Contents tagged with Ukraine
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Ukrainian companies, including Roshen, supply products to unrecognized Transdniestria
The Ukrainian offices of well-known global brands, including the company Roshen, are supplying their products to the unrecognized Transdniestria. This was referred to in an investigation by journalists from the Moldovan publication RISE Moldova.
According to the investigation, the Ukrainian branches of Coca-Cola and Nestle, as well as President Petro Poroshenko’s company Roshen, are among the largest exporters of goods to the Moldovan Transdniestrian Republic. Their main trading partner is the …
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Ukraine prepares memorandum against Russia for violating the Law of the Sea
Ukraine is preparing to file a memorandum with the UN International Tribunal on Russia's violation of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.
Ukrayinska Pravda reports that Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Pavlo Klimkin shared this information with journalists.
"Since Russia has violated all its obligations, in particular under the Convention on the Law of the Sea, it should not only bear responsibility for this, it should pay for it," the Foreign Minister said.
He added that “all the …
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Ukrainian President: Russia has unleashed 'World Hybrid War'
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said that the hybrid war in Ukraine, which Russia unleashed, is gradually affecting other countries, the Presidential press service reported.
"Today, there is nothing for us but to acknowledge that the hybrid war being waged by Russia is gradually turning into a full-fledged World Hybrid War... I am the one to warn you that there are no limits in the Kremlin as regards its hidden agenda. There is no country, which is so familiar with Moscow’s hybrid …
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Nine political parties demand return of Saakashvili to Ukraine
Nine political parties in Ukraine have signed a joint statement demanding authorities to ensure the return of the former President of Georgia and ex-governor of the Odessa region, Mikheil Saakashvili, to Ukraine and provide him with an opportunity to defend his interests in court.
The statement was backed by the following political parties: Fatherland, Democratic Alliance, Civic Position, People’s Control, the European Party of Ukraine, Samopomich (Self-Reliance), Svoboda, Hvylya (The Wave), …
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Hungary accuses Ukraine of launching an ‘international campaign of lies’
Hungarian Foreign Minister, Péter Szijjártó accused the Ukrainian authorities of launching an "international campaign of lies" regarding the new law on education.
"Ukraine has launched an international campaign of lies against Hungary and against the Hungarians living in Transcarpathia," the website of the Hungarian government quotes Szijjártó as saying.
Szijjártó rejected the accusations by Ukraine that representatives of the Hungarian minority refused to come to the meeting and agree on a …
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Saakashvili's lawyers file appeal with European Court of Human Rights over his expulsion from Ukraine
The defense of Mikheil Saakashvili, former Georgian president and leader of the political party Rukh Novykh Syl (Movement of New Forces), filed an appeal with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) regarding his expulsion from Ukraine, his lawyer, Ruslan Chernolutsky.
"The documents have already been sent to the ECHR ... We will try to restore justice through European authoritative bodies," he said.
According to Chernolutsky, Ukraine had no right to expel a person under investigation from …
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Polish Prime Minister: launch of Nord Stream 2 pipeline may provoke a war between Ukraine and Russia
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said that the construction of the Russian gas pipeline Nord Stream-2 creates a new unnecessary tension, and that its launch could lead to war between Ukraine and Russia, reports RBC-Ukraine.
The official noted that Ukraine is now relatively safe since it controls gas routes to Central Europe. According to the Polish Prime Minister, if Nord Stream 2 is launched and the Ukrainian gas pipelines are disconnected, Russia will be able to aggravate the …
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Turchynov: it is impossible for Ukraine to declare war on Russia
Ukraine does not have sufficient means to conduct a military confrontation with Russia if the latter uses nuclear weapons, said the head of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Oleksandr Turchynov, 112 Ukraine TV channel reported. Turchynov made this statement under examination in the case against former President Viktor Yanukovych, who was charged with high treason.
"That is why we could not declare war in February-March 2014. Unfortunately, now that we have a combat-ready …
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Russian aircraft practice launching cruise missiles at Ukraine
While Ukrainian aircraft were carrying out drills, Russian planes took off, approached Ukraine’s border as closely as possible, and practiced launching cruise missiles, reported the command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
“A group of strategic Tu-95 missile-carrying bombers, accompanied by a pair of Russian Su-30 fighters, flew into the airspace of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and practiced the imaginary launch of cruise missiles towards mainland Ukraine,” the command’s Facebook post reads. …
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Saakashvili receives ID card in the Netherlands allowing him to reside in any EU country
The leader of the “Rukh novykh syl” party (New Forces Movement), Mikheil Saakashvili, received an identification card in Amsterdam which gives him the right to live and work in the European Union, as he reported on his Facebook page.
"Today in Amsterdam, for the first time in a while, I acquired a real document proving my identity. Immediately upon arrival in the Netherlands, I was given an identification card providing me with the right to live and work in the European Union, the entire …