Contents tagged with Ukraine
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Hungary calls for sending OSCE mission to Zakarpattia Oblast of Ukraine
Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó called on the Council of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to send a mission of observers to Zakarpattia, as reported on the website of the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
“Hungary was previously an adherent of Ukraine, but the September law on education, which significantly reduced the rights of minorities to study in their native languages, has become a source of great disappointment. The law is completely incompatible …
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Lavrov complains about 'oppression of Russian-speaking Ukrainians' because of Ukrainian education law
During the 24th OSCE Ministerial Council in Vienna, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that the new Ukrainian law on education oppresses “millions of Russian-speaking Ukrainians” , RIA Novosti reported.
The head of the foreign policy department believes that Brussels has not responded to the Ukrainian law with sufficient harshness. According to him, it “violates Kyiv’s international obligations” and is directed against the Russian language, which “millions of citizens of Ukraine” …
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Russia started delivery of aviation fuel to separatist-held areas of Ukraine
In November 2017, Russia began supplying aviation kerosene to the separatist-controlled territories of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, LIGA.net reports, citing data from the Russian railway.
From November 15 to 28, the Promsyrieimoprt company, owned by the Russian Ministry of Energy, transported by rail two batches of aviation kerosene with a total volume of about 65,000 kg.
This amount is enough for a 20-hour flight for an Airbus A321 or Boeing 737-800, or a 5-hour flight for a Ruslan An-124 …
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Ukraine: DHL Express, Adidas and Puma illegally operate in annexed Crimea
Ukrainian Ministry of Temporarily Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons notes that the German companies DHL Express, Adidas and Puma are illegally working in Russian-annexed Crimea, the ministry's website reports.
"While monitoring compliance with the legal regime of the temporarily occupied territory, the Ministry of Temporarily Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons found evidence of activities by German companies DHL Express, Adidas AG, Puma SE on the …
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International Criminal Tribunal confirms Russia’s military involvement in the armed conflict in the Donbas
The Prosecutor's Office of the International Criminal Court (The Hague Tribunal, the Netherlands) established a series of facts concerning the military confrontation between the Ukrainian military and the armed forces of the Russian Federation in the Donbass, as stated in a report by the ICC chief prosecutor, Fatu Bensouda, the Novosti Donbassa (Donbas News) reports.
In their 2016 report, it was established by the preliminary investigation that armed groups, including militants of the Donetsk …
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Ukrainian representative to UN: Russia should be tried for war crimes in Ukraine
The Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations, Volodymyr Yelchenko has called for bringing charges of war crimes against state authorities of the Russian Federation "who instigated, stoked, and backed military aggression against Ukraine". Yelchenko made this statement at the December 6th meeting of the UN Security Council where progress in the International Criminal Tribunals regarding the former states of Yugoslavia and Rwanda was being discussed, Ukrinform reported.
“The …
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Tillerson: Deploying peacekeepers in Donbas a priority for US
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that, in order to resolve the conflict in the Donbas, the US considers it a priority to reach an agreement on the deployment of a UN peacekeeping mission there.
A statement to this effect was made by the head of the US foreign policy department on Wednesday, December 6, the day before the planned talks with his Russian colleague Sergey Lavrov, DW reports.
“Russia has long resisted the idea of bringing in peacekeeping forces, but now they have agreed,” …
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Ukraine and China agreed to implement $7 billion worth of joint contracts
Ukraine and China agreed on deepening cooperation at a meeting between the Prime Minister of Ukraine, Volodymyr Groysman and Vice Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China, Ma Kai, according to the Ukrainian government’s website.
“As Ukraine and China celebrate 25 years of diplomatic relations they reach for a new strategic level of cooperation that envisages the implementation of joint projects worth approximately USD 7 billion,” the statement read.
Ma Kai stressed that …
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UN wraps up Donbas food program
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has decided to stop providing food and other humanitarian assistance to people of Ukraine affected by the Donbas conflict, as reported by a representative of the humanitarian organization.
According to the spokesperson, the cessation of the supply of aid to the east of Ukraine in the next two months is due to a lack of funding for the WFP.
According to the speaker, it has become increasingly difficult to continue implementing programs in Ukraine due to …
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68 Ukrainians are mentioned in ‘Paradise papers’ leak
68 Ukrainians (55 men and 13 women) appear in the international offshore investigation dubbed "Paradise Papers," reports Deutsche World with reference to the analytic system YouControl.
According to YouControl, among 57 offshore companies owned by Ukrainians, 27 are registered in the British Virgin Islands, 11 in Bermuda, 7 in Malta, 4 in the Isle of Man, 3 in the Cayman Islands, 3 in the Seychelles Islands, 1 in the United Kingdom and 1 on the Island of Jersey.
It is reported that two-thirds …