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Poroshenko Criticizes Results of Ukrainian Fight against Corruption
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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko delivered a warning against "calming" reports on the first stage of anti-corruption actions. He claimed that the results of current efforts to fight corruption were unsatisfactory and that more decisive steps would be required at the start of next year.
"We have to prove that the system, carefully crafted during the entire year of 2015, finally works for Ukraine and is able to bring good results," Poroshenko said during the second meeting of the National …
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Memory of Ukrainian Soldier Honored at U.S. Hockey Game
At a hockey game in the United States people honored the memory of a Ukrainian-American soldier killed near Ilovaisk.
During the hockey match in Newark between the New Jersey Devils and the Washington Capitals a photo of Mark Paslavskiy appeared on the scoreboard. The whole stadium lit up with the inscription “Heroes Among Us.” According to VIDIA, Paslavskiy was posthumously honored with the title of Hero of the Game.
Paslavskiy, also known by the codename “Franko” was a former American Army …
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Bordeaux City Hall Refused to Show Russian Propaganda Film about Crimea
The Ukrainian Embassy in France reported that at least one Russian propaganda film won’t be seen by the French.
In the French City of Bordeaux the film “Crimea - Path to the Motherland” was scheduled for screening in one of the city municipal halls on December 11th. Shot by TV channel “Russia-1”, the film tells about the annexation of Crimea by Russia and purports to justify the events that led to the war in Donbass.
The Ukrainian Ambassador asked the mayor of Bordeaux to cancel the screening …
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The Kremlin reacts to arrest of Russian citizens in Kyiv
The Kremlin learned about the arrest of Russians from the media.
Earlier, as a result of a special operation in Kyiv, one Russian citizen was killed and two others were arrested according to Ukraine's Security Service.
The Kremlin has no information about the detention of Russian citizens during a special operation in Kiev. This was announced by Dmitry Peskov, Press Secretary for the Russian President, reports TASS (Russian News Agency).
“No, we don't have all the information. All we know …
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Russia Demands Ukraine to Return to Soviet Standards
Russia suggested that Kiev should completely refuse to work with European standards in the framework of the tripartite negotiations on the EU-Ukraine free trade zone from 2016.
According to Moscow, it is necessary to return to the old industry standards of the Ukrainian regulatory field, which are not compatible with European standards. In those areas old technical standards have already been adopted.
The Russian Federation has demanded that Kiev revert to all GOST (USSR State Standards) and …