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Candidate for German Chancellor: Crimea needs to be recognized as part of the Russian Federation
Die Welt reports that Alexander Gauland, federal spokesman for the German ultra-right party Alternative für Deutschland (Alternative for Germany), has said that the Crimea will never return to Ukraine and therefore should be recognized as part of Russia.
“The Crimea will never return to Ukraine. Sanctions do not do anything," said Gauland, who is a candidate for Chancellor of Germany from the Alternative für Deutschland party.
In addition, he is confident that the European Union should …
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Poroshenko invites newly elected president of India to visit Ukraine
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and newly elected President of India Ram Nath Covind discussed the prospect of intensifying the political dialogue between their two countries in a telephone conversation.
"The leaders of the two countries noted their mutual willingness to significantly activate the political dialogue between Ukraine and the Republic of India at all levels," the press office of the Ukrainian Head of State reported after the conversation.
The President’s press service paid …
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Ukrainian politician: visit of the US Secretary of Defense to Ukraine could affect the situation in the Donbas and the Crimea
President Petro Poroshenko and Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak’s meeting with the head of the Pentagon, James Mattis, could positively impact the future of sanctions against the Russian Federation, as well as the situation in the conflict zone in the Donbas and the Crimea, stated Deputy Minister for Temporary Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons George Tuka in a commentary to 112 Ukraine.
According to Tuka, Mattis's visit to Ukraine is of a political nature, but according to …
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Audit reveals significant financial violations at Ukraine’s state-owned Ukroboronprom
During the inspections of the State Enterprise Ukroboronprom, the State Audit Service revealed financial violations and inefficient resource management amounting to hundreds of millions of hryvnias, as indicated in the State Audit Service letter to the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine, as reported by Ekonomichna Pravda.
It is noted in the letter that during 2014-2016, state financial audits and check-ups of twelve of Ukroboronprom’s enterprises were held. Based on the …
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Ukraine adopts new energy strategy
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved the draft Energy Strategy of Ukraine for 2035 during a meeting on Friday.
Ukraine's energy strategy is the basic plan for the state energy policy that defines the goals of the development of the energy sector in accordance with economic and social development needs up to 2035 and lays out the tasks for executive authorities in the field of energy sector management.
"There are quite ambitious goals in the heart of the country's new energy policy: …