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Head of RIA Novosti Ukraine refuses Ukrainian citizenship in court
Kirill Vyshinsky, head of the publication RIA Novosti Ukraine and a suspect of high treason, publicly refused his Ukrainian citizenship in favor of his Russian citizenship, which he received in 2015, during a trial in the Kherson Oblast Appeals Court.
"I appeal [for help] to [Ukrainian] President [Petro] Poroshenko regarding my withdrawal from Ukrainian citizenship and ask you to transfer this statement to the presidential administration. From this moment, I consider myself only a citizen of …
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Putin plans to withdraw Gryzlov from Trilateral Contact Group on Donbas
Russian President Vladimir Putin will decide very soon on the structure of the Presidential administration. The changes will also affect the foreign policy direction, the Russian newspaper Kommersant reported.
The Russian representative in the Trilateral Contact Group negotiating Donbas settlement, Boris Gryzlov, may take a post of the presidential envoy in the Central Federal District of Russia, although this has not yet officially confirmed. On Mary 30, Gruzlov took part in the regular …
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Kyiv may tighten monetary policy and impose currency restrictions if IMF does not give next tranche
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) warned that it may tighten monetary policy and impose currency restrictions if the International Monetary Fund does not release a fifth tranche to Ukraine.
"We have been talking through the possible scenarios in the case there is no tranche. If inflationary pressures increase, it will strengthen our monetary tools to contain inflation. We will impose certain restrictions on potential capital outflows," NBU Governor Yakiv Smoliy told journalists on Thursday. …
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Russia sides with Hungary, calls on NATO to put pressure on Ukraine
The Russian Federation requested the North Atlantic Alliance to put pressure on Ukraine following the country’s changes to provisions of the law “on education”, Evropeyska Pravda reports with reference to a source in the NATO headquarters who commented on a meeting of the NATO-Russia council which took place in Brussels in May.
Russia claims that one of the members of NATO, namely Hungary, is not satisfied with the Ukrainian law. Budapest has blocked ministerial meetings of the Ukraine-NATO …
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Ukrainian Finance Minister considers his complaints against Groysman and Poroshenko justified
In response to a question from the Ukrainski Novyny news ageny, Ukrainian Finance Minister Oleksandr Danylyuk said he does not think it was a mistake to send a letter to the ambassadors of the Group of Seven countries complaining about the pressure from Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman and President Petro Poroshenko.
“I had exhausted the opportunities for normal dialog. I am a decisive person, but also tolerant. We always look for ways to carry out what we have planned. Regarding the State …