogers explains why Russia needs Ukraine`s Crimea
Director of the U.S. National Security Agency (NAS), Admiral Mike Rogers says Russia has no intention to return Crimea back to Ukraine, according to the Ukrainian language service of Voice of America (VOA). Answering a question whether Russia has intentions to return Crimea, he told a congressional panel on Monday, March 20: ”They have publicly...
Five Ukrainian soldiers in Dnipro hospital, two in critical condition
Chief Physician of Dnipro Regional Mechnikov Clinical Hospital Serhiy Ryzhenko says that two out of the five wounded Ukrainian soldiers who have been taken to Dnipro hospitals in the past 24 hours are in a critical condition, according to 112 Ukraine TV channel. ”Five people have been taken over the past week, three of them are in a serious...
Turkey`s Erdogan says may review ties with Europe after referendum
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday said after an April referendum Turkey may review relations with Europe, which he described as `fascist and cruel` and resembling that of the pre-World War Two era, according to Reuters. Turkey and Europe are at loggerheads with Ankara accusing some European countries such as Germany and the Netherlands...
PACE President visits Syria with Russian Duma delegates, Ukraine reacts
A delegation of deputies of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) from the Czech Republic, Belgium, Serbia, and Italy and the State Duma of Russia led by PACE President of Pedro Agramunt has arrived in Syria, Channel One Russia has reported. The State Duma deputies are reported to have arranged this visit despite the fact...
Fitch affirms Ukrainian Railway at `CCC`
Fitch Ratings has affirmed Ukrainian Railway`s Long-Term Foreign Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at `CCC`, Fitch Ratings said in its press release. Long-Term Local Currency IDR at `RD`, Short-Term Foreign Currency IDR at `C` and National Long-Term rating at `RD(ukr)`, according to Fitch. The Long-term foreign currency rating on Shortline...
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