Contents tagged with Ukraine
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Russian media: foreign observers arrived in Crimea to monitor Russian Presidential elections
According to the Russian news agency RIA Krym, a group of "observers" arrived in Sevastopol to monitor the the Russian presidential elections in the annexed Crimea. The elections are being held on the day of the annexation of the Crimea by Russia.
"The representatives of Spain, Italy, Denmark, Ukraine, Israel, Sweden and Great Britain met with the head of the Sevastopol election committee Alexey Petukhov, the senator from Sevastopol, Olga Timofeyeva, and the deputy speaker of the local …
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Eight European countries agree to not recognize the results of Russian presidential elections in Crimea
The foreign ministers of Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Sweden and Ukraine made a joint statement on the fourth anniversary of the annexation of the Crimea by Russia.
The statement published on the website of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry says that "the EU does not recognize the results of the elections held by Russia in the Crimea."
The Foreign Ministers of the eight countries assured that they will not allow the Crimea to disappear from the international agenda. " …
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Kyiv prohibits Russians from voting in Ukrainian territory
Kyiv has decided to prohibit Russians, except for diplomats, to vote in Ukraine since Moscow “continuously violates international treaties,” as stated by Member of the board of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and member of Ukrainian Parliament Anton Herashchenko.
“In the opinion of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, this decision is consistent with international law. Diplomats’ right to vote is covered by the international convention”, — he noted. Herashchenko added that if Russian citizens …
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Russia's Gazprom raises gas pressure to contract level at the entrance of Ukraine’s gas transportation system
Russian Gazprom has raised the pressure at the entrance of Ukraine’s gas transportation system (GTS) to the contractual level for the first time this year. This was reported by Interfax Ukraine referring to the press-service of PJSC Ukrtransgaz.
"Maybe today is some big holiday? Today, Gazprom has raised pressure in the transit gas pipelines at the entrance of the GTS of Ukraine to the minimum contract level: 60 kgf/cm2 for the first time since December 12, 2017,” the press-service noted.
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Ukraine extends sanctions against subsidiaries of Russian banks
As the press service of the regulatory body reported, the National Bank of Ukraine has decided to extend sanctions against Ukrainian subsidiaries of Russian state-owned banks.
The National Bank extended sanctions in order to put into effect the decision of the National Security and Defense Council on March 1st.
Earlier, President Petro Poroshenko emphasized that sanctions towards banks with Russian capital are effective and should be extended.
On March 23, 2017, Ukraine imposed sanctions …
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The UN Security Council calls on Russia to return Crimea to Ukraine
On March 15th, at a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the situation in the annexed Crimea, representatives of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, the United States, and other countries called on Russia to return the Crimea to Ukraine and confirmed that sanctions imposed on Russia would not be lifted while the peninsula remains under Russian control. The event was broadcast on the United Nations website.
The representative of Great Britain to the United Nations recalled the …
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PACE prepares resolution about racial discrimination of Crimean Tatars by Russia
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe will prepare a report and a resolution on racial discrimination by Russia of the Crimean Tatars in the annexed peninsula, as reported by Volodymyr Ariev, head of the permanent delegation of the Ukrainian parliament in PACE, on Facebook.
“PACE has unanimously decided that the Assembly will prepare a separate report and resolution about racial discrimination of Crimean Tatars by Russia in the Crimea. The day before yesterday the PACE Monitoring …
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Poroshenko: Ukraine ready to increase its share in the UN peacekeeping forces to allow deployment of peacekeepers to Donbas
President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, said that Ukraine is ready to increase its share in the UN peacekeeping forces in order to allow sending peacekeepers to the Donbas, as he indicated at a joint briefing with Austrian President, Alexander Van der Bellen.
"We have discussed with the President [of Austria] the situation in the occupied Donbas, and the Austrian President assured Vienna’s readiness to adequately contribute to the deployment of the United Nations peacekeeping mission under …
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Ukraine prepares to withdraw from CIS and Russian-Ukrainian Friendship Treaty
The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has prepared two proposals, one to withdraw the country from the bodies of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and another to denounce the Russian-Ukrainian Friendship Treaty.
"Minister Pavlo Klimkin announced to our Foreign Affairs Committee that the Foreign Ministry had prepared proposals for the President to withdraw [Ukraine] from the CIS bodies and to denounce the treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Partnership between Ukraine and the …
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Kyiv: Austria invested $1.3 billion into Ukraine’s economy last year
In 2017, Austria invested $1.35 billion in the economy of Ukraine that accounted for 3.4% of the total amount of foreign direct investment made into Ukraine’s economy, as reported by the service of the Cabinet of Ministers following the meeting of Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman with the President of Austria, Alexander van der Bellen.
According to Groysman, European integration is Ukraine's irreversible foreign policy choice. That is why Kyiv is looking to further intensify the …