-
Putin complains to Merkel about the situation in DPR after Zakharchenko's death
Russian president Vladimir Putin conducted a conversation over the phone with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, during which the parties discussed the situation in Ukraine and Syria.
As reported on the Kremlin website, the conversation was initiated by the German side. It is also noted that Putin “expressed concern” about the situation in the DPR after the murder of the separatist leader Alexander Zakharchenko.
“The mutual willingness to further facilitate the settlement of the conflict is …
-
Russia to propose changes to Donbas ceasefire agreement after Zakharchenko’s death
Russia will propose changes to the ceasefire agreement in the Donbas after the assassination of the head of the unrecognized Donetsk People’s, Republic Alexander Zakharchenko, stated Boris Gryzlov, the Russian plenipotentiary in the Contact Group for the settlement of the situation in Ukraine, TASS reported.
He said that a package of additional measures to the agreement was discussed at the meeting of the Contact Group on September 19. “These measures, which include a ban on any sabotage …
-
Kyiv: Ukraine will notify Russia of the Friendship Treaty termination
On Friday, September 21, Ukraine will notify Russia as well as international organizations about the termination of the friendship treaty, cooperation and partnership with Russia, said theMinister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Pavlo Klimkin, reports Interfax-Ukraine.
"This week we will send a formal note, our message of non-renewal (of Friendship and Cooperation Treaty), to Russia. I think that we will send it on Friday, “said the minister.
Klimkin clarified that deputies could vote for the …
-
Ukrainian court invites Yanukovych to make a final statement at his trial
The Obolonsky District Court of Kyiv invited former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych to a meeting on October 12 to make the last statement at his trial.
One of the paid lawyers of Yanukovych, Alexander Goroshinsky, told the court that the former president wants to make the last statement in court, but only via video communication. Judge Vladislav Devyatko noted that court summons Yanukovych to the meeting, on the same terms "that were specified in the court's decisions prior (to his …
-
Ukraine and IMF agree on gradual increase in gas price
During the negotiations with the International Monetary Fund, the Cabinet of Ministers reached a preliminary agreement to gradually increase gas prices for the population to the level of import parity until 2020, said Andriy Kobolyev, the head of Naftogaz Ukraine at the forum of the European Business Association, Interfax Ukraine reported.
“The government has reached an initial compromise. The [price] increase rate is now being discussed,” he said.
The head of Naftogaz said that the issue of …