Contents tagged with Ukraine
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Ukraine increases transit of gas to a new record
According to 9 months of records, the transit of gas through the Ukrainian gas transportation system amounted to a record 70.4 billion cubic meters of gas, which is 23.5% more than the volume of transit for the same 9 months last year, as reported by Naftogaz of Ukraine.
As noted, this is the highest level in the last 9 years.
In addition, according to the company, 8.5 billion cubic meters of gas have been pumped into Ukrainian storage facilities, which is 44% more than last year. As of …
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EU investments into Ukraine reach $600 million
Since the beginning of the year, EU countries have invested 597.3 million dollars in the economy of Ukraine, making up 84% of their total investments for the same period last year, as stated by the press service of the Ukrainian Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, UNIAN reported.
It is noted that Cyprus ($287.1 million) and Great Britain ($160.1 million) are the top EU investors into Ukraine.
It is noted by the Ministry that by July 1, 2017, the total volume of foreign direct …
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Despite obligations to IMF, Ukraine decides not to increase gas tariffs
The Ukrainian government has postponed the publication of import parity gas prices from October 1, 2017 until March 31, 2018, as reported by Ukrainian News, citing the Cabinet's resolution dated September 26th.
"[It is decided] to agree with the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry’s proposal on the postponing of the relevant information [publication of the price]," the document says.
It was decided to postpone the price promulgation until the mechanism by which the process is determined is …
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Crimean Ministry of Finance: as of October authorities have used only half of the funds allocated by Kremlin
The consolidated budget expenditures from the annexed Crimea exceeded 77 billion rubles (more than $1.3 billion), which is 44.5% of the annual budget, as reported by the Crimean Ministry of Finance’s press service, which is controlled by Russia.
"Our analysis for January-August showed that if the growth of 2016 over 2015 was more than 9 billion rubles ($156.1 million), then those of 2017 as compared to 2016 would already be 17.4 billion-($301.9 million)," the press service published the …
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Chief Military Prosecutor of Ukraine: Ukrainians should have the right to carry a weapon
The chief military prosecutor of Ukraine Anatolii Matios believes that all Ukrainians should have a weapon in order to protect their lives, as reported by Ukrainian television station 112 Ukraine.
“There are a lot of things happening in Ukraine right now. I hold to the principle that every Ukrainian should have a weapon and be able to preserve or protect his life in case of difficult times,” he said.
Matios confirmed that he carries a service weapon, since his status of a serviceman allows …
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Herashchenko: Ukraine is conducting international negotiations on peacekeeping mission in the Donbas
Ukraine intends to bring its position in line with partnering countries before submitting a resolution on promoting the peacekeeping mission in the Donbas, and is currently negotiating on this topic, according to the First Deputy Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's representative in the humanitarian subgroup of the Trilateral Contact Group, Iryna Herashchenko.
"The issue is not the submission date for the resolution. It could have been submitted three years ago. The question is that the …
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Crimean Ministry of Energy: Fuel on the peninsula will last until start of November
Vadim Belik, Russian-controlled Minister of Fuel and Energy of annexed Crimea, told Krymskaya Gazeta in an interview that the fuel reserves at the gas stations on the peninsula will last for 35 days. According to him, there is no longer any deficit.
“In November this year, a minimum reserve of oil products amounting to at least 10,000 tons will be established at the Feodosia oil depot. The urgent need to have such a reserve arose due to possible interruptions in deliveries and the movement of …
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Kyiv: the presence of Russians at the OSCE mission has doubled in one year
The number of representatives of the Russian Federation and countries friendly to it that are part of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) has increased significantly over the past year, notes Iryna Herashchenko, the First Deputy Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada and Ukraine's representative in the humanitarian subgroup of the Tripartite Contact Group.
"Very often in the mission there are representatives of those countries that have special sentiments towards Moscow, and sometimes they do not …
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Russian Army draft campaign begins in Crimea
Since October 1, the Crimean authorities are launching an autumn conscription campaign in Sevastopol, following which 400 residents of Sevastopol will be sent for service in the Russian army, as reported by the Crimean Human Rights Group (HRG) on Facebook.
On September 27, the website of the government of Sevastopol reported that this was announced at the meeting of the conscription commission chaired by the Deputy Governor of Sevastopol, Yuri Krivov. Out of 400 drafted, more than 100 people …
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U.S. Secretary of Defense believes weapons sent to Ukraine will not cause escalation in Donbas
At a press conference in Kyiv, U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis said that there is no need to fear an escalation in the Donbas in the event that America provides weapons to Ukraine, as reported by Voice of America.
“Defense weapons do not provoke anyone unless you are the aggressor. And Ukraine is clearly not an aggressor, since military operations are taking place in its territory,” he said.
Luke Coffey, director of the conservative research group Allison Center for Foreign Policy …