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Steel production in Ukraine reaches a record high
In September 2017, steel production in Ukraine reached the highest recorded volume in the last eight months. This was reported by UAprom, referring to the data of the Association of Enterprises of Ukrmetallurgprom.
The average daily steel production in Ukraine increased significantly. The country produced 64,500 tons in September, bringing the year-long production output to a total of 526,200 tons. At the same time, the average daily production of pig iron continues to grow, topping out at 488, …
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Ukraine increases transit of gas to a new record
According to 9 months of records, the transit of gas through the Ukrainian gas transportation system amounted to a record 70.4 billion cubic meters of gas, which is 23.5% more than the volume of transit for the same 9 months last year, as reported by Naftogaz of Ukraine.
As noted, this is the highest level in the last 9 years.
In addition, according to the company, 8.5 billion cubic meters of gas have been pumped into Ukrainian storage facilities, which is 44% more than last year. As of …
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Russian Defense Ministry: More than two thousand Crimeans will be drafted into the Russian army
In annexed Crimea, more than 2,000 citizens will be drafted into the Russian army for military service, as announced on October 2 by the press service of the Southern Military District of the Russian Defense Ministry.
The military department says that the recruits "will fulfill their military duty on ships and units of coastal troops of the Black Sea Fleet."
"According to the schedule, the first dispatch of recruits into the army is planned for the middle of October," the Ministry’s press …
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EU investments into Ukraine reach $600 million
Since the beginning of the year, EU countries have invested 597.3 million dollars in the economy of Ukraine, making up 84% of their total investments for the same period last year, as stated by the press service of the Ukrainian Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, UNIAN reported.
It is noted that Cyprus ($287.1 million) and Great Britain ($160.1 million) are the top EU investors into Ukraine.
It is noted by the Ministry that by July 1, 2017, the total volume of foreign direct …
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Despite obligations to IMF, Ukraine decides not to increase gas tariffs
The Ukrainian government has postponed the publication of import parity gas prices from October 1, 2017 until March 31, 2018, as reported by Ukrainian News, citing the Cabinet's resolution dated September 26th.
"[It is decided] to agree with the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry’s proposal on the postponing of the relevant information [publication of the price]," the document says.
It was decided to postpone the price promulgation until the mechanism by which the process is determined is …
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Lithuania blocks Russian TVCi channel over ‘incitement of war’
Lithuania suspended the retransmission of the Russian TV channel TVCi Lithuania for six months for inciting war and hatred, as reported by Delfi news agency. The station is owned by the Russian State TV company, TV Center.
According to Delfi, the Lithuanian Radio and TV Commission (LRTC) decided to suspend the retransmission two weeks ago, stating that the channel has repeated violations and the sanctions imposed earlier have not yielded any results. This decision by the commission was upheld …
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Mogherini: EU counter-propaganda group reveals over 3000 cases of disinformation by Russian-speaking media over two years
The EU’s operational working group for strategic communications, called the East StratCom Team, has identified more than 3000 cases of disinformation from Russian-language media over two years, said EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini.
"It is important for us to analyze, predict and react to disinformation. For this reason we created the first working group on strategic communications within the framework of the European External Action Service ( …
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Moldova considering unification with Romania
Dorin Duszczak, one of the leaders of the Moldovan National Unity Party, is convinced that the joint meeting of the parliaments of Moldova and Romania planned for 2018 can become a platform for the unification of the two countries.
He expressed this opinion after a meeting in Bucharest between the Speaker of the Parliament of Moldova Andrian Candu and the leaders of the Romanian parliament, as reported by Ukrinform.
“The joint meeting of the legislative bodies of the two countries can become …
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Media: Internet traffic from North Korea goes through Russia
The Russian company Trans Telecom (TTK) has established an Internet connection with North Korea, reported the website 38 North, with reference to the database of Internet routing. The Reuters news agency also drew attention to this. The portal refers to the data of the Dyn Research Company, which studies the state of the Internet around the world and analyzes and compares the connections of individual networks and providers with each other. According to the data, the connection from TTK was …
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Kremlin decided not to relocate back to Russia companies operating abroad
The government of Russia has decided not to transfer large businesses from abroad to the jurisdiction of the country.
Previously, it was proposed that 'deoffshorization' would be compulsory for backbone Russian companies.
Interfax, referring to a source in the Cabinet, reported that the bill was voted down. Officials came to the conclusion that “compulsory measures of transferring a wide range of systemically important organizations to the jurisdiction of the Russian Federation will create …