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President of Kazakhstan: Trump proposed to move Donbas negotiations out of Minsk
The President of the USA, Donald Trump, has proposed to move negotiations on the Donbas from Minsk to another place, as stated by the President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, Interfax reports.
“We were saying that Minsk-1 came to a standstill, reached a deadlock, and we need Minsk-2. He [Donald Trump] said, ‘Let’s do it elsewhere’ [holding negotiations]. I said, ‘Let’s do it’,” Nazarbayev said at a press conference in New York following the meeting of the UN Security Council.
“Actually, …
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Ukrainian Media: President Poroshenko spent $500,000 for 6 day vacation in the Maldives
The President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, paid a surreal amount from the point of view of an ordinary Ukrainian for his six-day vacation in Maldives, spending USD 500,000 (approximately UAH 14 million in local currency hryvnia), as journalists of the Skhemy (Schemes) investigative program uncovered during their investigation.
Journalists learnt from their own sources that the President and his family secretly left for a vacation to Maldives. Using the FlightRadar online tracking resource, …
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Poroshenko proposes a replacement for the head of the National Bank of Ukraine
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko offered the Ukrainian Parliament (Verkhovna Rada) to replace the head of the National Bank of Ulraine(NBU). He suggested dismissing Valeriya Gontaryeva from the post and officially appointing her deputy, Yakiv Smolii to the position.
On the Rada’s website, a page appeared called "Draft resolution on the dismissal of V.O. Gontaryeva from the position of the Chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine." However, the text of the decree is not yet available. …
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Draft resolution on withdrawal from the CIS registered in Moldovan Parliament
Deputies of the Liberal Party of Moldova headed by Mihai Ghimpu registered in the local parliament a draft resolution on the withdrawal of Moldova from the Commonwealth of Independent States or CIS.
According to the Moldovan news website NewsMaker, the authors explained that this initiative was triggered by repeated violations of the agreement by the Russian Federation. The liberals believe that this was evident in supporting the separatist regime in Transnistria, in military aggression …
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Ukrainian Parliament adopts a bill allowing participation of foreign troops in military exercises in 2018
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has approved the admission of foreign armed forces into Ukraine in 2018 to participate in six multinational exercises.
235 MPs supported bill No 7428, whereas the minimum required number of support votes is 226.
According to plans, up to 3,000 military personnel of the United States and NATO member states with weapons, military equipment, and up to six warplanes and helicopters are expected to participate in the multinational exercises to prepare the armed forces …