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Media: World Bank granted a $150 million loan to Ukraine
The World Bank has decided to issue a loan of $ 150 million to Ukraine, as reported by TASS citing informed sources in the organization.
As noted, the money was provided to the State Export-Import Bank of Ukraine under the sovereign guarantees of Kyiv. The purpose of this project, as noted by Ukreximbank, is to expand the access to long-term financing for "export-oriented small and medium-sized enterprises."
Earlier, the project was planned to be approved without consideration, under a …
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Booking.com has corrected its data on which country Crimea belongs to
The world leader in online apartment booking, Booking.com has corrected its data regarding the ownership of the Crimea.
"Booking.com has changed its opinion on which country the Crimean Peninsula belongs to. Today, on the company's website, the information about hotels and health centers located on the peninsula notes that these sites are located in the territory of Ukraine," the Prosecutor's Office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea states.
In December, 2016, at the request of the People's …
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Naftogaz intends to dramatically reduce the tariff for Russian gas transit beginning in 2020
NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine plans to significantly reduce tariffs on natural gas transit after the expiration of the contract with the Russian company, Gazprom, in 2019, as stated by the Group Chief Commercial Officer of Naftogaz, Yuriy Vitrenko, in an interview with the DPA news agency which was published on Monday, May 1st, Deutsche Welle reported.
"Starting in 2020, the tariffs will reduce to nearly one tenth [of the current], and this will make transit through the Ukrainian gas transportation …
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Ukraine's Motor Sich JSC will produce parts for Mi-24 helicopters that had been purchased from Russia
Ukrainian Motor Sich JSC plans to manufacture helicopter blades for the Mi-24 military attack helicopter before the end of 2017, which previously had been purchased in Russia. This was stated at a press conference by Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine Yuriy Brovchenko.
According to him, the company is currently testing blades that it manufactured on its own using its own funding and that of foreign investors.
Motor Sich’s design experts, together with the Sate Design …
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Media: Ukrainian political prisoner dies in Russian jail
Fontanka website reports that Ukrainian citizen Artur Panov, who was accused by the Russian authorities of preparing a terrorist act in Russia, has died of heart failure at a detention center in Rostov.
On February 14, a trial on the case of Arthur Panov began in the North Caucasus Military District Court of Rostov-on-Don. A Rostov student who was charged with assisting with the Ukrainian’s criminal activities also appeared with Panov in the dock.
Panov was detained in early December 2015 in …