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Ukraine may end railway traffic to and from Russia
Ukraine intends to stop railway traffic between itself and Russia, said Ukrainian Minister of Infrastructure Volodymyr Omelyan, as cited by TSN.
According to Omelyan, the government is currently considering such a course of action. “We are currently considering the option of ending railway traffic with Moscow,” he said.
The minister later explained his statement in a comment on Interfax-Ukraine.
“We are preparing a number of countermeasures in relation to what Russia is doing in our occupied …
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Ukraine calls on Russia to withdraw its troops from Georgia
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine called on Russia to withdraw its troops from the occupied territories of Georgia (Abkhazia and the Tskhinvali Region), according to a statement released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of Russia-Georgia was 2018.
Ukraine reaffirmed its support for the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia within its internationally recognized borders, as well as its commitment to strategic partnership …
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OSCE urges Ukraine to prolong special status of Donbas
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine should extend the validity of the law “On the special order of local self-government in the separate regions of the Donetsk and Luhansk provinces,” which was adopted in 2014.
Martin Sajdik, Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG) on the situation in the Donbas, has sent an official request to this effect to the leaders of the Verkhovna Rada, announced Iryna Herashchenko, First Deputy Speaker of …
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US detains four Russians on suspicion of money laundering
The Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States arrested four Russian citizens, informed the Russian Consulate General in New York on August 6.
According to the consulate information published on social networks, detained Russians are suspected of money laundering and conspiracy to commit fraud.
Two of the four detainees are in Los Angeles, one in New York, and the location of the fourth detainee is currently undetermined. The Russian consulate requested the FBI to grant them access …
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Ukrainian Border Guard Service: 740 foreigners banned entry to Ukraine because of unauthorized visits to Crimea and Donbas
Since the beginning of the year, 740 foreigners have been banned entry to Ukraine for 3 years because of unauthorized visits to the territories of Donbas and Crimea which are not under Kyiv’s control, reported the State Border Guard Service (SBS) of Ukraine.
According to the SBS, evidence of the unauthorized visits to the annexed territories is often established in regards to foreigners or stateless persons as well as citizens of Ukraine.
Since the beginning of the year, the border guards …