Contents tagged with Ukraine
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European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to allocate 30 million for direct investments in Ukraine
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) decided to allocate $30 million to the Emerging Europe Growth Fund III, L.P. (EEGF III). It is a direct investment fund, launched by Horizon Capital for investments, mainly into Ukraine, as reported by Anton Usov, EBRD's Senior Communications Advisor.
"The EBRD is investing $30 million into the Emerging Europe Growth Fund III, which will invest in the shared capital of small and medium-sized enterprises in Ukraine. The goal for the …
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Ukraine submits an appeal against decision on 'Yanukovych loan'
On Friday, the Ukrainian Ministry of Finance submitted the necessary documents on behalf of the State of Ukraine to the English Court of Appeals to initiate an appeal against the decision of the High Court of London on the claim of the Russian Federation against Ukraine regarding Eurobonds for $3 billion.
"Ukraine is confident in the arguments of the appeal and in winning at the Court of Appeal at the appropriate time. The hearing of the appeal is tentatively scheduled for the second half of …
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Crimean authorities discourage residents from obtaining Ukrainian biometric passports by threatening them with arrest on the mainland of Ukraine
The Deputy Prime Minister of the annexed Crimea, Georgy Muradov says that residents of the peninsula who wish to receive a Ukrainian biometric passport for traveling abroad can face arrests on the mainland of Ukraine.
"I want to warn all people that this is not just an outright provocation, but also a great danger. Half will be arrested and then people will cry and say ‘What have I done?’ We should not succumb to these provocations," Muradov said on "Sputnik in the Crimea" radio, RIA Novosti …
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Ukraine and the US to sign agreements on military-technical cooperation
The President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, announced the signing of agreements on defense purchases and the military-technical cooperation between Ukraine and the US in the near future, as he stated during a press conference in Washington.
“For 36 hours, meetings have been held with key players in the new US Presidential Administration. There was a very long conversation with the President, where two important things were noted, the support of the United States for Ukraine's sovereignty, …
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White House: The U.S. will continue the policy of sanctions against Russia until it 'leaves eastern Ukraine'
The USA intends to continue the sanctions policy towards Russia until it "leaves eastern Ukraine," as indicated on Tuesday by the White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer, at a routine press briefing.
On Tuesday, the U.S. Finance Ministry included 38 people and organizations, including "two Russian civil servants" and two of their assistants, in the sanctions list. Among the Russians on the list are the Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, Sergey Nazarov, a member …
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Russia dissatisfied with exchange between Ukraine and Croatia on best practices for the integration of occupied territories
The Russian Foreign Ministry believes that Croatia's plans to share its experience of peaceful reintegration of occupied territories with Ukraine will not contribute to the settlement of the conflict in the Donbas. The Russian Foreign Ministry’s Department of Information and Press stated this in comments connected with statements on the revitalization of the Croatian working group on cooperation with Ukraine.
"We have paid attention to the statements made at the level of the heads of …
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Ukraine initiates criminal investigation into export and sales of coal from the Donbas
The Main Military Prosecutor's office of Ukraine opened a criminal case in connection with the export and sale abroad of coal mined in the separatist-held territories of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, the press secretary of the Prosecutor General Office, Larisa Sargan wrote on her Facebook page on Saturday.
"A number of websites posted materials from which it becomes clear that under the general guidance of [businessman Sergei] Kurchenko, in 2017, government officials and other employees of …
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International Maritime Organization condemns Russia for opening fire at Ukrainian An-26 aircraft in February
19 delegations of the member-countries of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) condemned the actions of the Russian Federation in connection with the firing at the An-26 aircraft of the Ukrainian Naval Forces over the Black Sea in February this year, as stated in a message on the website of the Embassy of Ukraine in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
On June 15, the Ukrainian delegation addressed a meeting of the Maritime Safety Committee of the International …
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The Ukrainian Prosecutor’s General Office has demanded that Russia extradite the ex-commander of the Berkut Special Police
The Prosecutor General's Office (GPU) has asked Russia to detain and extradite Serhiy Kusyuk, the former chief of the Kyiv Special Police Regiment, Berkut, as reported by the head of the GPU Department of Special Investigations, Sergei Gorbatyuk on 112 Ukraine.
“A request was sent to the Russian Federation to detain and extradite him,” he said.
So far, there has been no answer from the Russian Federation.
Gorbatyuk also noted that Kusyuk was made aware of GPU’s suspicion during seven …
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Former US Secretary of State stresses importance of providing Ukraine with defensive weapons
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko met with a delegation from the National Democratic Institute of the United States (NDI), which was headed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the organization, former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, as reported by the Press Service of the President of Ukraine.
"Madeleine Albright stressed the importance of providing Ukraine with defensive weapons in order to ensure the lawful right of a sovereign state to self-defense in accordance with …