The Constitutional Court has ruled that President Volodymyr Zelenskyi’s draft law No. 1027, which provides for stripping parliamentarians of their parliamentary mandates for absenteeism and not personally casting their votes in the parliament, is unconstitutional. Censor.NET reports citing Interfax. Member of Parliament Fedir Venyslavskyi (Servant of the People faction), who is Zelenskyi’s representative in the Constitutional Court. The presidential representative confirmed to

Frunzensky District Court in Kharkiv has found suspects of terrorist attack near Kharkiv Palace of Sports in February 2015, Volodymyr Dvornikov, Viktor Tetiutsky and Serhiy Bashlykov guilty and sentenced them to life imprisonment. However, the measure of restraint has been immediately changed for personal obligation and the suspects have been released. Previously, Prosecutor Volodymyr Lymar said that Russia “as matter

Odesa’s Prymorsky District Court has released from custody 11 persons suspected of terrorist attacks. It is planned that they will be exchanged for Ukrainians captured by Russia-occupation forces in Donbas, the Odesa-based Duma ezine has said. Citing a source from Ukraine’s SBU State Security Service, Duma said on Friday morning Odesa’s Primorsky District Court released from custody suspects involved in

Representatives of the JFO’s headquarters will not be able to attend the event as well. Photo from UNIAN Head of the Joint Forces Operation[JFO]’s press center Vitaliy Sarantsev has said journalists were denied accreditation to cover a prisoner swap scheduled for December 29. Read also Zelensky: Prisoner swap may take place on Dec 29, but lists still being verified “The

The retired intelligence officer asserted that the waste came from the large former Soviet naval base Karosta – next to the city of Liepaja in Latvia, southeast of Sweden and only a few hours away by boat. mc.nato.int The bottom of the Baltic Sea may contain nuclear waste burial sites made by the Russian military in the early 1990s. This complements

According to information obtained by EL PAÍS, the members of the elite military group Unit 29155 made a total of four trips to the Catalan capital. REUTERS At least three suspected members of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU, as it is known in Russian by its initials) traveled to Barcelona between November 2016 and December 2017, according to information obtained

American soldiers got into a fist fight with Russian soldiers in a settlement in Eastern Syria, reports the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights on its website. No weapons were used. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the incident took place on December 25 in the city of Tell Tamer in the Al-Hasakah Governorate. A unit of American soldiers came

The bill was later handed over to the president for signature20:32, 27 December 2019000 Ukranews Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Dmytro Razumkov signed bill No. 2237, which amends legislation to restrict MPs’ parliamentary immunity as Interfax-Ukraine reported. The bill was later handed over to the president for signature. The pre-trial investigation of criminal offenses, allegedly committed by people’s deputies, will be carried out by

In an interview published on his website on December 27, Zeman called Moscow’s remarks in opposition to the plan “absolute insolence.” REUTERS Czech President Milos Zeman, who often touts his close relationship with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin, has blasted Moscow for protesting against Prague’s decision to make the anniversary of the 1968 Soviet-led invasion a memorial day. In an interview

PHOTOS28.12.2019 14:45Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko dressed as a Santa Claus has opened traffic on the renovated Shuliavsky overpass in Kyiv, according to an Ukrinform correspondent. “This bridge is already a modern bridge that will be operated for many years and will reduce the traffic load in our city. It is very good that we were able to open traffic as

The Committee on Agrarian and Land Policy has recommended the Verkhovna Rada to adopt at second reading and as whole the bill on the circulation of agricultural lands. The relevant decision was taken at today’s meeting of the committee following the consideration of amendments to the draft law, the press service of the Verkhovna Rada reported. It is noted that

According to the U.S., Nord Stream 2 is a tool Russia is using to support its continued aggression against Ukraine. REUTERS The United States calls on companies that are involved in the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to finish wind-down within 30 days, otherwise they will face sanctions. “The United States will impose sanctions unless related parties

Dec. 24, 2019    A Kremlin critic and prominent aide of opposition leader Alexei Navalny has reportedly been forcibly conscripted into the military in northern Russia almost 24 hours after he went missing. Ruslan Shaveddinov’s supporters raised the alarm Monday evening when he stopped answering phone calls and colleagues posted pictures of his apartment’s door — which appeared to have been smashed open in a

The penthouse where Russian President Vladimir Putin’s first daughter Maria lived with her partner has gone on sale. The 7,500-square-feet penthouse is situated over the two upper floors of the building, located among the picturesque canals of the “Crimean District” (Krimwijk in Dutch) in Voorschoten, a suburban area near the Dutch capital of the Hague and the university town of

28.12.2019 11:27The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the cost of organ transplantation in Ukraine. A respective Cabinet of Ministers resolution of December 18 has been published on the government’s website. According to the document, the cost of kidney allotransplantation (from a living donor or a cadaver donor) was set at UAH 323,798 and ABO-incompatible (ABOi) kidney transplantation at UAH 721,230.

In total, based on the results of the gas transit arbitration, Naftogaz received US$5 billion from Gazprom. Photo from UNIAN National Joint-Stock Company Naftogaz of Ukraine has received US$2.9 billion from Russia’s gas giant Gazprom under the Stockholm Arbitration’s award, according to the Ukrainian company’s press service. Read also Naftogaz, Gazprom, and gas transit contract: who will ultimately win the