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Separatist DPR considers legalizing blockchain mining and cryptocurrency transactions
The Donbas Post, which is controlled by the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic is planning to introduce blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies, as stated in the publication ‘Ministries and Departments for 2018’ on the DNR-LIVE website.
The publication does not contain detailed information on the development of blockchain technology.
In November 2017, the Minister of Communications of the DPR, Viktor Yatsenko, called cryptocurrencies, “a promising mechanism to attract investment.”
“I am …
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Leader of Right Sector: Ukraine will take back all its territories
Ukraine will certainly regain all its ethnic lands, including the annexed Crimea and the Donbas, as stated by the People's Deputy Dmytriy Yarosh on his Facebook page.
He thanked all Ukrainians who support the "sacred fight for the state and Ukrainian law."
We have a lot of problems in Ukraine. With time, we will solve them. But we are a nation (and for the dead, and living, and unborn, my countrymen in Ukraine and not only in Ukraine), which lives and fights both on this God-given land and …
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Number of Lithuanian work permits issued to Ukrainians doubled in 2017
In 2017, Lithuania issued 34,500 employment visas or residence permits. About 20 thousand of them were received by residents of Ukraine, Delfi.lt news agency writes, referring to the data of the Migration Department.
In 2016, 18,000 people came to work to Lithuania, of whom about 10,000 were Ukrainians.
According to experts, Ukrainians often get jobs as long-distance truck drivers, concrete workers, bricklayers, finishing specialists, ship's hull assemblers and welders. Business owners claim …
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51 people convicted in 2017 for undermining Ukraine's security
51 suspects were charged and convicted of having committed crimes against the foundations of Ukraine's national security in the first half of 2017. The relevant information was reported to UNN news agency by the State Judicial Administration of Ukraine. Another three suspects were acquitted of the same charges.
In the first half of 2017, there were 264 cases under these articles against 435 suspects in Ukrainian courts. 71 cases were examined in the first half of the year.
The most recent …
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Ukrainian President terminated citizenship of 5,200 people over one year
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko terminated the citizenship of 5,200 people in 2017, according to data from the Presidential Administration.
Decrees on termination of citizenship were issued on the grounds of the withdrawal from citizenship for 4,296 persons, loss of citizenship for 47 persons, and international treaties for 825 persons.
The most well-known examples are the terminations of the citizenships of Mikheil Saakashvili and MP Andrey Artemenko. At the same time, Poroshenko did …
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Leonid Kravchuk: Crimea will return when Russia is not able to control it
In the broadcast of a joint project by Radio Liberty and TV channel 112 Ukraine on January 7, former Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk said that he believes that “Crimea will return when Russia is not able to control it”.
“I think that Crimea will be returned [to Ukraine] when Russia is not able to control Crimea,” the former president observed.
He noted that Ukraine has spent billions of dollars developing the peninsula.
“Since 1954, Ukraine has invested more than a hundred billion …
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Moldovan Constitutional court called on Parliament to introduce criminal responsibility for failure of government officials to perform constitutional obligations
The Constitutional Court of Moldova appealed to the parliament to demand criminal responsibility for the non-fulfillment of constitutional duties and court decisions, as reported by Newsmaker.
This initiative concerns Moldovan President Igor Dodon, who has repeatedly refused to sign laws and government appointments.
"There is an article in the Criminal Code on the non-fulfillment of court decisions. Why is there no such norm for the decisions of the Constitutional Court? This responsibility …
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Russia threatens to withdraw from WTO due to multibillion dollar EU lawsuit
Russia can withdraw from the World Trade Organization (WTO) in case the EU's claim to recover 1.39 billion euros per year from Russia due to the restriction on pork imports is satisfied. The very fact that the EU sanctions were introduced against Russia completely contradicts the principles of the WTO, the first deputy head of the economic committee of the Council of Federation Sergey Kalashnikov said to RIA Novosti on Sunday.
Earlier, Politico reported that the European Union intends to …
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Kremlin: Ukraine must be ready to surrender its eastern regions
Chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee for Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs, Leonid Kalashnikov, while commenting on Ukraine’s intention to recognize the USSR as an occupier, said that Ukraine must be ready to give up Kharkiv, Dnipro, Donbas and other territories handed over to it in Soviet times, reports RIA Novosti.
According to the Russian deputy, half what today comprises Ukraine would have to be returned to Russia.
“If you take this seriously, half of what comprises …
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Crimean activists to start legal campaign to protect Khan’s Palace in Bakhchysarai
Crimean legal experts and attorneys intend to start a legal campaign to protect the Khan’s Palace in Bakhchysarai, attorney Emil Kurbedinov wrote on his Facebook page.
“Our team of attorneys and legal experts intends to start a legal campaign to protect the Khan’s Palace in Bakhchysarai from baseless assaults on the historical population of Crimean Tatars, a cultural heritage site! In general, I can say that primarily we intend to acquire official responses from the Russian Federation on the …