The leader of the Russian opposition, Alexei Navalny said in an interview with Dozhd (Rain) TV that a fair referendum must be held in the annexed Crimea.

“What should any nice person, any president do? They must declare another normal—or rather, not one more, but the first normal fair referendum—which Ukraine, of course, won’t recognize with a high degree of probability. We understand this,” Navalny said.

Navalny said he understands that his words are not liked by many people in Ukraine and …

Ukraine is forced to continue purchasing Russian components for military equipment in circumvention of bans, said Dmytro Tymchuk, People's Deputy of the People's Front in an interview with Apostrophe.

“There is a way out. Either purchase from Russia or nowhere. This means that the equipment that is out of order now due to military actions cannot be repaired, that there is nothing to repair, that no components are available,” he said.

The People's Deputy explained that the Ukrainian industrial …

The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has banned German politician Willy Wimmer from entering Ukraine for five years, reported SSU Speaker Olena Gitlyanska to Interfax Ukraine. Wimmer is the ex-Deputy of the Bundestag, the former Deputy Chairman of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and the former Parliamentary State Secretary of the Ministry of Defense of Germany.

"The decision to ban Willy Wimmer from entering into Ukrainian territory for 5 years has been taken," Gitlyanska said. According to …

The Moldovan parliament overrode the veto of President Igor Dodon and re-ratified the protocol on military cooperation with Romania on Friday, June 9.

The protocol had been ratified as early as March 30 but the head of the state, opposed to expanding the relations of Moldova with NATO and refused to sign it. Deputies from the Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova who support Dodon voted against it.

"The protocol directly contradicts the Constitution and the principle of permanent …

The Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine will not disclose details regarding the investigation into the circumstances surrounding the Ukrainian operation planned in 2014 to prevent or obstruct the "seizure by the Russian military" of the steppe portion of the Crimea. This follows from the Office of the Prosecutor General's (GPO) response to the request of Ukrainska Pravda.

The Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine has classified the investigation of the failed military landing in the Crimea …

According to the Central Bank of Russia, the net capital outflow from Russia increased by 120% in January-May 2017, reaching $22.4 billion as compared to $10.3 billion in the same period last year, according to preliminary estimates.

"Since the beginning of the year, the net outflow of capital by the private sector, according to preliminary data, has risen to $22.4 billion, as compared to $10.3 billion the year prior," the regulator's survey notes.

As the Central Bank explained, "the …

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite, in the light of Brussels' preparations for negotiations with Moscow, has promised to help Ukraine block the initiatives to expand the NordStream gas pipeline, reports BNS.

Ukraine, Poland and the Baltic states have declared that the NordStream 2 project will strengthen the EU's dependence on Gazprom gas. The pipeline will also reduce the importance of Ukraine as a transit country, which would strike a blow to the Ukrainian economy.

Grybauskaite …

In 2017 Ukraine will reduce the amount of nuclear fuel supplied from the Russian Federation to 45%. This was stated by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko during his visit to Tripoli TPP, RBC-Ukraine reports.

"In 2017, [our supplies of nuclear fuel from Russia] will be 45%. We will receive the rest from our other partners, including from the American company Westinghouse, which will increase nuclear safety," Poroshenko said.

He also noted that the supply of nuclear fuel from Russia in 2016 …