With the arrest of Khabarovsk Governor Sergey Furgal and the appointment of Mikhail Degtyarev in his place, the two politicians’ political party — LDPR — suddenly finds itself at the center of Russian politics. Over the course of these events, the party’s long-time leader (the only leader it’s ever had), Vladimir Zhirinovsky, has reversed his initial hardline opposition to Furgal’s

The Armenian authorities have decided to restrict the broadcasting of Russian TV channels, RBC news agency reports. According to the Armenian Law on Audiovisual Media, which was signed on Wednesday by Armenian President Armen Sarkissian, the broadcasting of foreign channels, including Russian ones, can be carried out only on the basis of interstate agreements. Restrictions will affect only broadcasts on state

The Budapest Memorandum was signed on December 5, 1994. Leonid Kravchuk / Photo from UNIAN Head of the Ukrainian delegation to the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG) and first president of independent Ukraine Leonid Kravchuk says that if Minsk talks on Donbas in the TCG format come to a standstill, the Ukrainian side can initiate the signing of a new Budapest

     China Gezhouba Group Corporation (CGGC), the Chinese company specializing in the construction of hydropower facilities, has shown substantial investment interests in Ukraine, the Ukrainian Embassy in China said following a meeting of Ambassador Serhiy Kamyshev and CGGC Chairman Lyu Zexiang. “In order to successfully implement mutual interests, the CGGC leadership was provided with the embassy’s recommendations on interaction with

Russian-backed militants in the Donbass receive new, increased supplies of weapons and ammunition from Russia. This was stated by ex-adviser to the OSCE SMM Mikhail Botsyurkiv on the air of the DIM TV channel. He noted that the number of personnel is also increasing. Botsyurkiv expressed the opinion that the international community needs to change the methods of influencing Putin,

Previously, Ukrainians were banned from entering the country by car. REUTERS Montenegro has allowed Ukrainian citizens to enter its territory without restrictions, since Ukraine has been put on the safe “green zone” list. “Montenegro has included Ukraine in its green zone list and allowed Ukrainians to cross in without restrictions. Many thanks our Montenegrin friends and partners for their trust

PHOTO06.08.2020 14:59 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has laid flowers at the monument to fallen servicemen, volunteer fighters and volunteers and presented state awards to Ukrainian defenders as part of his visit to the area of the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) in Donbas, the presidential press service has reported. “It is a great honor for me to be here at the

06.08.2020 13:08 Ukraine plans to build 2,900 kilometers of concrete roads until 2025, Head of the State Agency of Motor Roads (Ukravtodor) Oleksandr Kubrakov has said. “Currently, concrete roads make up only 1% of the total length of roads in Ukraine. If we implement the developed program, we will have at least 3%, or about 2,900 kilometers, within five years,”

The president said many questions and problems arise in the process of preserving ceasefire. Volodymyr Zelensky / president.gov.ua Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said if everything depended only on the Ukrainian side, it would be a real ceasefire in Donbas. “We are fighting to ensure that this regime is not violated… If everything depended only on our side, I am

   In January-June 2020, the volume of agricultural trade between Ukraine and the European Union decreased by 5.1% to USD 4.6 billion. According to the National Scientific Centre “Institute of Agrarian Economics” (IAE), out of the total agricultural trade turnover between Ukraine and the EU, USD 3.0 billion accounted for exports and USD 1.6 billion – for imports. Ukraine’s largest

06.08.2020 10:18 There are about 2,300 Russian military personnel in the occupied territories of Donbas, says Keith W. Dayton, nominee to be U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine. According to Dayton, Russia handed over to the separatists “more than 400 tanks, 700 artillery units, howitzers, UAVs, air defense artillery, small arms, etc.” The diplomat said that the Ukrainian military in Donbas is

The appointee will be responsible for law enforcement. Oleh Tatarov / Photo from UNIAN Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has appointed Oleh Tatarov as Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine. “Oleh Tatarov’s tasks will include the formation of national policy in the field of law enforcement, expert and analytical support for the operation of the Office of

He secretly arrived in Ukrainian-controlled territory. He joined the ‘battalion’ on a voluntary basis / Photo from facebook.com/SecurSerUkraine Ukraine’s SBU Security Service has detained a member of the Russia-controlled notorious “Vostok Battalion,” who was involved in battles near Donetsk airport in 2014. According to investigators, a local resident of the Ukrainian-controlled city of Mariupol in Donetsk region, voluntarily joined the so-called