After the introduction of martial law Ukraine banned entry to 900 Russians
Since the introduction of martial law in Ukraine, 900 citizens of Russia were banned from visiting Ukraine, stated Andriy Demchenko, the head of the department of interaction with the media of the State Border Service, UNN reported.
Russian border guards, in their turn, banned the entry of 250 Ukrainians, he said.
UNN reports that since the introduction of martial law, more than 16 thousand Russians have been able to enter Ukraine. Most of them have humanitarian ties in the country. At the …
Ukrainians detained in Russia will receive $200 monthly
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko signed a decree that pays $200 every month to Ukrainians detained in Russia. The amount of payment will be counted based on triple subsistence level. The payment scheme is named after the Ukrainian dissident, fighter against Russian language in Ukraine Levko Lukyanenko.
The right to receive such payments will be given to “Ukrainian citizens who are illegally detained by Russia.”
Estonian army to buy American machine guns
Estonia will become the second country after New Zealand to use automatic weapons produced by the American company Lewis as the primary firearm of its armed forces. The first batch will cost €22 million, but the contract also envisages further purchases, the news outlet Err.ee reports.
Although until now, the Estonian Defense Forces and Estonian Defense League (Kaitseliit in Estonian) have primarily used Israeli Galil automatic rifles and Swedish AK-4s, in the coming years they will switch to …
Kyiv: Ukraine has to pay 12 billion dollars to foreign lenders
The Head of the National Bank, Yakiv Smolii stated in an interview with Vox Ukraine that the Ukrainian government will have to pay about $12 billions dollars to foreign lenders in 2019-2020.
"In 2019-2020, Ukraine must repay about $12 billion of foreign debt, including interest payments. And without the IMF program, we do not have access to other funding channels: funds from the European Union, the World Bank. Therefore, the proposal to sign a new program with the IMF is reasonable," said …
Media: France looking into Russia’s involvement in the organization of ‘Yellow vest’ protests
Interfax-Ukraine quoting an issue of “Eco” reports that the French government is researching multiple messages by the media about Russia’s involvement in organizing protests by the “Yellow vest,” however, no conclusions have been made yet.
Eco notes that this issue is being dealt with by the Secretariat-General for National Defense and Security, which is reporting to the Prime Minister, Edouard Phillipe.
The investigation began due to reports of numerous fake accounts in social networks that …