Contents tagged with Verkhovna Rada
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Czech Republic is unhappy with Ukraine's law recognizing OUN and UPA veterans as fighters for independence
The President of the Czech Republic, Miloš Zeman "publicly called on Prague to officially protest against the glorification of Ukraine's war criminals,” his representative Jiří Ovčáček wrote on Twitter, Radio Svoboda reports. “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, particularly its head, Tomáš Petříček ‘fearfully keeps silent’ regarding the glorification of Bandera’s followers in Ukraine,” the statement said.
Petříček responded to Ovčáček’s statement by saying he would discuss …
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Poroshenko signs law to rename Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed a law which obligates the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC MP) to indicate in its name that it belongs to Russia, the presidential press service reports.
“People have a constitutional right to the free choice of religion. The mentioned changes to the law create better conditions to realize such a right for everyone who will decide which orthodox jurisdiction they belong to: whether the autocephalous Orthodox Church of …
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Kyiv: Ukraine to spends almost third of its budget to pay off government debt in 2019
According to the press service of the Finance Ministry of Ukraine, Ukraine’s budget for 2019 will provide 417 billion hryvnia for repayment and servicing of foreign and national debts.
“2019 is the year of the largest challenge in the Ukrainian history of financing external and domestic debts. 417 billion hryvnia is provided for its repayment and servicing in the budget of Ukraine for 2019. This is almost a third of the budget. These debts were not created today but by previous governments and …
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Ukrainian President proposes establishing Crimean Tatar autonomy in Crimea
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko expressed his readiness to introduce to the Verkhovna Rada a draft amendment to the Ukrainian constitution granting the Crimean Tatars autonomy. He stated at a press conference in Kyiv that he has already asked to convene the Constitutional Commission to fast-track adoption by Parliament.
"I am ready to introduce the issue of changing the Constitution regarding Crimean Tatar autonomy. I asked to convene the Constitutional Commission, to give the compromise …
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Ukrainian President on possible defeat in elections: if someone is more worthy, I will help them
President Petro Poroshenko stated that he has not yet decided whether to run in the 2019 election. At the same time, Poroshenko promised that if he runs for a second term and loses to a more worthy candidate, he is ready to help them.
“First of all: I really trust the Ukrainian people. Second: I am confident in its responsible choice. Third: If I decide to run and if it turns out someone is more worthy, I will help them,” said Porosheno said in response to the question of LB.ua about his …
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Kremlin expresses regret over the termination of the Friendship Treaty with ‘brotherly Ukraine’
Putin’s Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said that the Kremlin regretted that Kyiv had not renewed the Friendship Treaty with the Russian Federation because Russians and Ukrainians "have ties of kinship and fraternal relations," TASS reports.
The decree “On the termination of the Friendship, Cooperation and Partnership Treaty between Ukraine and the Russian Federation,” signed by President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko on December 10th was described by Peskov as “a manifestation of disrespect for …
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Ukrainian President signs decree on the termination of the Friendship Treaty with Russia
The President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, has signed a decree on the termination of the Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation, and Partnership with Russia, reports the presidential press service.
“The non-renewal of the agreement with Russia should not be viewed as a separate episode, but as part of our strategy for a final separation with the colonial past and new road towards Europe,” emphasized the Poroshenko in the video commentary.
According to the president, the other components of this …
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Ukrainian Parliament supports termination of Friendship treaty with Russia
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine voted for the termination of the Friendship Treaty with Russia. The draft law that was submitted to Parliament by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko was supported by 277 deputies while 20 opposed. The treaty will be terminated on April 1, 2019, not immediately, according to the terms set for unilateral withdrawal from the treaty.
Poroshenko stressed earlier that the matter was not about the termination of the agreement but that Kyiv refuses to extend it. …
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Kyiv authorizes Ukrainian coast guard to fire without warning
The Verkhovna Rada has passed a bill concerning Ukraine’s surrounding zone on its second reading. The bill states that the sea division of the State Border Guard Service (SBGS) may open fire without warning in an event of an armed aggression in order to protect Ukrainian ships.
244 MPs voted in favor of the bill the second time.
The zone surrounding Ukraine is defined as a sea belt adjacent to Ukraine’s territorial sea, the outer border of which is no more than 24 nautical miles from the …
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Ukrainian President introduces bill to end Friendship Treaty with Russia
On December 3, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko put forward a bill in the Verkhovna Rada to end the Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Partnership between Ukraine and Russia.
The explanatory note of bill No. 0206 states that Russia’s ongoing aggression has led to the violation of most of the treaty’s articles, something which Ukraine systematically emphasizes in diplomatic correspondence. “However, at present there are no signs of Russia having a bona fide intention to eliminate the …