The appeal provision of the Ukrainian anti-corruption court law was secretly amended
Appeals for cases of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) which have already been submitted will be considered by the courts of general jurisdiction, not by the new Anti-Corruption Court.
This rule appeared in the text of the law promulgated on Wednesday.
The amendment addressing the appeal provision was not read out by the Head of the Committee on Legal Policy and Justice, Ruslan Kniazevych, in the session hall. Prior to the adoption of the law, this amendment was not …
Ukraine calls on Russia to hand over control of the Donetsk Filtration Station
Ukraine called upon the Russian Federation to help to ensure the transition of the Donetsk Filtration Station to Ukraine's control according to the Minsk agreements,reported Darka Olifer, the press secretary of Leonid Kuchma, the Ukrainian representative in the Trilateral Contact group.
She recalled that there continued to be systematic shelling around the station. In this case, Olifer noted, "Russia still does not provide sufficient safety guarantees for the Donetsk Filtration Station's …
European Parliament approves allocation of 1 billion euros in macro-financial aid to Ukraine
On Wednesday, June 13, the European Parliament (EP) voted to allocate a new program of macro-financial assistance in the amount of 1 billion euros to Ukraine.
Radio Liberty correspondent Rikard Jozwiak reported that 527 members of the EP voted in favor of the aid disbursement, while 124 voted against it.
The first tranche of 500 million euros may be delivered in September.
“The absolute majority of the deputies have just voted in favor of the proposal of the European Commission to allocate a …
Ukraine denies entry to trains carrying Russian liquefied natural gas
On June 13, the Ukrainian Railways (Ukrzaliznytsia) office denied approximately 160 tanks carrying liquefied natural gas (LNG) access to entry via the Russian-Ukrainian border crossings. Enkorr news outlet reported that this incident is connected with the entry into force of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) sanctions list, citing sources at Ukrzaliznytsia.
The tanks, which were banned from entering the country, belong to Russian companies named on the sanctions list.
On June 7, …
Media: Erdogan offered to produce S-500 missile systems together with Russia
On Thursday, during an interview with 24 TV, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said that he offered Russian President Vladimir Putin to jointly produce S-500 surface-to-air missiles.
Erdoğan did not reveal Putin’s response, nor did he mention when exactly the two presidents conversed.
Anadolu news agency released an extract of Erdoğan’s interview for 24 TV. “Russia provided us with a loan for S-400 on acceptable terms,” the agency cites Erdoğan as stating. “In the second and third …