• Ukraine bans St. George’s ribbon

    The President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, signed a law passed by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, which prohibits the public demonstration and production of St. George's ribbons (Guards). Violations of this law would result in fines up to 172 EUR.

    President Poroshenko signed the law passed by the Verkhovna Rada on May 16th. It prohibits the production and public use of Saint George ribbons. As reported on Monday, June 12th by the press service of the head of the Ukrainian state, the law will …

  • Kremlin: providing anonymity to foreign investors in the Crimea might be impossible

    Anatoly Aksakov, Chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee on Financial Markets, believes on the basis of experts’ opinions that providing anonymity to foreign investors coming to the Crimea by means of offshore elements will not work. He expressed such an opinion on June 11, at the media forum “Open Crimea: with your own eyes”, as reported by Kryminform news website.

    “In the State Duma there is a corresponding draft law, we have discussed it with experts from the Central Bank, the Ministry …

  • Direct deliveries of Norwegian gas to Ukraine will be possible starting in 2022

    Ukraine will be able to receive gas directly from Norway starting in 2022, said the Advisor to the Minister of Energy and Coal Industry, Maxim Belyavsky, referring to the signing of a memorandum of cooperation between Poland and Denmark to ensure direct gas supplies from Norway.

    "The direct flow of Norwegian gas to Ukraine is now a reality, starting from 2022. What remains for us is to build a pipeline inter-connector between Ukraine and Poland. The procurement of pipes should begin in the …

  • Ukrainian media: Separatists attacked Ukrainian Armed Forces after they took control of territory in the gray zone

    As reported on the Ukrainian TV program TSN Tyzhden, fighting has recently resumed in the Luhansk region near the Bakhmut road. Illya Kyrychenko, a grenade launcher operator, and Volodymyr Laykov, a 32-year-old machine gunner from Dnipropetrovsk region, were killed. Dozens of soldiers were wounded.

    All of this happened in territory that should belong to the Ukrainian army completely and without contest. According to the maps of the Minsk agreements, the area of Zholobok not controlled by the …

  • Crimean authorities invite foreign journalists to visit the construction of the Kerch Strait Bridge

    At the media forum "Open Crimea: With My Own Eyes”, the Kremlin-controlled Minister of Internal Politics, Information and Communications of the Crimea, Dmitry Polonsky, urged foreign journalists to see for themselves that the construction of the Kerch Strait Bridge is "not fake", Crimean News Agency reports.

    "You know that one of the most common false stories lately is that there is no Crimean bridge, and all that is in the media space is Photoshop and pictures. Those colleagues who agree to …