• Russian Minister of Defense: Conscripts from Crimea will serve in all regions of Russia

    This year, for the first time in the spring conscription, Crimeans will pass military service in all regions of Russia, as announced by the Russian Defense Minister, Army General Sergey Shoygu during a conference call.

    “I want to start by saying that tomorrow starts the next draft campaign, which will last until July 15. In accordance with the decree of the Russian president, we plan to call 142,000 people. Among them will be citizens of the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol, who will perform …

  • Head of the Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine: authorities are trying to prevent the creation of an anti-corruption court

    Artem Sytnyk, Chairman of the NABU (Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine), believes that authorities are trying to prevent the creation of an anti-corruption court through manipulation.

    "The creation of this court is now at the stage of huge manipulation by the acting authorities," he said at a briefing in Lviv.

    In so doing, Sytnyk mentioned the conclusions of the High Council of Justice regarding the unconstitutionality of the draft law (No. 6011) on the creation of the Anti-Corruption Court, …

  • Polish politician: Russia is behind the anti-Polish activities in Ukraine

    Polish Law and Justice party leader Jarosław Kaczyński told tvn24 that Russia is most likely behind the recent anti-Polish activities in Ukraine.

    Kaczyński was asked to comment on the information that Russia was behind the attack on the Consulate General of Poland in Lutsk, cases of desecration of Polish memorials in Ukraine, as well as the provocations near the Polish-Ukrainian border.

    "It seems Russia is behind this. Lots of things indicate this. Ukrainians talk about this. The assumption …

  • One of Ukraine’s largest companies is under investigation for financial fraud and support of separatists

    The Prosecutor General's Office uncovered the scheme of a particularly large tax evasion and the illegal withdrawal of billions of hryvnias abroad, including for financing of terrorism, as reported by Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko on his Facebook page.

     According to him, 1000 law enforcement officers conducted searches and other immediate investigative actions in the offices of Ukraine’s largest distributor of tobacco products, TEDIS Ukraine.

    "The economic crimes department of …

  • The leader of the Justice civil-political movement: The IMF will send special auditors to Ukraine

    The leader of the Justice civil-political movement, Valentyn Nalyvaichenko announced on 112 TV channel that the IMF plans to send special auditors to Ukraine in the near future. “Auditors will check how previous loans were used and at the same time they will make certain that there was no corruption involved."

    Nalyvaichenko also stressed that international and financial partners regard the fight against corruption in Ukraine as the main exhaustive condition for further cooperation with the …