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Russia allows its military to prevent foreign vessels from passing through the Kerch Strait
The State Duma of Russia enacted a law that gives the National Guard of Russia the right to expel vessels from areas adjacent to the Crimean Bridge in the Kerch Strait, reported Interfax.
“Currently the National Guard of Russia has the authority to inspect ships that violate maritime law regarding structures protected by the Russian Guard. However, the Russian Guard does not have the right to expel vessels from zones prohibiting shipments and to escort these ships to specific docking areas,” …
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Ukraine imposes sanctions against Russian transportation companies
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has introduced special sanctions and restrictive measures to individual business entities of the Russian Federation that have concluded contracts with transport industry enterprises controlled by the pro-Russian administration of the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics, the press service of the SBU reported.
Employees of the special services established that during 2018, “a number of Russian legal entities and individuals entered into "external …
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Poroshenko urges UN to recognize Holodomor as genocide of the Ukrainian nation
During open debate at the UN General Assembly in New York, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko once again urged the UN to recognize the Holodomor (famine genocide) as a genocide of the Ukrainian nation.
Poroshenko said that between 2019-2021, in connection with membership in the UN Economic and Social Council, Ukraine will strive to implement the sustainable development agenda for the period leading up to 2030, and of the 17 goals, the UN’s initiatives towards overcoming world hunger are …
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Ukrainian Police finds secret water pipeline running from Kherson region into Crimea
Ukrainian law enforcement officers found a clandestine water pipeline running into annexed Crimea from the Kherson region, as reported on the website of the General Prosecutor’s Office of Ukraine. The water supply well was fifteen meters away from the boundary line. According to preliminary information, a concealed plastic pipe was laid before 2014 and leads to an industrial enterprise in the Crimea.
"During the pre-trial investigation against CJSC Crimean Titan, two water supply wells in the …
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Media: Poroshenko’s companies managed by his friends and associates
Since 2014, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s business empire has been overseen by two Ukrainian LLCs, one foreign company, one trust, one government bank and one sole proprietor. This information was disclosed by the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NAPC) in response to a query from Gleb Kanevsky, chairman of the expert organization StateWatch.
According to the NAPC, since 2005, all of Poroshenko’s corporate rights have been handed over to PJSC Prime Assets Capital, which …