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Ukrainian Navy seizes foreign ship carrying cargo of contraband cigarettes in the Black Sea
The Ukrainian military opened fire during an operation to detain a foreign ship accused of smuggling in the Black Sea, the Navy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on Facebook on January 1.
"After ascertaining the futility of an attempted escape from the Ukrainian military boat, the vessel made contact and was questioned according to the procedures established by international maritime law. However, the violating vessel did not comply with the request to stop. In order to force an end to …
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Ukraine introduces biometric control at border
As of January 1, 2018, Ukraine has launched a system of recording biometric data of foreigners.
From now on, citizens of 71 different countries, including Russia, will have to be fingerprinted – all five fingers – for identification at the Ukraine border, and they will have to give advance notice about the purpose of their stay.
“We will cover all the stationary checkpoints, and then later, small checkpoints of local significance. These databases allow us to enter the ten countries with the …
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Head of Crimea promises to complete the Kerch bridge in new year
The Russian-appointed head of the Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov, promised in his New Year's address that construction of the Kerch bridge and the thermal power station will be completed in 2018. A video of the greeting was posted on Aksyonov’s official YouTube channel.
"The new Simferopol international airport terminal - the largest in the south of Russia - will receive its first passengers. The first electric power plant in Simferopol will give its first current. A flow of cars will pass along the …
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Polish Foreign Minister: there are three options for the deployment of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Donbas
There are three options for the deployment of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Donbass, said Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski in an interview with Polish media, Ukrinform reports. In contrast, the Russian Federation insists that there should not be any NATO countries participating in the mission and that the leadership of the separatist-held territories must become a subject of dialogue, to which many countries cannot agree, Poland included.
"The first option provides for the …
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Canada expressed unanimous support of Ukraine
The Government of Canada supports Ukraine in the fight against Russian aggression and refuses to lift sanctions against Moscow, the President of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) Paul Grod said, Ukrinform reports.
"There is almost unanimous support of Ukraine among the members of Parliament, understanding that Russia is an aggressor and that one of the key mechanisms to deter the Russian Federation is sanctions," he stated.
"Canada has no risk of lifting sanctions. Moreover, there is no …