• Report: Poroshenko created three offshore companies to evade taxes

    Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko still hasn't fulfilled his promise to sell his shares in the confectionery corporation Roshen, which he gave to Ukrainian voters on the eve of the presidential election. Instead, according to the materials released by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalism (ICIJ) on Sunday, April 3, the financial and legal advisers of the Ukrainian leader created several offshore companies in the British Virgin Islands, Cyprus and the Netherlands, to evade …

  • Poroshenko: OSCE police mission should be deployed for elections in the Donbas

    Ukraine is holding negotiations on the location of the armed OSCE police mission in the Donbas to ensure security during elections in this area, as stated by the President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, during a media briefing at the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, UNIAN reported.

    “It is the firm position of Ukraine, that we should ensure security for the full implementation of the Minsk Agreements. This security component is based on the fact that we should ensure that the ceasefire is …

  • At least 19 Ukrainian servicemen were killed last month in the Donbas

    At least 19 Ukrainian servicemen were killed, and 128 were injured in the month of March in the Donbas, as reported by the DPA agency on the 2nd of April. On March 31st alone, one serviceman was killed, and eight were injured as a result of hostilities in eastern Ukraine.

    Two Ukrainian soldiers die on March 20th, and another two were killed on March 25th. According to information that was released during the last month by the press center of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, not all losses were the …

  • The World Bank notes the first signs of the stabilization of the Ukrainian economy

    The World Bank has noted the first signs of the stabilization of the Ukrainian economy. As the World Bank Country Director for Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova, Qimiao Fan, stated on the 1st of April, the World Bank forecasts that the GDP of the country can grow by 1% in 2016 and 2% in 2017. In addition, the World Bank has estimated that inflation in the country will amount to 15% in 2016 and 11% in 2017.

    According to the representative of the World Bank, the reforms implemented by Kiev are …

  • Lawyer discloses details of mass arrest of 35 Crimean Tatars

    Crimean lawyer Emile Kurbedinov disclosed the details of the mass detention of 35 Crimean Tatars in the Crimean village Pioners'ke. According to him, the operation was carried out by masked gunmen who did not provide identification, Krym.Realii reported.

    The lawyer said that at about 10:30 pm on April 1st, armed men stormed the café Baghdad in the Crimean village.

    "All the visitors were put in a line facing the wall. The underage and individuals of Slavic appearance were almost immediately …