The investigative news website Proekt reports that Moscow businessman Pavel Krotov is responsible for handling money and property for several powerful Chechen public figures, including republic head Ramzan Kadyrov, his close friend Adam Delikhmanov, and others. Sources told Proekt that Krotov has at least twice obtained access to assets worth hundreds of millions of dollars while acting in the interests of Chechnya’s political elite. In 2010,

The State Property Fund of Ukraine (SPF) during an online auction on July 15 sold Dnipro Hotel in Kyiv for UAH 1.1 billion. According to the ProZorro.Sale system, the winner at 16:52 in the third round was Smartland LLC, registered under No. 23 with an offer of UAH 1.111 billion. The starting price of the facility was UAH 80.9 million.

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine decided to ban the import of wagons of residents and the railway administration of the Russian Federation into Ukraine at a meeting on Wednesday, Verkhovna Rada deputy Oleksiy Honcharenko (the European Solidarity faction) said on his Telegram channel. According to the document released by him, in particular, the import of wagons into the customs

The regime of the current president of Ukraine, Vladimir Zelensky, is undergoing a serious test of strength. According to recent polls, a year after the presidential election, Zelensky’s rating fell by almost half, and only 38% of voters support him . The country’s economy is in decline, and the current government calls it perhaps the weakest in the history of Ukraine. The mono-majority in the

The recent agreement of the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG) to open two new checkpoints on the demarcation line is probably doomed to failure, admit the leadership of the breakaway republics. The Telegram channel “Luhansk Insider” reported that the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic is facing problems with their construction. “Opening of the Shchastya and Zolote entry points… may not take place

15.07.2020 10:54 The Netherlands has revealed additional details of the lawsuit filed against Russia over downing of MH17 flight at the European Court of Human Rights. “At today’s [July 14] briefing at the Ministry of Justice and Security of the Netherlands, representatives of the international Joint Investigation Team member states and countries, whose citizens died in the plane crash, provided

15.07.2020 18:02 U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo has made a statement in which he mentioned the killing of a Ukrainian military medic in Donbas by Russian occupiers and condemned Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. He stated this at a special briefing on international issues at the U.S. Department of State on Wednesday, July 15, according to an Ukrinform correspondent. “I

Another previously inaccessible direction, for some reason called the road, turned into an ideal track in three months.Village-Lugansk – Severodonetsk.Native Lugansk region.The road from the point with a temporarily occupied territory to Severodonetsk.The opening, as promised, in July. (C)SKYCRAPERCITY.COM 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin will arrive in Kerch on July 16 for a keel laying ceremony for new Russian Navy warships, announced Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov. Peskov said that the ceremony will be held at the Crimean shipyard Zaliv (Gulf) where Putin will also meet with its workers. On the same day, the new ships will be laid down

Hundreds of protesters rallied and scuffled with police in Belarus on Tuesday with more than 100 people detained after officials barred President Alexander Lukashenko’s main rivals from running in an election in August. Hundreds of people took to the streets of the capital Minsk on Tuesday evening, walking peacefully and clapping as passing drivers honked their horns in support.  But

A disabled Russian pensioner who denies the collapse of the Soviet Union is suspected by the authorities of plotting to overthrow the government, according to the local chapter of the organization that believes the U.S.S.R. still legally exists. Vladimir Beskhlebnyi, 72, was placed under house arrest in the Omsk region Saturday on charges of creating an extremist group and plotting

Protesters told The Moscow Times they will continue rallying until their governor’s murder trial is held in Khabarovsk. By Evan GershkovichUpdated: 5 hours ago For as long as Valery Nechayev could remember, the ruling United Russia party had been in charge of his home region of Khabarovsk in Russia’s Far East. And, for a while, that was just fine.  But as the

Militants of the so-called Luhansk and Donetsk People’s Republics reported that the Ukrainian troops advanced 3 km into the territory of the Donbas near Stanitsya Siphonna and Donetsky settlment. Military correspondent of the militants Marina Kharkova reports that the units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces advanced 3 km. The fighters of the Ukrainian army took up new positions and entrenched

    Some 44% of Ukrainians trust President Volodymyr Zelensky, whereas 49% do not trust him, according to a survey taken by the sociological service of the Razumkov Center. Deputy Director of the Razumkov Center Mykhailo Mishchenko presented the results of the poll at a press conference on Wednesday, July 15, according to an Ukrinform correspondent. “Zelensky continues to remain a

Another soldier was wounded as a result of enemy shelling near the village of Vodiane. REUTERS Russia’s hybrid military forces on July 14 used the Fagot anti-tank missile system to fire at the positions of Ukraine’s Joint Forces near the village of Novomykhailivka; as a result, six Ukrainian soldiers suffered shrapnel wounds. “Another soldier was wounded as a result of