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India to increase imports of Ukrainian sunflower oil
India is interested in increasing Ukrainian sunflower oil import volume, as reported by the press service of the State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection.
This was on the agenda for the August 2nd meeting of the leadership of the the State Service on Food Safety and Consumer Protection with the representatives of the Indian Oilseed and Produce Exporters Association. During the meeting, they discussed the issues of exporting Ukrainian sunflower and sunflower oil to India. …
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Ukraine repaid $450 million to the IMF
Ukraine repaid the International Monetary Fund (IMF) $450 million borrowed under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) program that commenced in 2014.
"We paid today," a representative of the National Bank told Ukrainski Novyny news agency.
Ukraine is supposed to repay a total of 16.836 billion UAH this year (approximately $650 million USD), as stated in the program approved by the Ministry of Finance for managing the national debt for 2017.
In March 2015 the IMF opened a four-year EFF program …
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Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemns Prime Minister of Russia Medvedev's visit to Crimea
“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has expressed strong protest in connection with the latest visit by a Russian delegation to the temporarily Russian-occupied territory of Ukraine. The delegation, headed by the Prime Minister of Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev, to the Autonomous Republic of Crimea on August 4, 2017, was not coordinated with Ukraine,” the statement on the website of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry reads.
The statement emphasizes that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs …
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Kyiv: Ukraine saved 2.7 million tons of coal after deliveries from separatist republics were suspended
Ukraine saved 2.7 million tons of A-grade coal as a result of emergency measures taken by the energy sector from February 17 to July 17, as reported by Volodymyr Kistion, the Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine, at a meeting to discuss issues in Ukraine’s unified energy system.
“Today coal reserves in TPP and CHPP warehouses amount to 2,344,000 tons, including 1,477,000 tons of gas type coal and 867,000 tons of anthracite type coal. Preparations for the winter are going according to plan. There has …
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Kyiv considers introducing criminal penalties for illegal border crossing from Russia
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has registered a draft law on amending the Criminal Code of Ukraine regarding responsibility for illegal crossing of the state border (No. 7017). The text of the bill is posted on the parliament's website. Its authors are the leader of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc "Solidarity" faction, Arthur Gerasimov and the Deputy Chairman of the faction, Presidential Representative in the Parliament, Iryna Lutsenko.
The draft law proposes that the Criminal Code of Ukraine be …