Rally held in Odessa to protest new regional Prosecutor General
On Sunday, near the Duke de Richelieu monument, several hundred citizens of Odessa held a protest against the appointment of the Prosecutor General of the Odessa Region (GPO), Nikolai Stoyanov, as reported by a correspondent from Interfax Ukraine.
After the meeting, participants marched to the GPO’s building where they continued to protest.
Participants promised to block the Prosecutor’s Office so that Sroyanov could not access his workplace.
As reported on Friday, activists from various pro- …
Report: $2 billion in offshore accounts linked to Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle has developed a network of secret offshore companies that possess at least $2 billion in funds that were withdrawn from Russia as stated in the Panama Papers investigation, published by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalism (ICIJ) on Sunday, April 3rd. The organization includes, among others, three German media outlets; Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper, NDR TV-channel and the magazine Stern.
According to the journalists’ …
Poroshenko signs decree dismissing Shokin as Ukrainian Prosecutor General
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko signed a decree approving the resignation of Viktor Shokin from the position of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine. He discussed this during an interview with Ukrainian TV channels."I would like to emphasize that after the vote last Tuesday, we received the documents from the Verkhovna Rada, and the decree on Viktor Shokin’s resignation from the post of Prosecutor General was signed," the President said."The necessary consultations concerning a new candidate …
Two Turkish warships arrived in Odessa
Yesterday, two Turkish warships, the TCG "Salihreis" and the TCG "Bartin", arrived in Odessa as part of the program of international cooperation between Ukraine and Turkey. According to the Ukrainian Naval Forces, the Turkish ships will stay in the port of Odessa for two days."The two-day business visit of the Turkish ships is part of the developed plan of the international cooperation of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and the Armed Forces in 2016,” the Ukrainian Naval Forces stated.The …
Report: Poroshenko created three offshore companies to evade taxes
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko still hasn't fulfilled his promise to sell his shares in the confectionery corporation Roshen, which he gave to Ukrainian voters on the eve of the presidential election. Instead, according to the materials released by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalism (ICIJ) on Sunday, April 3, the financial and legal advisers of the Ukrainian leader created several offshore companies in the British Virgin Islands, Cyprus and the Netherlands, to evade …