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Prosecutor General of Ukraine: The investigation into the case of Yanukovych will be completed in February
The Prosecutor General of Ukraine, Yuriy Lutsenko, in an interview with 1 + 1 TV channel, said that the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine (GPU) plans to conduct all the necessary final interviews and examinations in February. Once the pre-trial investigation in the case of the former Ukrainian President, Viktor Yanukovych, is complete, the case will go to trial.
"We do not plan to extend the terms of the pre-trial investigation, and that is why we will conduct all the final necessary …
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Poroshenko criticizes the idea of abandoning the Donbas
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko criticized the opinion of some politicians who are calling on him to abandon the Donbas, as he stated at an event commemorating Unity Day in the Taras Shevchenko National Museum.
"It is regrettable to discuss this on Unity Day, but there are political forces which are in a subtle way, proposing that we abandon the Donbas... I want to ask these politicians a question: Gentlemen, did you unite these territories to discard them so easily," the President asked. …
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Medvedev: Russia must give up the illusion that the sanctions will be lifted soon
The Russian Prime Minister, Dmitry Medvedev, said that Russia should give up the illusion about the lifting of the sanctions, UNIAN reported.
"It's time to part with the illusion that the anti-Russian sanctions that were imposed on our country will be lifted in the near future. It's obvious that everything that has happened will last for a long time. We cannot put our hopes in the results of elections in foreign countries to affect this issue," Medvedev said during his speech at the congress …
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Gazprom will pay for the construction of Nord Stream 2 itself
The Russian energy giant, Gazprom, will pay the costs of the construction of the trans-Baltic gas pipeline, Nord Stream 2, after Austrian oil company, OMV, and other European partners abandoned their plans, as reported by Der Standard.
"Gazprom lost hope for the participation of European partners in the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project, at least for the near future," the newspaper reports. Gazprom planned to implement the Nord Stream 2 project together with European oil companies, Engie, OMV, …
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Russia says it is not conducting negotiations on the establishment of military bases in Libya
The Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security, Viktor Ozerov, declared that Russia is not conducting negotiations with Libya on the establishment of military bases in its territory. This statement was made by Ozerov in response to reports by Western media outlets that Russia is planning to build two military bases in Libya. "There are no negotiations of that sort," RIA Novosti quoted Ozerov as saying.
Earlier, the Swiss newspaper, Neu Zürcher Zeitung, reported that …
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Crimean Tatars urge the world’s countries to recognize the 1944 deportation as genocide
The World Congress of the Crimean Tatars sent an appeal to the governments of different countries, urging them to recognize the deportation of Crimean Tatars in 1944 as genocide, Crimean News reported.
“In an address of the Crimean Tatars World Congress, the mass deportation of Crimean Tatars in 1944 with the intended full destruction of this nation is classified as a crime that, according to international law, is genocide. Thus, Congress demands the governments of countries that received this …
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Ukrainian Parliament drafts law on exclusive use of the Ukrainian language
The draft law on the state language, providing for the exclusive use of Ukrainian in almost all areas of life was registered in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
The corresponding document was published on the agency’s website. The authors of draft law are 33 members of Parliament from different factions, the website says. The document provides that using the Ukrainian language should become compulsory for all state authorities and local public authorities, as well as preschool, school, non- …
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Ukrainian government official: 30 percent of separatist troops in the Donbas are Russian
If Russia decides to withdraw its troops from the Donbas, it will be 30 percent of all the separatist troops fighting there against Ukrainian forces. The rest are the groups not subordinate to anyone. This was stated by Deputy Minister for Temporarily Occupied Territories George Tuka on the air of 112 Ukraine channel.
"According to various estimates, about 30% of the soldiers, who are in the territory of Ukraine, are Russian soldiers. The other 30% are the so-called "Cossacks" and various …
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Russian landing ship arrived in Sevastopol as part of troop reduction in Syria
A large landing ship of the Baltic Fleet, Korolev, arrived at Sevastopol as part of the operation to reduce the Russian military contingent in Syria; the ship will be unloaded and repaired, according to a source in Russian military, RIA Novosti reported.
Earlier, it was reported that according to the decision of the Russian Defense Minister, Sergey Shoygu, the Russian military contingent in Syria will be reduced. Following the Minister’s decision, the ships, which are a part of the grouping in …
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Peskov: Russia will not withdraw Iskanders from Kaliningrad until Europe's plan for anti-Russian missile system is cancelled
The Press Secretary for the President of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Peskov, stated in his interview with BBC TV that Moscow will not withdraw its Iskander missile systems from Kaliningrad for as long as there are missile systems in Europe targeted against Russia.
“It is a very difficult issue. We can’t just withdraw these missile systems from Kaliningrad without knowing that plans to create anti-Russian missile systems on the European continent will be cancelled,” Peskov said. Last year, …