Moldovan consul in Odessa arrested for bribery
Sergey Sheptelich, the Moldovan consul in Odessa, was arrested on Tuesday by members of the Moldovan Anticorruption Prosecution and National Anticorruption Center (NAC), the NAC announced in a press release.
Before the arrest, the consulate offices in Odessa and the consul’s apartment were searched by law enforcement.
The consul has been accused of passive corruption. On 6 April 2018, he is believed to have illegally issued a citizen of an Arab country a 60-day Moldovan visa in exchange for a …
Ukrainian POWs made to undergo psychiatric examinations in Russia
Second rank Captain Denys Hrytsenko, one of the Ukrainian sailors captured by Russia off the coast of Crimea, said that he and his fellow prisoners of war Mykhailo Vlasyuk, Andriy Drach and Vyacheslav Zynchenko were taken to the Serbsky Center in Moscow to undergo psychiatric examinations.
Hrytsenko’s account reaches us through his Russian attorney, Nikolai Polozov.
“During the examination, Denys Hrytsenko responded to the experts’ questions in accordance with Article 17 of the Third Geneva …
Two NATO ships dock at Ukrainian Port of Odessa
On the morning of Monday 1 April, two NATO ships entered the Port of Odessa. The Spanish frigate Santa Maria (F81) and the Canadian frigate HMCS Toronto (FHH333) were moored at berths 18 and 19, the local news outlet Dumskaya reported.
Santa Maria and Toronto will remain in Odessa until the evening of 3 April at the latest. Both vessels were opened to visitors on Monday afternoon.
After their stay in Odessa, the ships will take part in a PASSEX (passing exercise) with ships from the Ukrainian …
Fund of Putin’s daughter receives $430,000 from Russian oil giant Rosneft
The National Intellectual Development Foundation, headed by Vladimir Putin’s daughter Yekaterina Tikhonova, won the Rosneft tender for patent research, reported MBH-media.
The value of the contract is 28 million rubles ($430, 000 USD).
According to Rosneft’s request the patent research is to be conducted by "taking into account the priorities of the company's innovation activities."
In the summer of 2018, the RBC news agency reported that the National Intellectual Development Foundation …
Russia conducts anti-aircraft missile exercises in Crimea
Russia began anti-aircraft missile exercises in the annexed Crimea. The units of the anti-aircraft missile regiment from the army corps of the Black Sea Fleet began exercises near Saki and Kacha airfields in the Crimea, the press service of the Russian Black Sea Fleet reported.
"More than 300 servicemen from anti-aircraft crews of the anti-aircraft missile regiment have launched a set of combat training tasks, including the deployment of firing positions, preparation for opening fire, as well …