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Ukrainian politician: only one issue remains unresolved to allow adoption of Anti-Corruption Court in Ukraine
Serhiy Berezenko, the Deputy Head of Petro Poroshenko Bloc’s parliamentary faction, told journalists that the only issue left unresolved with the West is the matter of the Public Council of International Experts’ authority.
“There were disagreements over 14 issues, which our international partners had questions about,” Berezenko stated. “We managed to agree on 13 of the 14 amendments. Today, there is one more unresolved issue left.”Berezenko specified that the issue of the Public Council of …
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Kyiv calls on the OSCE to make Russia stop its aggression in Ukraine
Minister of Foreign Affairs Pavlo Klimkin called on the President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly to use all possible leverage to make Russia to stop its aggression in Ukraine. He stated this during the meeting with the delegation of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly on Monday, May 14, the press-service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported.
Klimkin stressed the importance of parliamentary diplomacy within the OSCE and thanked the President of the Assembly, George Tsereteli for strongly …
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Russia calls EU Council's sanctions against the members of Crimea's election commission 'an unfriendly step'
The Russian Foreign Ministry called the sanctions of the EU Council against members of the Russian-controlled electoral commissions of the Crimea and the former Chairman of the electoral commission of Sevastopol “an unfriendly step,” as stated by Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.
"Russia reserves the right to give a tit-for-tat response to the European Union’s yet-again unfriendly step... The European Union’s new measures once again demonstrate its real attitude to the …
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Russia to start printing money to assist billionaires under sanctions
The Russian government has already given assistance to sanctioned billionaire Viktor Vekselberg’s Renova Group, and is currently working on financial support measures for Oleg Deripaska’s companies, including Rusal and the GAZ group, as announced on Monday by Russia’s acting Finance Minister Anton Siluanov.
Vekselberg, who asked the government for a total of $5.7 billion, was given assistance last week, Siluanov noted.
“I simply would not like to talk about amounts,” Siluanov responded when …
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Putin's aide Surkov and US representative for Ukraine Volker temporarily suspend negotiations about the Donbas
Russia and the United States have taken a break from discussing the Donbas, stated the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Grigory Karasin.
“We have taken a break. However, Russia expects that it will not be a long break. We are interested in resuming negotiations,” Karasin said.
According to Karasin, “both sides need the desire to resume” in order for talks to restart. So at the moment there are not even approximate dates for the next meetings between the representative of the U.S. …