On May 17, the Kyiv District Administrative Court recognized the nationalization of Ukraine's largest privately owned bank, PrivatBank, which took place on the night of December 18, as partially illegal. The court considered the claim of six individuals against the National Bank (NBU), the Individual Deposits Guarantee Fund, the Ministry of Finance, and persons authorized to perform interim administration at the Bank at the end of December 2016. The plaintiffs were co-owners of the media group 1 …

On Tuesday, the Verkhovna Rada adopted the whole of bill No. 4541 on the second reading. The bill is designed to reduce barriers to attracting foreign investment. 239 deputies voted for it.

One of the regulations of this bill provides for the issuance of residential permits for investors. To get one, an investor must own or control a stake in a Ukrainian legal entity, valued at a minimum of 100,000 euros.

The bill also introduces a three-year work permit in Ukraine for foreigners. Previously, …

The staff of the Russian FSB Special Forces will conduct large-scale exercises to prevent terrorist attacks and sabotage on land and sea targets in the Crimea, as TASS reported, citing the Public Relations Center of the Federal Security Service (FSB).The exercises, according to the interlocutors of the news agency, will be held in the republic from May 24 to 29. About 2,000 military will take part in them, as well as armored vehicles, the Air Force and the Navy."During the exercise, the combat …

Prior to the de-annexation of the Crimea, the countries of the Black Sea region will not sign any major agreement with Russia in the economic sphere. The former Ukrainian Ambassador to Turkey, Sergiy Korsunsky explained this on Radio Krym.Realii while commenting on the 25th summit of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) held in Istanbul, in which both Ukraine and Russia took part.

"Russian representatives tried to promote a policy. They say, “let's talk about …

The State Department of the United States of America presented a budget plan for 2018, which proposed a threefold reduction of the financial assistance to Ukraine in comparison with 2016. This is stated in the project on the website of the State Department.

"More than 667 million USD was allocated in 2016 fiscal year. In the next 2018 fiscal year, which begins in September 2017, the State Department offered to limit payments to 203.78 million USD for the same purposes," the table included in …

Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili asked Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė for support in bringing up matters important to Tbilisi at the NATO summit which will take place this week in Brussels, Delfi reported.The two national leaders discussed the matter over the telephone.

“The conversation took place ahead of the NATO summit which will take place in Brussels on May 25. President G. Margvelashvili asked the Lithuanian president for support in bringing up matters important to …

The US has not renounced its intention to deploy an anti-ballistic missile (ABM) defense system in the Polish Redzikowo locality, announced Gary Pennett, director of operations for the US Defense Ministry’s Missile Defense Agency, as reported by TASS on Wednesday, May 24.

The American military is planning to deploy an Aegis Ashore Ballistic Missile Defense System (Aegis BMD) in Poland. As Pennett told reporters in the briefing dedicated to the US Missile Defense Agency’s draft budget, the …

The proposed budget of the U.S. Department of State for the 2018 fiscal year (beginning October 1, 2017) is aimed in particular at “opposing Russian aggression” in Eurasia. This position was stated in an interview with reporters on Tuesday by Hari Sastry, Director of the Office of U.S. Foreign Assistance Resources, which is a division of the U.S. Department of State.

“This budget will also allow us to counter Russian aggression and malign influence in Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia, and …