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Ukraine expects to receive a new tranche of the loan from the International Monetary Fund
The Cabinet of Ministers expects that the amount of the 4th tranche of the IMF loan within the EFF program that Ukraine can receive in February will amount to $1 billion, Ukrainian News reported with reference to a government source. The funds are earmarked for replenishing the reserves of the National Bank.
In November, they discussed the possibility of allocating approximately $18 billion but now, the expected amount is about only $1 billion. The final amount of the tranche will be known …
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SBU cannot ban Moldovan President from entering Ukraine because of statements about the Crimea
The State Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) cannot ban the President of Moldova, Igor Dodon, from entering the country because of his statements that the Crimea belongs to Russia, as reported by RBC-Ukraine.
Dodon has previously stated that he considers the Crimea as "de facto Russian." Such statements (before being elected President) caused the Verkhovna Rada to send a request to the SBU to ban him from entering Ukraine.
"But neither then, nor now, was this ban imposed and Dodon can safely …
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The law 'On the High Council of Justice' came into force in Ukraine
The idea for the High Council of Justice surfaced in Ukraine on September 30th, and it was considered a significant judicial reform for the country. However, the law "On the High Council of Justice" came into force on Thursday, January 5th. According to this law, the High Council of Justice (CHJ), which is a constitutional body of judicial self-government permanently operating to ensure the independence of judicial power, has to be created within 20 days through the reorganization of the …
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Kyiv responds to Ukrainian oligarch’s suggestion to compromise with Russia
One of the richest and most influential Ukrainians, oligarch Victor Pinchuk, published an article in the Wall Street Journal in which he suggested that Ukrainians have to “make painful compromises for peace with Russia” .
What are these “painful” compromises?
Pinchuk acknowledges that Ukraine should be able to choose its future, and Russia has to fulfill its obligations under the Minsk agreements ensuring the ceasefire and the withdrawal of its troops from the Donbas.
“But this can be part …
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150 foreign vessels illegally entered Crimean ports in 2016
During 2016, 150 merchant vessels, flying the flags of 49 foreign countries, entered ports of the occupied Crimea – Yevpatoria, Sevastopol, Yalta, Feodosia, and Kerch – violating bans and sanctions, as demonstrated by the monitoring of the information portal, BSNews, which uses an AIS (automatic identification system) vessel tracking system.
In 2016, another 40 vessels that violated the policies of the occupied territory for the first time were added to the list of old violators, which entered …