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Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces: Part of Russian troops may remain in Belarus after the joint Zapad-2017 exercises
At a joint meeting of the Military Science Council of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Viktor Muzhenko, stated that judging by the actions of the Russians, part of the troops preparing to participate in the Russian-Belarusian exercises, Zapad 2017, could remain in Belarus after their completion.
It is likely that after the completion of the exercise, part of these troops will remain in the …
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Mass detention of Navalny supporters reported in Russia
On July 8, supporters of opposition politician Alexei Navalny were detained en masse by police in cities across Russia, Radio Liberty reports.
About thirty volunteers from Alexei Navalny’s election headquarters were detained in in Moscow.
On Saturday, a lawyer for Navalny’s local staff was also detained in Yekaterinburg. Opposition supporters additionally claimed that a car in which volunteers were transporting leaflets was stopped, and that the propaganda materials were confiscated. The day …
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VKontakte and Yandex remain in the top 5 visited websites in Ukraine in spite of sanctions
According to a study by Factum Group Ukraine, Russian resources VKontakte and Yandex, which have been banned in Ukraine, were included in the top-5 ranked websites visited by Ukrainian users in June 2017, the press service of the Internet Association reports.The top five are Google, Youtube, Facebook, VKontakte and Yandex. Odnoklassniki and Mail.ru made the top 10, in 6th and 9th place, respectively.
On May 16, 2017, President Petro Poroshenko signed a decree enacting the decision of the …
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Latvia detects Russian warships near its borders
The Latvian National Armed Forces detected Russian warships near Latvian national borders. This is stated in a message published in the official Twitter of the National Armed Forces of Latvia.
“On July 7, in the exclusive economic zone of Latvia, 10 nautical miles from the state border, a support ship for class CC-750 Kashtan submarines was detected,” the message said.
The National Armed Forces of Latvia also reported that the Russian Ivan Gren amphibious assault ship was detected in Latvian …
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Hungary to provide about $100 million of financial support to Ukraine
Péter Szijjártó, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary announced a package of financial support for Ukraine in the amount of about $100 million.
“I am pleased to announce the allocation of a $50 million loan to Ukraine to upgrade the infrastructure. We also allocate EUR 40 million of irrevocable grants for the agro-industrial complex and farmers of Ukraine who intend to carry out an upgrade [of production facilities],” Szijjártó said.
Another statement by Szijjártó centered …
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Posters with portraits of Ukrainian soldiers fighting in the Donbas removed from billboards in Hamburg before Putin-Trump meeting
Yesterday, 7 July, before the meeting at the Hamburg G20 summit between the US President, Donald Trump and the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, a poster with portraits of Ukrainian soldiers, "fighting against Russian aggression" disappeared from a billboard, reports the press service of one of the sponsors of the project, the Ukrainian Crisis Media Center.
“The reason why our poster was removed is not known at this time. It is worth noting, however, that we were informed about its removal at …
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Ukrainian Ambassador: Canada will allocate about $ 7 million to Ukraine
On the sidelines of the G-20 summit, Canadian authorities announced an additional package of assistance to Ukraine. It is about 7 million Canadian dollars and will be provided under the Peace and Stabilization Operations Program, as announced by the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Ukraine to Canada, Andriy Shevchenko, 112 Ukraine TV reports.
"At the beginning of the summit, Trudeau and Merkel met, they coordinated their actions at the summit, and one of the key topics they …
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Polish Minister of Defense: Russia-China strategic alliance poses a threat to the free world
Antoni Macierewicz, the Minister of National Defence for Poland, accused Russia and China of creating a strategic alliance that ‘threatens the free world,” in response to the Russian-Chinese military exercises in the Baltic.
“Over the past few years, Russia and China have tried to hide the strategic alliance that unites them. They tried to create the impression that there is no such union. They gave the appearance of a conflict between them in order to mislead the public opinion of the West …
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The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly calls on Russia to return Crimea to Ukraine
The General Committee of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (PA) on Political Affairs and Security approved a draft resolution during a session in Minsk, which calls for the return of the Crimea to Ukraine.
The author of the document entitled "Enhancing mutual trust and co-operation for peace and prosperity in the OSCE region," is the deputy head of the Swedish delegation, Margaret Söderfelt. In the near future, the draft will be submitted for a general vote by the assembly. According to the …
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More than 20 people detained in Kyiv for planning armed protest near Polish embassy
The police and the SBU (Security Service of Ukraine) detained more than two dozen people who were planning an armed protest at the Polish embassy in the center of Kyiv, as reported by Serhiy Knyazev, the Chief of National Police of Ukraine, on Facebook.
According to him, the detainees were armed.
“More than two dozen irresponsible citizens, who had become an instrument in the hands of the Kremlin propaganda, were detained. Weapons, cartridges, gas cartridges, electric shockers, knives, …