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Ukrainian president signs controversial law obligating anti-corruption NGOs to report on their income
On March 27, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko signed a law to introduce changes to the anti-corruption law [which also regulates the electronic declaration of income by officials and politicians], which the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted on March 23. In connection with the new amendments, soldiers are exempt from filling in a declaration. However, NGO representatives are obligated to report on their income. After signing the law, the president suggested that NGO representatives form a …
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Media: Putin's advisor Surkov arrives in Luhansk
Ukrainian intelligence has no information about the trip of Putin's Press Secretary, Dmitry Peskov, to Luhansk. However, there is information about the arrival of an adviser to Vladimir Putin,Vladislav Surkov, as reported by Ukrainskaya Pravda with reference to sources in intelligence.
"According to our information, Surkov arrived in the occupied territories on March 28," the interlocutor clarified. "We do not have information about Peskov's arrival."
In turn, the representative of the …
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DPR wants to ban Yanukovych and members of the Party of Regions from entering separatist-held territory
The leader of the DPR (Donetsk People's Republic), Alexander Zakharchenko, suggested banning the former president of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, and members of his former party, from entering the republic, as he stated during a briefing in Donetsk.
"We are better off without traitors. Although, in fact he is still the president of Ukraine, since he did not surrender his powers and what happened in Kyiv was an illegal seizure of power. Anything that happens in the DPR now does not concern him," …
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Ukraine placed Russian general on wanted list
The Military Prosecutor's office of Ukraine charged Major General Alexei Zavizyon, the commander of the 41st Army of the Central Military District of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, with committing a number of crimes.
According to the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine (GPU), the Russian General, during the period from February to July 2015, commanded the so-called "1st Army Corps" in the Donetsk region.
"Zavizyon by giving orders, monitoring their implementation, and …
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Kyiv says meeting between Poroshenko and Trump hasn't been held yet due to internal issues in Washington
A meeting between Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and US President Donald Trump has not taken place yet due to internal issues at the White House itself, as stated by the Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration, Kostiantyn Yelisieiev, in an interview with Segodnya.
"Indeed, we proposed dates for the visit at the end of February. However, as you know, at that time, certain complex personnel processes were taking place in the new Administration. At that time, unfortunately, key …