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NATO Parliamentary Assembly to be held in Ukraine in 2020
The spring 2020 session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (PA) will be held in Kyiv.
This was reported by Verkhovna Rada member Irina Friz, who heads the Ukrainian delegation to the NATO PA.
“This is important and very good news! The Permanent Committee of the NATO PA approved the application of Ukraine for the spring session of the NATO PA in Kyiv. We have been granted this right in 2020,” she wrote on Facebook on Sunday evening.
In her opinion, this is “not only a manifestation of Ukraine’ …
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Ukrainian President Poroshenko signs pension reform
The adopted changes will mean that, as of October 1, the minimum pension amount will increase from 1312 ($49.52) to 1452 ($54.80) hryvnia.
The pension reform envisages an incremental lengthening of the necessary contribution period before retirement to 25 years in 2018 and to 35 years in 2028.
From 2019, there are plans to introduce a contributory scheme. Persons who, according to current legislation, will be subject to the statutory state pension contribution on January 1, 2019, will be …
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Military expert: export of Ukrainian arms to the world market can grow up to $3 billion a year
According to Ukrainian Center for Army, Conversion and Disarmament Studies (CACDS), the volume of Ukrainian arms exports to the global market can grow from the current 770 million dollars to 2-3 billion dollars, writes Valentin Badrak, director of the CACDS in his article for ZN.UA.
According to the author, although state concern Ukroboronprom believes that Ukraine does not have the end products for such deliveries, the flexible private sector can produce them very quickly, expanding both …
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Separatist LPR introduces criminal liability for failure to pay social security tax
Authorities of the so-called LPR (Luhansk People’s Republic) have introduced criminal liability for non-payment of unified social contribution to compulsory state insurance, also known as the Unified Social Tax or UST, reported the terrorist-controlled online-resource LIC.
The corresponding decision was made by "the deputies of the People's Council of the LPR", adopting the so-called law “On Introducing Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the LPR."
The so-called legislative act amends " …
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Notorious arms dealer with links to Russia’s military industry suddenly dies in Ukraine
A wealthy Odessa businessman, Boris Kogan, who started working as a taxi driver and got rich on the international arms trade, died at his home on October 6, as reported by a local newspaper, Dumskaya, with reference to sources close to the businessman. Kommersant reported that Kogan died suddenly due to heart problems.
Kogan was a minority shareholder and a member of the RT-Logistics board, 51% of which belongs to the Russian state. The company is a part of the Rostec consortium, dealing with …
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US representative for Ukraine Volker and Putin’s aide Surkov held talks in Belgrade
Negotiations between Russian Presidential Assistant Vladislav Surkov and US State Department Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker were constructive, RBC news agency reports quoting Surkov as saying.
"We discussed the draft resolution of the UN on the Donbas proposed by Russia, and understanding was found on a number of positions. Most of which were recognized as surmountable," Surkov said.
He added that both sides stressed the need to carry out the Minsk deals, with the Normandy …
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Ukraine accuses Russian private military company Wagner of involvement in Donbas conflict
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said that the Wagner Group, a Russian private military company, participated in conflicts in the Donbas in 2014, and subsequently in Syria.
“An evidence base has been collected on the activity of Russian soldiers in the Donbas and in Syria, the activity of the Wagner Group. The campaign’s leader is Dmitry Utkin. This project makes it possible for the Kremlin to tell the international community that there are none of its soldiers there [in Eastern Ukraine],” …
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Ukraine and the US began joint production of fire arms
Ukraine and the United States of America have begun the joint production of small arms. Demonstration of the first batch of weapons took place on Thursday at the National Guard shooting range near Kyiv, reports Voice of America.
The venture is a joint project of the state concern Ukroboronprom and the American company Aeros. The weapon mainly being produced is an automatic carbine that works with both 7.62 mm cartridges and 5.56 mm cartridges. The former is standard for the Kalashnikov assault …
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Poroshenko: new law on the Donbas will allow Ukraine to receive Western weapons
A bill on the reintegration of the Donbas, which was adopted on its first reading, will provide an additional argument for the provision of Western weapons to Kyiv, as stated in the message of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko published on website of the presidential administration.
"This [draft law] further strengthens the legal framework for the use of the Armed Forces, expands their capabilities in the region. This strengthens the arguments in favor of providing Ukraine with defensive …
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Muzhenko: Ukraine interested in US assistance to strengthen the security of military storage facilities
During a meeting with the defense attaché at the US Embassy in Ukraine, Thomas Wofford, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Viktor Muzhenko said that Kyiv is interested in engaging American specialists in measures to strengthen the security of weapons depos, bases and warehouses.
"The Armed Forces of Ukraine demonstrate progress in reforming and moving to NATO standards, thanks to advisory assistance provided by US advisers, as well as training personnel units with the …