Ukrainian Interior minister Avakov faces criminal probe
Ukraine’s chief prosecutor Yuri Lutsenko said a criminal investigation was launched against Interior Minister Arsen Avakov after the Prosecutor General's Office received a letter from the …
Alexei Poltorakov
Ukraine requests resumption of Russia's gas supplies
Gazprom has received a letter from Ukraine’s Naftogaz requesting resumption of natural gas supplies, the Chief Executive Officer of the Russian gas holding Alexey Miller said. “We have indeed received a formal letter from the Chief Executive of Naftogaz of Ukraine with a request to resume natural gas supplies. Nine months are meant: the second half of 2016 and the first quarter of 2017, that is, the forthcoming winter and the preparation period. The change in Ukrainian company’s mood is understandable. Daily reverse from Europe dropped 6.4 times in June as compared to May and 16.8 times vs. April,” TASS cited Miller as saying.
Why is Kiev throttling Crimea?
Ukraine has closed its both road and rail cargo transport message with Crimea. This message was posted by the press service of the government of the country in its Twitter account. According to the post, the Cabinet temporarily prohibits transfer …
Will the Normandy Quartet close the topic of Ukraine?
A meeting of the heads of the Normandy Quartet (Presidents of Russia, France, Ukraine, as well as German Chancellor) is taking place in Paris today, which is dedicated to the crisis in Ukraine. Vladimir Putin, Angela …
Will Ukraine still be decentralized?
Today the Verkhovna Rada has passed the presidential bill on amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine on decentralization at first reading. A draft resolution was supported by 265 MPs. The parliament needed 226 votes to pass the bill at first …
