Ukraine and Kazakhstan to extract uranium

Ukraine and Kazakhstan are planning to establish joint ventures to extract uranium in the territory of both countries, as reported by Minister of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine Ihor Nasalik at a "round table" on Thursday, September 15th.

"We have prepared the documents. On Monday, (September 19th) representatives of Kazakhstan will arrive to sign a memorandum on the establishment of the joint venture for uranium mining in both Ukraine and Kazakhstan,” Nasalik said.

Earlier, the National Atomic …


Kyiv is skeptical about statements made by French and German Foreign Ministers about the Donbas

Attempts made by the German and French foreign ministers to revive the Minsk Agreements in Moscow and the Donbas have caused a sharp reaction from Ukrainian politicians and experts. The foreign ministers discussed this issue during their visit to Kiev. Ukraine does not believe that Europe has the ability to ensure a ceasefire in the Donbas. They also do not agree with the ministers’ proposal on the procedure for the fulfillment of the Minsk Agreements, Deutsche Welle reported.

Set against a …


Researchers accuse Russia of manipulating data of Smolensk plane crash

The commission investigating the plane crash near Smolensk has evidence of Russia’s tampering with some data relating to the tragedy, according to the commission’s chairperson, Wacław Berczyński. Ukrinform reported the chairperson’s comments during a press-conference in Warsaw.

"Collecting the data, we are also trying to determine its credibility because we received a lot of data, for example, from Russian, i.e. foreign sources. We have already found evidence that some data was manipulated,” …


Medvedev: Russia lacks money for Kerch Strait Bridge project

The Russian Government "hardly" has the money for the construction of the Kerch Strait Bridge in the Crimea, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev acknowledged that Russia lacks the money for the implementation of large-scale Crimean projects, in particular for the construction the bridge over the Kerch Strait and the Tavrida highway, he said during a meeting of the Presidium of the State Council of the Russian Federation on the development of the …


Putin visits construction site of Kerch Strait Bridge project

Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the Crimea on Thursday and visited the construction site of the Kerch Strait Bridge, according to the Kremlin press service. Before that, he held a meeting in Kerch on the development of the transport infrastructure of Southern Russia and the Crimea where he noted the good pace of the bridge construction.

"But I want to remind you that the transport passage across the Kerch Strait is not only the bridge itself: it is necessary to qualitatively prepare …