President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hopes that the United States will be more involved in the negotiation process on the Donbas. The presidential press service has said this in a statement, Ukrainian News Agency reports. According to the report, Zelenskyy met with U.S. Presidential Adviser on National Security John Bolton. The meeting was dedicated to discussing measures to strengthen strategic partnership between

Moscow’s mayor has raised the city’s monthly retirement payout less than two weeks before a local election that has triggered the largest sustained protest movement in Russia in recent years. The protests broke out this summer after election authorities barred a slew of opposition candidates from running for the Moscow City Duma on Sept. 8. Police have briefly detained over 2,000 people, sometimes violently,

In January-June 2019, Ukrainian producers exported 217 tonnes of frozen fish to the tune of $573,000. “For the first six months of 2019, 217 tonnes of Ukrainian frozen fish were shipped to foreign markets to the tune of $573,000,” the press service of the State Agency of Fisheries of Ukraine reports. As noted, 49% of all Ukrainian frozen fish exports

For the second consecutive month, the Russian banking sector has experienced an outflow of foreign currency from the accounts of major corporate clients, who are rapidly spending or withdrawing the dollars and euros, reports finanz.ru. In July, legal entities withdrew another $900 million from current accounts and emptied a similar amount from foreign currency deposits. A month earlier, the outflow was

 The newest production center is being completed at Shostka-based Impulse Plant (part of the Ukroboronprom State Concern). Production of spare parts required for the completion of the creation of a closed artillery ammunition and missile weapons production cycle will start there soon, Director General of Ukroboronprom Pavlo Bukin has said. “This is a new workshop with the latest machines designed

Ilya Yashin, who attempted to run for the Moscow City Duma as an opposition candidate, was arrested today as he left the holding cell where he was serving his fourth jail term this month, MBK Media reported. The exclusion of independent candidates like Yashin from the Moscow City Duma elections has sparked ongoing protests in Moscow since mid-July. Yashin has been in

According to Ukrainian oligarch Ihor Kolomoyskyi, Arsen Avakov will retain his post as Minister of Internal Affairs. He expressed this point of view in an interview with Cesor.net. “I do not even have any doubts that Avakov will be a minister. Firstly, there is no other candidate for this post, and secondly, there should be some stable things in the

The businessman believes that, if Donbas is not returned to Ukraine, Kyiv will have to start an economic war against Moscow. REUTERS Businessman Ihor Kolomoisky believes that Russia has lost the war to Ukraine, and sooner or later it will have to surrender the occupied territories. “Let’s try to sort things out the points and check the balance. Firstly, Russia

Ukraine is concerned about the lack of data from particular International Monitoring System’s stations after a radioactive incident in Russia on August 8, 2019. Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the International Organizations in Vienna Yevhenii Tsymbaliuk made a corresponding statement during the 53rd session of the CTBTO Working Group B, ongoing at the UN Office in Vienna from August 26