In addition, Kyrylo Shevchenko owes 8,520 dollars of taxes12:28, 23 July 2020Newly-appointed Chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine Kyrylo ShevchenkoKyryloShevchenko/Website Kyrylo Shevchenko, who was appointed the new head of the National Bank of Ukraine by the Verkhovna Rada on July 16, published his income declaration on the same day. But on July 21, he edited the declaration. Shevchenko stated

IF YOUCAN’T MAKE IT,STEAL IT Given the Putin regime’s history of criminality, Russia’s efforts to steal information about a covid-19 vaccine should not surprise us. Brian WhitmoreJuly 22, 2020 Dmitry Peskov is a master of chutzpah. The Kremlin spokesman said with a straight face that Russia is “among the pioneer countries” in the race to develop a covid-19 vaccine.  Peskov

US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo said earlier on Monday that the United States was imposing sanctions on head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov and his family members for gross violations of human rights© Anton Novoderezhkin/TASS MOSCOW, July 20. /TASS/. Russian will find a way to respond to the US sanctions against head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov,

Mishustin also pointed out that all measures taken by the Russian authorities in the context of the crisis caused by the pandemic were very clear and gave their results© Alexander Astafiev/Russian Government Press Office/TASS MOSCOW, July 23. / TASS /. The Russian economy despite the pandemic remains stable, there are enough funds for the implementation of national development goals, said

Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, which is currently the only Russian aircraft carrier in service, contrary to the intended repair, “broke” even more in a year. Judging by satellite images published by the Chinese publication Sohu, there has been no repairs done on the warship yet. However, in one a year, its deck has rusted significantly so that it became noticeable

    Roman Skrypnyk, who threatened law enforcement officers with a grenade and took a police colonel hostage in Poltava, has freed the hostage and disappeared into the forest. The press service of the National Police announced this in a statement, the Ukrainian News Agency reports. “The suspect left the car in the middle of the road and hid in a

Russia may face a sharp tightening of U.S. sanctions in the spring of 2021, according to Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska. If Donald Trump loses the election and Democrats, led by 77-year-old Joe Biden, come to power in Washington, “all previous sanctions will seem like a walk in the park to us,” Deripaska, who has been on the U.S. Treasury Department’s

Rapidly melting Arctic permafrost poses the greatest threat to major Russian energy producers’ infrastructure and financial indicators, according to a new Morgan Stanley report obtained by the Vedomosti business daily. Gazprom, Novatek, Alrosa and Norilsk Nickel — whose fuel tank leaked after sinking into thawing permafrost in May, resulting in a major environmental disaster — stand to lose the most from the

Russia’s bars have seen a lot of crazy things over the years — but attempted robbery by a kleptocratic kitten has to be high on the list. The U.S.S.R. Beer Bar in the southern Russian city of Anapa recently had to fend off a burglary attempt from none other than its own resident kitten. Security footage shows the would-be robber

23.07.2020 15:07 EU Ambassador to Ukraine Matti Maasikas has expressed concern over the fire in the house of Vitaliy Shabunin, the head of NGO Anti-Corruption Action Center. He wrote this on his Twitter account. “Very disturbed by the news that the house of the anti-corruption activist Vitaliy Shabunin burned down. I call on the authorities to investigate this case and if a

   STUTTGART, Germany — U.S. Air Forces in Europe led a large-scale show of force in the Black Sea that brought F-16s together with a Navy warship, drones and special operations aircraft to simulate the destruction of “well-defended targets.” The one-day exercise conducted Wednesday occurred in international airspace and waters in the Black Sea, where Russian forces also have been

     A man threatening with a grenade to police officers in Poltava has taken hostage the head of the criminal investigation department from the Main National Police Department in Poltava region Shiyan. Anton Heraschenko, a deputy interior affairs minister, has written this on Facebook, Ukrainian News Agency reports. He noted that on July 23 at 9:05 a.m., employees of the

Russian invaders were seen shooting at the balloon-driven banner for at least 20 minutes. Vlad Ivanov / Facebook On July 21, a group of volunteers launched a massive Ukrainian flag into the sky over the occupied city of Donetsk, using dozens of balloons. One of the activists, Vlad Ivanov, said Russian invaders had been shooting at the flag for about

Ukraine’s chief clown and Russia’s godfather signed an agreement on a ceasefire in Eastern Ukraine, starting next week. We recall, since the first ceasefire was signed five years ago thousands of Ukrainians were killed or injured, towns near the frontline look like Swiss cheese from all the bullet holes that remind us of what a Russian ceasefire is all about.

23.07.2020 | Halya Coynash THE RIGHT TO LIFE It is six years today since Stepan Chubenko, who was just 16 and still at school, was seized, and then tortured and killed, by Russian-controlled militants in Donetsk. They had stopped him because of the ribbons in the colours of the Ukrainian flag on his rucksack, and then also found a scarf