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Stratfor: Washington and Moscow may be making progress in talks over Ukraine
The United States is likely making slow headway in the negotiation process with Russia on the crisis in Ukraine but this week demonstrated significant progress. Voice of America reports that this statement was released by the American analytical center Stratfor in a new analysis named "Anticipation of progress in negotiations on Ukraine."
On May 18th, Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland once again visited Moscow where she met with Russian Presidential Assistant Vladislav Surkov. This …
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Russia demands that Ukraine pay for renaming of cities
Russian Minister of Transport Maxim Sokolov believes that Ukraine has to pay the change of international transport codes after renaming of the city of Dnepropetrovsk, TASS writes.
"Changing the name is quite costly and those who decided to rename it bear responsibility. I don’t know whether they have changed the international codes,” Sokolov said. According to him, Russia is ready to make changes to their cartographic sources and databases "if all the costs of the international codes are …
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Latvian Minister of Internal Affairs: EU should not hesitate to allow visa-free travel for Ukrainians, Georgians
The European Union should not delay the decision to cancel visa regimes for Georgia and Ukraine, as stated by the Minister of Internal Affairs of Latvia, Rihards Kozlovskis, Delfi reported.
According to an Advisor to the Minister, Daiga Holma, at a meeting concerning the European Commission's proposal to abolish visa regimes for citizens of Ukraine, Georgia, Turkey and Kosovo, Kozlovskis supported abolishing visas for citizens of these states.
He particularly singled out Georgia and Ukraine, …
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Media: Trudeau will visit Kiev to sign a Free Trade Agreement between Canada and Ukraine
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is planning an official state visit to Ukraine, Ukrinform reported, citing several sources involved in the preparation of the visit.
According to sources, Trudeau plans to sign an agreement on a free trade agreement while in Kiev.
"Now, the agreement on a free trade zone between Ukraine and Canada must pass legal and linguistic proofreading, and then it will be ready for signing,” the source stated.
Details of the visit have yet to be approved, but most …
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Heavy artillery bombardment reported near Avdiivka
Ukrainian military command reported that on Saturday, at around 11:00 pm Kiev time, heavy bombardment of the Ukrainian positions began near Avdiivka. According to the reports, several mortars hit residential area near Avdiivka, setting several houses on fire.
"Today around 11 pm the enemy opened intense fire on our positions near Avdiivka. Several shells hit houses in residential area causing them [the houses] to catch fire," a statement issued by Ukrainian Command read.
The statement, …