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Media: Turkey exchanged Crimean Tatar leaders Chiygoz and Umerov for two Russian agents
The Turkish government has exchanged Akhtem Chiygoz, deputy head of the Crimean Tatar people’s Mejlis, and Ilmi Umerov for two Russians accused of espionage, as announced on the Turkish TV channel Haberturk with reference to court documents.
The Russians Alexander Smirnov and Yury Anisimov were arrested in Turkey in April 2016. They were accused of planning the murder of Chechen dissidents and have been in custody until recently.
On October 25, the Russian authorities handed Umerov and …
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EU prepares additional duty-free quotas for Ukrainian grain
The system for calculating additional duty-free grain exports from Ukraine was promulgated in the EU, as indicated by the Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine and Trade representative of Ukraine, Nataliya Mykolska, on her Facebook page.
"The European Commission has published a procedure for administering additional tariff quotas for Ukrainian cereals," she wrote.
According to her, the opening of duty-free quotas for cereals required the adoption of separate regulations …
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Lithuania ratifies transfer of nearly €2 million of weapons to Ukraine
On Wednesday the Lithuanian government decided to transfer weapons and ammunition worth nearly €2 million to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense for free. Weapons that were used by the Lithuanian military until they were replaced with new weapons, corresponding to NATO standards, will be given to Ukraine, the official website of the Lithuanian Defense Ministry reports.
“The transfer of assets is consistent and comprehensive support of Ukraine by Lithuania, by strengthening her defensive …
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Chief Editor of Rzeczpospolita: history should not spoil relations between Ukraine and Poland
At the eighth National Gorshenin Institute Expert Forum, Bogusław Chrabota, the Chief Editor of the Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita said that he believes that the relations between Ukraine and Poland should be more pragmatic, and should not be overshadowed by their historical past.
"We have so many common interests, and we are destroying our relations and trust because of these lamentable facts. We should be more pragmatic, and not think only about history," the journalist said. He recognized …
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UN names Ukraine ninth in the world by the number of internally displaced persons
Neal Walker, United Nations Resident Coordinator and Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative in Ukraine, has said that Ukraine ranks ninth in the world by number of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).
"1.6 million Internally Displaced Persons are registered in Ukraine. Ukraine is the ninth largest country in the world in terms of the number of Internally Displaced Persons," he said during a discussion titled The Key to a Peace Agenda is in the Hands of Ukraine’s Internally …