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Crimean authorities: Government owes millions in wages to the residents of the peninsula
As of December 1st, according to the Krymstat (the territorial body of the Federal State Statistics Service for the Republic of Crimea) the wage arrears in 12 Crimean enterprises amounted to 26.7 million rubles ($451,880 USD) for 524 employees, as announced by the Vice Prime Minister of the Russian government of the Crimea, Alla Pashkunova, at the final meeting of the Committee on the Repayment of Arrears in Wages.
"Compared to November 1st, arrears decreased by more than 41% - by 18.8 …
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Zakharchenko: DPR cannot export any goods because no country recognizes it
The head of the DPR (Donetsk People’s Republic), Alexander Zakharchenko, said that he does not like the state of industry in the separatist-controlled territory of the Donetsk region.
"Any enterprise - machine building, machine tool construction - assumes a certificate. These are documents that are recognized throughout the world. Unfortunately, at the moment we do not have this. The development of our industry is hampered not only by a lack of finance - we don’t have that either. But …
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Fake ‘Starbucks’ coffee shop to open in separatist-held Makiivka
In the center of Makiivka, a town situated in the separatist-held territory of Ukraine, local entrepreneurs plan to open a pseudo Starbucks coffee shop, reports Novosti Donbasa (Donbas News) news website, citing residents of the city and employees of the establishment. According to the staff, preparatory work is underway now and on New Year’s Eve the coffee shop should be open. An ‘Apple’ store is already in operation in the same building.
Starbucks is an American chain store coffee house …
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SBU collected almost 400 pieces of evidence proving Russian armed aggression against Ukraine
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has collected 393 pieces of evidence of the armed aggression of the Russian troops against Ukraine as well as the humiliation of Ukrainian prisoners of war, the SBU press service reports. The SBU has published the new evidence in a newsletter prepared in three languages – Ukrainian, English, and Russian.
"This is the fifth edition, prepared based on the results of a poll carried out by the security officers. Forty-three more Ukrainian citizens who had …
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Poroshenko: Ukraine will buy Russian gas on its own terms
President Petro Poroshenko has said that Ukraine is ready to resume gas purchases from Russia.
"What has happened in the past two years? We are energetically independent. They [Russia] are knocking: can you take our gas? No, we are all right. If it is cheap and honest, not corrupt, [then] please," he said during a working trip to the Odessa region, writes Interfax-Ukraine.
At the same time, Poroshenko stressed that, with respect for the above-mentioned conditions, the Ukrainian authorities …