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Turkey introduces duties on Russian goods
Turkey has introduced import duties on Russian products, Izvestia reports with reference to the Russian Ministry of Agriculture. The duty on corn and wheat will be 130%, on rice – 45%, on sunflower oil – 36%, on sunflower meal - 13.5%, and on legumes - 9.7%. Fees are introduced from March 15, 2017. At the same time on March 17 Turkish government agencies did not confirm the introduction of restrictions on the supply of Russian wheat.
The Russian Ministry of Agriculture stated that duties …
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Russian State Duma announced a bill on patriotic education
Deputies of the State Duma are developing a bill that defines the general principles of “patriotic education,” said United Russia Party member and Deputy Chairman of the Duma's Committee for Security and Anti-Corruption, Anatoly Vyborny. His statement was published on Monday, March 27 on the party's website, Lenta.ru reported.
“My colleagues and I have prepared a draft federal law that should establish uniformity in the patriotic education system throughout the Russian Federation,” the …
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Ukraine placed Russian general on wanted list
The Military Prosecutor's office of Ukraine charged Major General Alexei Zavizyon, the commander of the 41st Army of the Central Military District of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, with committing a number of crimes.
According to the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine (GPU), the Russian General, during the period from February to July 2015, commanded the so-called "1st Army Corps" in the Donetsk region.
"Zavizyon by giving orders, monitoring their implementation, and …
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Chairman of the Ukrainian Parliament: Russia could use Zapad-2017 exercises for direct aggression
The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Andriy Parubiy, said that the joint Russian-Belarusian exercises "Zapad-2017" (West-2017), which will be held in the fall of 2017, could be used for direct aggression or sabotage against Ukraine, Ukrinform news agency reports.
"The current ‘West-2017’ military exercises cause concern in Ukraine ... We should not exclude the worst case scenario: the use of exercises to at minimum to discredit Belarus, and at maximum - to carry out direct aggression …
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Sberbank of Russia sells its Ukrainian subsidiary
A press release by Sberbank of Russia announced on March 27th that a consortium of investors involving the Latvian Norvik Bank and a private company in Belarus will acquire 100 percent of Sberbank’s Ukrainian subsidiary, as reported by RIA Novosti.
“The consortium of investors is acquiring 100 percent of Sberbank in Ukraine, which is a subsidiary of Sberbank of Russia. Norvik Bank (Latvia) and a private company in Belarus make up the consortium,” the press release of Sberbank said.
The …