By Timothy Ash. Published April 3. Updated April 3 at 9:33 pm It is notable in this Financial Times piece that U.S. players are now mentioning the prospect of sanctions moderation in the discussion of how to get Russia to the OPEC++ negotiating table. Admittedly it was also couched in the frame of sanctions potentially being tightened if Russia does

The U.S. State Department said the United States had agreed to purchase medical supplies from Russia, but it made no mention of any company nor regarding sanctions. Illustration / Photo from gre4ka.info Ventilators delivered by Russia to the United States to help treat patients of the new coronavirus were manufactured by a Russian company that is under U.S. sanctions, Russia’s

Ukrainian lawmakers have used all manner of creative means to elude law enforcement once their parliamentary immunity expires or is revoked. Chief among these is fleeing the country to keep their business interests free from full legal scrutiny. But one former member of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, is alleged to have found a novel means to steer clear of

Editor’s Note: The following is an op-ed by Hromadske’s incoming editor-in-chief Natalia Guzenko. The views and opinions expressed in it are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publication. The near-legendary epic in the history of Ukrainian parliamentarism – the extension of the moratorium on the land market – has finally ended on March

https://meduza.io/impro/lTicRYG6IbC0ghXaudllFr90YeTyE7Ja5iR_4S7YnWs/fill/650/0/ce/1/aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWR1/emEuaW8vaW1hZ2Uv/YXR0YWNobWVudHMv/aW1hZ2VzLzAwNS8z/OTAvMzMzL29yaWdp/bmFsLzBHMko4NGlU/VjlpY2VDcFFkcWF5/LXcuanBn.webp Anastasia Vasilyeva, the head of the medical workers’ union Alyans Vrachei (Doctors’ Alliance), has been arrested twice in the Novgorod region city of Okulovka, where she was attempting to deliver personal protection equipment (PPE) to local medical personnel. First, on April 2, Vasilyeva and her team were arrested on a highway near Okulovka and taken to a police station. Despite their

Fighting coronavirus with medical masks made of diapers. By Mikhail BelyUpdated: 4 hours ago Читайте русскую версию здесь. “Oh, come on! Virus? What virus?” Olga, a 35-year-old businesswoman waved her hand dismissively. “It’s a conspiracy, not a virus. Whose conspiracy? The Chinese, who do you think?! They released it so they could get ahead of Europe and Russia and rule the world.

The Prime Minister of Belarus Sergey Rumas announced announced that Minsk will start purchasing Russian oil at only $4 per barrel. “Today, I think Belneftekhim will finish negotiations with Russian companies on oil supplies for April. We expect to receive 2 million tons,” the BelTA news agency quoted Rumas as saying. Rumas stressed that the deliveries will be carried out without extra

According to the updated forecast, the inflation rate will increase to 11.6% from 8.7%. REUTERS The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has revised downward its outlook for inflation, wages, and GDP. “Changes shall be introduced into Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of May 15, 2019 No. 555 ‘On approval of the Forecast of economic and social development

Ukraine has successfully tested the Neptune land-based cruise missile system at the Alibey training ground in the south of Odesa region on April 2, 2020. “The National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine has set the task of developing, large-scale production of the latest missilery models, in particular, providing the Armed Forces of Ukraine with cruise missile systems to

The Ukrainian government has introduced new quarantine restrictions to protect citizens from COVID-19 and to save as many lives as possible. Here’s what they are: © 2020 Hromadske International Advertisement

Medical masks are available only in a part of Kyiv pharmacy chains at a price of UAH 10-15 per piece. Representatives of Kyiv pharmacy chains have informed the Ukrainian News Agency. Masks are available in the pharmacy chains: Dobroho Dnia, Farmatsiia and Podorozhnyk. There are no masks on sale in the pharmacy chains: Nyzkykh Tsin and Bazhaiemo Zdorovia. As Ukrainian

Govt ordered migrant areas of Paris to cancel quarantine there because of fears of riots. In Lombardy live 300,000 chicoms, working in the garment industry. Chinese lunar new year was 16th of February. Thousands of them flew home to Wuhan for this and returned on direct flights from Wuhan, which created the epicentre of the pestilence. Same thing happened in