Contents tagged with Ukraine
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Montenegro joins EU imposing sanctions on those responsible for aggression against Ukraine
Montenegrin authorities have banned 149 citizens of Russia and Ukraine from entering the country and possessing property because of their involvement in the annexation of the Crimea and the war in the Donbas, B92 news outlet reports.
The list of citizens who are banned from entering Montenegro was formulated on the basis of the European Council’s ruling.
“Montenegro is restricting the entry and management of property and assets of the people who bear responsibility for actively supporting the …
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Russian Foreign Ministry believes that relations with Ukraine will eventually be restored
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia has no doubts that Ukraine and Russia will eventually come to the restoration of full-fledged ties between the two countries and peoples. The Ministry made the statement on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of signing the Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Partnership between the Russian Federation and Ukraine.
"Concluding this treaty in 1997, the leaders of Russia and Ukraine were determined to have close cooperation and a deeper relationship. …
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Ukraine confiscates Gazprom’s joint venture shares
Ukraine seized the shares of Gaztransit (Kyiv), Private Joint-Stock Company owned by the Russian Gazprom, as reported in Gazprom’s quarterly report.
“On May 12, 2017, Gazprom PJSC received through the representative office of Gazprom PJSC in Kyiv resolutions of the Department of the State Executive Service of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine on the opening of the enforcement proceedings in the amount of UAH 189.13 billion ($7.20 billion USD), including the amount of the execution fee of UAH 1 …
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Japanese company Fujikura will open two more plants in Ukraine
The Japanese electrical equipment manufacturer Fujikura Automotive Ukraine Lviv plans to open two more plants in Ukraine. The First Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine and Minister of Economic Development and Trade, Stepan Kubiv posted the news on Facebook.
"We completed the meeting with Keidanren where we worked on Ukraine-Japan investment projects. Fujikura Automotive Ukraine Lviv plans to expand the work of the enterprise and increase the staff of employed workers from two thousand to three …
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After the ban on Russian social networks, the number of Ukrainian Facebook users grew by 25%
The Ukrainian audience on Facebook has grown by almost a 25% in the past two weeks adding 1.5 million users, as reported by Watcher online newspaper.
As of today, Facebook has 8.3 million Ukrainian users. According to the methodology established by the American social network, users are considered to be people who have been logged in and used the social network at least once within the last 30 days.
Over the past 8 years - since April 2009 – the Facebook audience in Ukraine has grown by 131 …
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Ukraine initiates a case against Russian officials for conducting a 'hybrid war'
The Prosecutor’s Office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (a unit that remains within the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine) has opened a criminal case against Russian officials for conducting a "hybrid war", as stated in a message published on the Prosecutor's Office website.
The case was opened, according to the materials of the Security Service (SBU), under Part 1 of Article 437 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (planning, preparation, unleashing and waging an aggressive war).
It is …
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Russia condemns the ratification of Ukraine-EU Association Agreement by the Netherlands
Maria Zakharova, official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, commented on the Netherlands’ ratification of the Ukraine—European Union Association Agreement, as reported by the press service of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry said that the agreement on the association of Ukraine and the EU is essentially anti-Russian, and the people of the Netherlands have been cheated by their own leaders.
“However, all of this …
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NATO intends to allow Ukrainian military companies to participate in bidding
The NATO Support and Procurement Agency has proposed to include Ukrainian defense-industrial companies in the list of defense products manufacturers. Thus, the state-run enterprise Ukroboronprom can obtain permission to participate in bidding for the supply of goods and services to NATO member nations and partners within the framework of the random brokerage services program. This was reported on Ukroboronprom’s website.
“Ukraine is the first among the Eastern European partners of NATO which …
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Ukraine summons reserve officers
Ukrainian Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak has signed an order summoning reserve officers to military service in 2017. This was announced at a briefing on Tuesday by General-Lieutenant Artur Artemenko, deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).
“Today an order was signed by the Defense Minister which determines the procedure for summoning officers to military service in 2017. The order has been sent to the Ministry of Justice and after ratification by the relevant …
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Kremlin: Russia ready for talks with U.S. about the Donbas
Russia intends to step up the dialogue with the U.S. on the settlement of the situation in Donbas, as reported by the newspaper Izvestiya citing the by Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia, Sergey Ryabkov.
According to him, Russia expects that soon the U.S. will appoint someone in the State Department to care for this matter. First, a successor to Victoria Nuland – who was involved in the Ukraine issue under Barack Obama – needs to be appointed. Only then will there be possible a substantive …