• DPR authorities: budget information cannot be disclosed due the state of war with Ukraine

    The Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) says that it will not disclose budget information because it is in the state of war, as stated by Alexander Kazakov, advisor to the head of the DPR, on the Union television station.

    “There is martial a state of war here. The decree has not been repealed. If the republic reveals economic information, then clever and competent specialists on our enemy’s side will calculate our military budget. We cannot allow this. They will then know what kind of funding goes …

  • DPR claims to have trade with Spain, Italy and France

    In an interview with the Union TV channel, Minister of Revenues and Duties of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) Aleksandr Timofeev said that the DPR trades with European states.  

    “As of today, we are trading not only with the Russian Federation and Asia. As of today, we are trading nicely with Europe – with Spain, Italy and France. We are trading with them. I can’t get into the details, since their inspection authorities would arrive at their facilities tomorrow,” Timofeev stated. …

  • Saakashvili calls for early parliamentary and presidential elections in Ukraine

    Participants of the protest action under the Verkhovna Rada "All-Ukrainian gathering for large-scale political reform" intend to expand their demands and add adopting a law on the impeachment of the President.

    "The moment they refuse our conditions, we will have to expand them," said Mikheil Saakashvili, leader of the New Forces Movement (Rukh Novyh Sil) on Sunday in Kyiv.

    He stated that if the Verkhovna Rada and the President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko did not want to listen to the demands …

  • Ukrainian military reported attempted seizure of military compound in Odessa

    On Sunday, October 29, forty people in balaclavas tried to raid and seize the military unit A3571 in Odessa, the command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on Facebook.

    "Today, at about 8:45 a.m., about 40 unknown people in balaclavas attempted to capture part of the territory of the military facility in Odessa, which is the property of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine," the message of the Ukrainian military command says.

    The attackers partially dismantled the fence of …

  • Russia expects Ukraine to pay back $3 billion for Yanukovych debt

    Russia believes that it has every reason to expect Ukraine to pay back $3 billion for the debt of Viktor Yanukovych, news agency Tass reports.

    “The High Court of London made a decision, and at the beginning of next year the appeal will be considered. I am confident that an objective decision will be made, and we will have every reason to demand from our neighbor the fulfillment of its obligations,” said Russian Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov on Sunday on the Russia 1 television station.

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