Russian President Vladimir Putin has given an award to Russian Special Forces, who for two days restrained the attack of militants in Syria. This was reported by Interfax, citing Press Secretary for the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov. "The Head of State on Wednesday, as promised, personally awarded the Russian Special Forces who performed a feat in Syria, in the province of Aleppo", said Peskov. Then, according to him, "because of a lack of coordination that occurred, the Syrian troops in …

The topics of Ukraine and Russian aggression will be “everywhere” at a special meeting of the head of states and governments of NATO member-states in Brussels, although the official program of the “mini-summit” does not contain announcements about separate consultations on this topic, said Yehor Bozhok, acting head of the Ukrainian Mission to NATO in Brussels.

“Ukraine will be everywhere at this event: everything which will be spoken about there will be in connection with the fact that in 2014 …

On May 24, the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine (GPU) and the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) carried out a massive anti-corruption operation. After searches, 25 former high ranking regional officials of the Ministry of Revenues and Duties from 15 eastern and southern regions, as well as from Kyiv, were arrested. The former officials are suspected of involvement in organizing so-called tax platforms.

 Arsen Avakov, head of the Ukrainian MIA, explained what “tax platforms” are.

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A number of Cyprus-based companies are going into litigation with Ukraine to appeal the judgment of the Kramatorsk city court of Donetsk Oblast on the confiscation of $1.5 billion from the Viktor Yanukovych environment, reported Interfax Ukraine.

Interfax received a letter from the lawyers of Dmytro Shcherbyna and Maksym Kovalenko who represent the interests of the following companies: Akemi Management Ltd., Aldoza Investments Ltd., Erosaria Ltd., Opalcore Ltd., Foxtron Networks Ltd., Loricom …

The Moldovan authorities are in favor of intensifying the dialogue with unrecognized Transnistria within the framework of existing negotiating platforms.

Ukrinform reports that the Deputy Prime Minister of Moldova, Gheorghe Balan, stated this during a meeting in Chisinau with the Ambassador-at-Large of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergey Gubarev.

"The authorities of the Republic of Moldova are open to intensifying the dialogue within all existing negotiating …

On May 17, the Kyiv District Administrative Court recognized the nationalization of Ukraine's largest privately owned bank, PrivatBank, which took place on the night of December 18, as partially illegal. The court considered the claim of six individuals against the National Bank (NBU), the Individual Deposits Guarantee Fund, the Ministry of Finance, and persons authorized to perform interim administration at the Bank at the end of December 2016. The plaintiffs were co-owners of the media group 1 …

On Tuesday, the Verkhovna Rada adopted the whole of bill No. 4541 on the second reading. The bill is designed to reduce barriers to attracting foreign investment. 239 deputies voted for it.

One of the regulations of this bill provides for the issuance of residential permits for investors. To get one, an investor must own or control a stake in a Ukrainian legal entity, valued at a minimum of 100,000 euros.

The bill also introduces a three-year work permit in Ukraine for foreigners. Previously, …

The staff of the Russian FSB Special Forces will conduct large-scale exercises to prevent terrorist attacks and sabotage on land and sea targets in the Crimea, as TASS reported, citing the Public Relations Center of the Federal Security Service (FSB).The exercises, according to the interlocutors of the news agency, will be held in the republic from May 24 to 29. About 2,000 military will take part in them, as well as armored vehicles, the Air Force and the Navy."During the exercise, the combat …