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Ukrainian official: There are indications that the Kremlin is willing to give up the Donbas
The Ukrainian Deputy Minister for the temporarily occupied territories and internally displaced persons, George Tuka, is convinced that Ukraine will regain control over the occupied territory of the Donbas in 2017 or in mid-2018 at the latest. Tuka stated this in his interview with Novoye Vremya.
“Currently, Russia is ready to give back the Donbas only on its own terms. However, I am sure that Ukraine will manage to take over the initiative and implement its own scenario on the return of the …
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Mogherini: Ukraine is among Europe's priorities for 2017
One of the priorities in the work of the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, in 2017 will be continuing the efforts towards reforms in Ukraine and the cooperation with the countries of the Eastern Partnership (EaP), as stated in the list of objectives and priorities of the head of the European diplomacy for the year, which was posted on her website.
It is noted that the past year was a year of constant work in support of the …
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Ukraine and the United States to produce small arms in joint arrangement
Ukroboronservice State Enterprise, which is a subsidiary of the Ukroboronprom State Enterprise, will produce small arms that meet NATO standards in Ukraine, as was reported by the press service of Ukroboronprom.
The production is planned to be a joint arrangement with the American company, Aeroscraft, as stipulated in a memorandum of cooperation signed by the two companies.
Earlier, Ukroboronservice came to an agreement with the Slovak company, Grand Power S.R.O., on the co-production of …
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Ukrainian Prime Minister earned $147K on property rental
The Prime Minister of Ukraine, Vladimir Groysman, in 2016 earned 4 million hryvnia ($147,000) on property rental. In an interview with Espresso.tv, the Prime Minister said that his real estate property is his main source of income.
"From 1995 to 2005 I was an entrepreneur that is about 10 years. I was earning money and instead of just using them, I invested them into developing a business. My property is mainly of real estate, which I purchased in the late '90s - beginning of the 2000s, as it …
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Ukraine reduced its gas imports by one third
In 2016 Ukraine reduced the amount of imported gas by 32.7% (approximately 5.4 billion cubic meters) as compared to 2015, to 11.8 cubic meters, according to data published by PJSC Ukrtransgaz.
In December 2016, gas imports totaled 1.7 billion cubic meters of gas – 3.7 times more than in December 2015 (444 million cubic meters). 1.3 billion cubic meters was imported from Slovakia, 227 million cubic meters from Hungary, and 129.7 million cubic meters from Poland.
As was reported, Ukraine has …