Contents tagged with Ukraine
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Volker slams Russia’s suggestion for Donbas peacekeepers
The draft resolution on the international peacekeeping mission in the Donbas proposed by Russia is unacceptable to the US and the UN, US Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker told ‘112 Ukraine’ TV channel in an interview.Volker noted that Moscow proposed that the peacekeepers be deployed only on the demarcation line, to ensure the safety of OSCE observers.
Russia does not agree to give the mission the right to control the Ukrainian-Russian border.
Volker is convinced that the absence …
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Starbucks is not going to open coffee shops in Ukraine
Starbucks Company denied statements made by Vitali Klitschko regarding their plans to enter the Ukrainian market, as stated by InfoResist citing the European office of the company.
“Currently we are not planning to open Starbucks coffee shops in Ukraine,” answered the representatives of Starbucks.
As was stated earlier by the Mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, Starbucks was considering entering the Ukrainian market.
Starbucks Corporation is an American chain store coffee house company. As of …
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Polish company fell under the US sanctions for trading coal from separatist-held territory of Donbas
The Polish company, Doncoaltrade, which was engaged in exporting of coal from the separatist-controlled territories of the Donbas, was included in the US sanctions list, as stated in a message on the website of the US Department of the Treasury.
On Friday night, the US Treasury announced the expansion of sanctions against Russia due to the situation in Ukraine, adding to it 21 individuals and 12 organizations.
Polish publication Gazeta Prawna reported on November 5 that anthracite from …
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Interior Ministry of Ukraine to create a patrol police force for Crimea and Sevastopol
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine intends to form a patrol police force in the Crimea and Sevastopol that will work “in other areas” until the peninsula is freed from "Russian occupation", stated the Minister of Interior, Arsen Avakov, at the annual college meeting of the Interior Ministry in Kyiv, the UNN news reports.
After the de-occupation of the Crimea, “the police divisions that will have been formed will be transferred to the Crimea,” the Minister explained.
At the same time, …
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Putin’s aide Surkov welcomes new US proposals on Ukraine
Assistant to the Russian President Vladislav Surkov stated in the follow-up of the meeting with US State Department’s Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker that the new US proposals on the settlement of the situation in the southeast of Ukraine seemed fully attainable to him, TASS reports.
The subject of the talks that took place in Dubai on January 26 was the deployment of the UN mission in the southeast of Ukraine.
"The Americans brought much more constructive proposals this time. …
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Journalists that revealed a secret vacation of Ukrainian President Poroshenko in Maldives being harassed
The President of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), Thomas Kent, made a statement in defense of the journalists from the Skhemy (Schemes) investigative journalism program, denouncing the attempts to interfere in the job of the journalists by trying to “subvert their reputation or intimidate them, online or in any other way,” Radio Liberty reports.
After the publication of the investigative report called “Mr. Petro Incognito, a Secret Vacation of the President”, in which journalists from …
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Ukrainian president proposes that Europe create a coalition ‘to combat Russia’s aggression’
European countries should create a new coalition to combat “Russia’s aggression,” as Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko stated on his Facebook page.
“Today we are in a situation where Russia has launched an undeclared war against all of us. That is why, given this situation, we should think about new coalitions, new programs or approaches,” the Ukrainian President wrote. The question of responding to Russia’s actions in Europe was raised by Poroshenko during the session “Central and Eastern …
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Additional 50 Canadian military instructors arrive in Ukraine
50 Canadian military instructors came to Ukraine as part of the UNIFIER military training mission, as the Canadian Ambassador to Ukraine, Roman Waschuk, wrote on his Twitter page.
"We are strengthening our Canadian presence – 50 additional military servicemen arrived as part of the UNIFIER operation. We support the Defense Ministry of Ukraine in defending Ukraine's sovereignty, security and stability," the diplomat noted.
According to the Head of the Canadian UNIFIER military training mission …
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Polish Sejm votes in favor of ban on 'Bandera Propaganda'
The Polish Sejm voted on Friday to amend a law on the Institute of National Memory to introduce punishment for so-called “Bandera propaganda”. The amendment stipulates a fine or imprisonment for up to 3 years for the denial of crimes committed by Ukrainian nationalists, reports Onet.pl.
The amendment refers to actions related to the use of "violence, terror or other forms of human rights violations against individuals or groups of people” that occurred in the time period between 1925 and 1950. …
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Kremlin suspects Ukraine of importing cheese through Belarus ignoring Russian sanctions
The Russian Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor) suspects that 25% of all cheese in the Russian market was produced in Ukraine, repacked in Belarus, and imported into the Russian Federation as produced from third party countries, as stated by RBC news agency citing the official representative of Rosselkhoznadzor, Julia Melano.
According to her, cheese-like products produced mostly from vegetable fat, but presented as milk cheese, are repacked in …