Rasmussen urged NATO allies to provide Ukraine with lethal weapons

Former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said that now is the time for NATO allies, especially the United States, to provide Ukraine with defensive lethal weapons. "This will have an effect of deterrence against the armed forces supported by Russia," he said in an interview with Ukrinform.

"I also advocate that the US grant Ukraine a special status, the so-called major non-NATO ally (MNNA). This will not provide security guarantees for Ukraine, but it will allow potential access to …


A Ukrainian deputy listed almost 600 apartments on his income declaration

A deputy of the Irpin town council in the Kyiv region, Igor Overko, listed 586 apartments on his income declaration. According to the document published on the website of the Unified State Register of Declarations, he has already sold 400 of them.

186 apartments still remain listed as the deputy’s property. Overko’s income from selling the remainder amounted to more than 50 million hryvnias ($ 1.891 million). In addition to the apartments, Overko also owns four residential buildings and 18 …


Minister of Social Policy of Ukraine: Separatist leader's parents receive a Ukrainian pension

The parents of the leader of the so-called DPR, Alexander Zakharchenko, receive a pension and live in the Kyiv-controlled part of Ukraine, as stated in interview with Censor.net by the Minister of Social Policy, Andriy Reva.

"Their son, he calls himself the president there, and for some reason they do not go to the 'Novorossiya' paradise," the Minister said. He noted that it is virtually impossible to prevent the so-called "pension tourism" that occurs when residents of the separatist Donbas …


Google paid Russia a $6.75 million fine

According to Russia's Interfax news agency, Google paid a fine of 438 million rubles or 6.5 million USD assigned by the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS), as stated by the press service of FAS.

In mid-April, the Moscow Arbitration Court approved a settlement agreement between the FAS and Google, under which the parties will withdraw mutual claims in the case of violations in the mobile applications market. The American company then agreed to pay a fine of 438 million rubles.

"As part …


Ukraine asked the U.S. to join the Normandy format

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Pavlo Klimkin, during his visit to Washington and in meetings with U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President Michael Pence, discussed the possibility of involving the U.S. in the negotiations on the settlement of the situation in the Donbas within the framework of the Normandy format.

"The situation in the Donbas and the implementation of the Minsk Agreements were discussed. The Americans have a clear understanding of what Russian aggression is …