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US State Department condemns Russia for violating human rights in the Crimea
The US State Department released its annual report on the status of human rights in the world.
Out of almost 200 countries reviewed in the first report by the new Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, some of the harshest criticism is directed towards Russia, which contrasts sharply with the largely reconciliatory rhetoric of US President Donald Trump with respect to Moscow and his avoidance of public statements about human rights in Russia or anywhere else in the world.
In the section devoted to …
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The DPR announces beginning of TV broadcasting in Ukraine
The self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) announced the expansion of "broadcasts" of their own television and radio stations to three Ukrainian regions: Kharkiv, Kherson and Dnipropetrovsk. This was stated by the head of the DPP, Alexander Zakharchenko, as reported by separatist media.
It is reported that he gave the order to start the broadcasts to the Ukrainian territory directly at the press conference."It's time to launch this process. From now on, our television and radio …
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Portugal recognized Holodomor in Ukraine as a genocide
The Parliament of Portugal adopted a resolution on the recognition of the Holodomor in Ukraine as genocide, according to the web site of Portuguese government. It was announced that Portugal recognizes and condemns the genocide of Ukrainians in 1932-1933 by "Stalin's totalitarian communist regime."
"To express solidarity with the people of Ukraine and recognize [Holodomor] as a genocide, which resulted in the deaths of 7 million Ukrainians in 1932-1933 in Ukraine," the resolution reads.
The …
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Ukrainian Government: Ukraine will cease all contacts with the enterprises ‘nationalized’ by the seperatists
Ukraine will cease all contacts with the enterprises located in the so-called DPR (Donetsk People’s Republic) and LPR (Luhansk People’s Republic) that were expropriated by the separatists, as stated by the Minister of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine, Vadym Chernysh, in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine on Friday.
"All business contacts with companies where the management was changed will be stopped", he said. The Minister stressed that only those companies that work within …
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Head of Ukrainian State Fiscal Service detained on suspicion of corruption
On the evening of March 2nd, representatives of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) searched the headquarters of the State Fiscal Service (SFS). During the search, the head of the SFS, Roman Nasirov, was in the hospital (he was suddenly hospitalized the day before due to a hypertensive crisis, according to doctors). Therefore, a NABU employee went to the government clinical hospital, Feofaniya, where they found the official.
According to investigators, Nasirov is suspected of …