An old locomotive belonging to Ukraine’s state-owned monopoly Ukrzaliznytsia parked at the Darnytsia Railway Station in Kyiv on June 19, 2019. (Oleg Petrasiuk)Photo by Oleg Petrasiuk A subsidiary of Ukrzaliznytsia, Ukraine’s state-owned railway monopoly, ordered 19 train air conditioning systems for a total of $1.2 million. The maximum price online for 19 conditioning systems of a similar type is $260,000, Ukrainian

Experts from the Russian state space agency Roscosmos have found a way to conceal confidential operations in Russian territory from surveillance by foreign spy satellites, according to an article written by experts from the company Russian Space Systems, as cited by RIA Novosti. According to them, data transmission from satellites can be jammed using land-based radio stations. “During periods when the

Putin’s revamp underlines the extent to which the status quo rules. By Ilya Klishin    Read the Russian version here. Mikhail Mishustin appeared before the State Duma on Jan. 16 to answer questions from deputies. The previously obscure candidate for the post of prime minister behaved confidently enough, and when members of the Kremlin-friendly so-called “opposition” grilled him on what he felt should

The head of Chechnya has temporarily resigned and is preparing for the promotion15:23, 17 January 20201601rbc.ru Head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov has been offered a new post; he may become the plenipotentiary of the President of the Russian Federation. It was reported by the Russian edition of Argumenti with reference to its own source in Kremlin. According to the media, Chechnya’s

Photography shows Malyuska’s hand, while minister himself is hiding under table18:35, 17 January 2020000112 Agency  The Minister of Justice of Ukraine Denys Malyuska in support of Prime Minister Oleksiy Goncharuk in a scandal with a ‘drain’ of audio recordings of the meeting posted a photograph sitting under the table.  Malyuska posted the photo on his page on Facebook.  The photography shows the hand

The “DNR” leader Denis Pushilin has stated that the occupied Donbass would have its own “citizenship” after the implementation of the Minsk agreements. He stated this in an interview with separatist media, commenting on the facts of detention of the residents of CADO, who do not have a fake “passport” of the “DNR”. “We do not yet have a fundamental law

Experts also took into account transport infrastructure, military budget, access to oil, etc. Photo from UNIAN The Ukrainian Army took the 29th place out of 137 armies in the Global Firepower ranking. It is noted the finalized Global Firepower ranking utilizes over 55 individual factors to determine a given nation’s PowerIndex score. The TOP 10 are led by the USA,

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has demanded that law enforcement agencies identify within two weeks those who recorded conversations during a meeting between Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk, ministers and representatives of the National Bank of Ukraine. The head of state set a respective task at a meeting with the heads of the Security Service of Ukraine, the Office of the Prosecutor

Ukraine is planning to join in the services and partnerships of the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) in order to get full access to the alliance’s procurement system, Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Dmytro Kuleba has said. “Ukraine has intensified its efforts to join in the services and partnerships of the NATO Support and

Elections in the temporarily occupied territories of Donbas should be held under Ukrainian control and in a secure environment, with Russia-led forces withdrawn from Ukraine’s territory. U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) James S. Gilmore said this during a meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna on Thursday, January 16, an Ukrinform correspondent

The Verkhovna Rada intends to legalize gambling business. A total of 260 parliamentary members backed respective bill 2285-d, when 226 votes were enough to pass the decision, the Ukrainian News Agency reports. The bill envisions that the gambling will be regulated by the state collegiate body reporting to the Cabinet of Ministers. The bill introduces a system of online monitoring