https://meduza.io/impro/uDgokHfKkiyJn_jk-BIbfVflYk9voKB4-8xkYbEZInM/fill/650/0/ce/1/aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWR1/emEuaW8vaW1hZ2Uv/YXR0YWNobWVudHMv/aW1hZ2VzLzAwNS80/MTgvMTU4L29yaWdp/bmFsL21Jb2R6R3FO/a3lUOUswWlh0Yk5M/bncuanBn.webp With most Russian regions under some form of self-isolation as the COVID-19 pandemic escalates, mass job cuts and layoffs have begun. As in other countries around the world, many Russian companies no longer have money to pay their workers, but what makes their situation unique is that it’s practically been codified from the very top of the federal government

Four anonymous sources have told the business newspaper RBC that after extensive speculation about the fate of Russia’s 75th-anniversary Victory Day parade, Vladimir Putin has ultimately decided to postpone the celebration to a later date. Three of the sources are close to the Putin administration; one is familiar with Defense Department operations. If the information they provided to RBC journalists is correct, an announcement

Maksym Tymchenko , CEO of Ukraine’s largest private power company DTEK, speaks with the Kyiv Post on Nov. 12, 2019. On April 15, 2020, Tymchenko announced that DTEK plans to suspend operations at one of its largest coal mining complexes, Pavlogradugol, potentially leaving 30,000 miners out of a job.Photo by Kostyantyn Chernichkin Ukraine’s largest private power company DTEK plans to suspend

15.04.2020 12:01 The Russian Federation continues to massively deprive Ukrainian citizens in the annexed Crimea of their property rights in violation of international law. The Prosecutor’s Office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea conducts procedural management of the proceedings over the appropriation of state and private property by the occupying power in Crimea, the Representative Office of the President of

15.04.2020 18:15 Kyiv Court of Appeal has upheld a ruling of Kyiv’s Pechersky District Court that obliged PrivatBank to pay more than $250 million to the offshore companies of the Surkis family. PrivatBank confirmed the report to Ukrinform. “On April 15, Kyiv Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal and upheld the ruling of the Pechersky District Court that obliged PrivatBank

President Vladimir Putin announced a new package of measures to support Russia’s businesses hit by the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic Wednesday. In the Russian president’s fourth televised statement in as many weeks about the coronavirus pandemic, he promised direct financial support to businesses hit hardest by the nationwide lockdown, including small and medium-sized businesses and airlines.The new measures

Russian veterans on Wednesday urged President Vladimir Putin to postpone a military parade to mark the 75th anniversary of Soviet victory in World War II, due to the coronavirus risk to participants. Russia has so far not dropped plans to hold a massive parade with thousands of troops marching through Red Square on May 9, despite a national lockdown over

The Iranian authorities have sent a draft memorandum of understanding to the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry to prevent Kyiv from filing lawsuits against Iran over a Ukrainian passenger jet shot down near Tehran on January 8, according to Radio Farda. “Iran is pushing Ukraine to sign a memorandum of understanding obliging Ukraine and the families of victims of flight 752, shot