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The Hague Court of Arbitration will consider Ukrnafta’s claim against Russia
The Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague accepted the claim of the Ukrnafta Oil Company against the Russian Federation in cases of loss of the network of gas stations in the occupied Crimea, the court stated.
According to the court’s statement, a claim of another Ukrainian oil company Stabil is being considered in parallel with Ukrnafta’s claim. Both cases were initiated by the plaintiffs on June 3, 2015.
The companies based their claims on Russia’s violation of the terms of the …
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Ukrainian PM: The IMF postponed its next loan tranche to Ukraine due to delays with land reform
The next tranche of the loan from the International Monetary Fund for Ukraine will be postponed because parliament will not have time to consider all necessary reforms before the summer holidays, stated Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman in an interview with Bloomberg.
According to Groysman, the pension reform is on schedule and steps are being taken to create an anti-corruption court. However, a bill on land reform will not be submitted on time. This will delay the payment of the …
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Head of EU delegation to Ukraine: There still exist oligarchs in Ukraine who try to usurp the reforms process
The Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine, Hugues Mingarelli said during a conference on Tuesday in Kyiv that there still exist oligarchs in Ukraine who try to usurp the reforms process “daily,” Interfax-Ukraine reports.
“The power of the oligarchs cannot be stronger than three years ago but, nevertheless, they oppose the reform process daily. They try to undermine it in all sectors. Every time the reformist decisions are made, there is an attempt to emasculate these reforms …
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A Russian mail carrier who complained to Putin of her salary was advised to quit
A mail carrier from Tyumen, Anura Sadykova, who complained to President Vladimir Putin about her low salary, was advised to resign if she does not like her level of income, as reported by Ura.Ru. The postal employee, who receives less than four thousand rubles ($66.5 USD) each month, relayed her story to journalists.
"Previously, we used to deliver only correspondence, but the post office has become more like a store now. We are additionally forced to sell other products such as socks, panties, …
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Ukraine wants to build an An-77 aircraft jointly with the US
The Ukrainian aircraft factory Antonov State Company (SC) (Kyiv) has invited the US to engage in cooperation on the project development of the An-77 medium military transport aircraft. Interfax Ukraine reported , citing a statement by the company.
The company has reported that the factory delivered a proposal on cooperation to the American side during a visit by a delegation of the Transport and Infrastructure Committee of the US House of Representatives to Antonov SC.
The company believes …
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Media: pro-Russian group is formed in PACE
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) intends to create a group which will be joined by MPs who support Russia and Azerbaijan. The notorious Thierry Mariani is supposed to become the group’s secretary.
This was discovered by a correspondent for Evropeyskaya Pravda who possesses copies of the group formation documents.
The political group by the name of Free Democrats was meant to be created in June already, but its creation was blocked due to the organizers’ mistakes: …
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Head of Security Service of Ukraine: Purpose of cyber attack was to destabilize the situation inside Ukraine
Ukrainian law enforcement agencies together with international experts continue to look into the circumstances of a powerful cyber attack against Ukrainian private and state institutions on June 27th, Interfax-Ukraine reports.
“Today, our experts, in cooperation with experts from the United States, the United Kingdom and Microsoft, are working together to establish the circumstances of this cyber-attack,” said the head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) Vasyl Hrytsak on Tuesday at the …
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Ukrainian military commander: Foreign volunteers want to join Georgian Legion in eastern Ukraine
An international unit will soon be formed at the Georgian National Legion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces which is taking part in the military operation in the Donbas, said Mamuka Mamulashvili, the commander of the Georgian National Legion, in the broadcast of Obozrevatel.LIVE TV program.
“We recently announced the enrollment of volunteers in the Georgian Legion. This is already an international legion, so to speak. American specialists and military analysts agreed to distribute information …
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Ukrainian police confiscates company’s servers which spread the Petya virus
On Tuesday the Ukrainian police confiscated the servers of the Ukrainian software company M.E.DOC in connection with the investigation of the cyber-attack which took place last week, Serhiy Demedyuk, head of Ukraine’s Cyber Police, told Reuters.
According to Ukrainian officials and computer security specialists, the original source of the Petya ransomware was program updates issued by M.E.DOC. The company is the developer of the most popular tax administration software in Ukraine.
M.E.DOC …
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Georgian media: Russian military has moved the Abkhazian border
Russian Federation representatives in Abkhazia have moved a banner designating the border by 500 meters once again, to the outskirts of the villages of Bershuti and Sobisi.
As Georgia Online reports, citing David Tsertsvadze, the representative of the head of the Gori municipality Governing Council, the incident has occurred twice in the territory over the past two days.It is noted that the boundary limitation is established on the land plots of local residents.
As a result of the demarcation, …