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Member of the European Solidarity faction, fifth President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has said that the investigators of the State Bureau of Investigations (SBI) are using summons for questionings with the aim of hindering his international meetings and visit. “On January 20, when I voluntarily came to the SBI in order to stop insinuations with the summons and to find
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia said on Thursday it had missed a United Nations deadline to repatriate North Korean workers due to what it called objective difficulties, but said it was scrupulously complying with U.N. sanctions on Pyongyang. A 2017 U.N. Security Council resolution demanded that all countries send home all North Korean workers by Dec. 22 last year to stop
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In December, Nwapa on his Instagram account thanked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for allegedly interceding in having the authorities allow him to cross into Ukraine. The SBU Security Service of Ukraine has commented on an alleged ban on entry to Ukraine for Swedish recording artist Alban Nwapa (stage name Dr. Alban), saying only Russian citizens are subject to vetting to
Read moreUkrainians held in prisons in the Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR) but not mentioned by the media actually paid money to be included on prisoner exchange list, former LPR prisoner Denys Sekatsky told Censor.NET in an interview. “I paid money for my freedom. That is, they demanded a ransom from me, for them not to kill me, and to confirm that they
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Zachary Nelson started this petition to The Ukrainian Government and We appeal to the Ukrainian government to: 1. Renew live news broadcasting of UA|TV in English, Arabic, Russian, Crimean Tatar, and Ukrainian; 2. Resume self-production of UA|TV’s programs and their translation into all five languages; 3. Continue supporting and improving UA|TV’s website and social media presence in all five languages.
Read moreWriter: Ariana Gic Today is the 5 year anniversary of Russia launching a massive attack of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol from multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS). On January 24, 2015, Russia deliberately shelled residential areas of Mariupol, killing 30 and injuring 128. Children were among the dead and injured. The unprovoked missile attack was instructed, directed and supervised by
Read moreRussia has gone up one level on the international corruption perceptions rating published annually by Transparency International, reports finanz.ru. In the 2019 index, out of 180 countries, Russia tied for positions 137 through 146 with Kenya, Liberia, Mauritania, Papua New Guinea and Uganda. Just below Russia, in positions 146 through 153, are Iran, Honduras, Bangladesh, Angola and the Comoros islands. Just
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The American founder of US-based militant neo-Nazi group The Base is directing the organisation from Russia, a BBC investigation has found. Rinaldo Nazzaro, 46, who uses the aliases “Norman Spear” and “Roman Wolf”, left New York for St Petersburg less than two years ago. The Base is a major counter terrorism focus for the FBI. Seven alleged members were charged
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Belarus is looking for alternatives to Russian oil and is in talks with the United States, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates about supplies, President Alexander Lukashenko said on Friday, the Belta news agency reported. Belarus and Russia failed to agree on an oil supply contract for this year, prompting Russia to halt supplies to refineries in Belarus, though
Read moreA still from a UATV broadcast of an interview with the former head of the State Border Control Service, Petro Tsygykal, aired on Dec. 4, 2018.Photo by UATV When the staff of Ukraine’s state-funded international broadcaster UATV returned to work after the holidays on Jan. 3, they received bad news. The government had decided to close the channel’s English, Arabic and
Read moreEx-mayor of Sloviansk Nelya Shtepa, who is accused of encroaching on the territorial integrity of Ukraine and the creation of a terrorist group, intends to run in the local elections. She said this on the air of the S-plus local television channel. “Those who hope today that I will be detained, and I will not be able to submit my
Read moreA road map of the partner agreements with the German rail operator Deutsche Bahn AG will be signed on February 5, 2020, Prime Minister of Ukraine Oleksiy Honcharuk said following a briefing on the results of the sitting of the Cabinet of Ministers on Friday. “Now we are holding talks with this large system company over signing of a strategic
Read moreUkraine’s Deputy Foreign Minister Serhiy Kyslytsia has received copies of credentials from the newly appointed ambassador of the Republic of Cuba to Ukraine, Natacha Díaz Aguilera, the press service of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry reports on Facebook. “The deputy minister congratulated the ambassador of Cuba on her appointment. The parties noted mutual readiness for an active bilateral dialogue and bilateral
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The so-called “republics” believe that the passport of a citizen of Ukraine and the “DPR” are equally valid documents. The so-called “Donetsk People’s Republic” (“DPR”) recognizes the use of passports of citizens of Ukraine in the occupied territories. “The Ukrainian passport is currently a legal ID document and has the same legal force as the passport of a citizen of
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During the Soviet era, it wasn’t uncommon for people in big cities to share a single apartment with up to 20 other people — often sharing just one bathroom and kitchen. Half a century later, with rents in central Moscow and St. Petersburg soaring, some people still live in these kommunalka apartments out of necessity. We took a look at
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Russian authorities will give priority to “spiritual values” when deciding which Russian-made apps should come pre-installed under a controversial law banning smartphone sales without domestic software, the Vedomosti newspaper reported Thursday. From July 1, smartphones will be required to go on sale with pre-installed apps approved by the Russian government. Supporters defend the law, which President Vladimir Putin signed last
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