Less than 20 companies expressed willingness to take part in the industrial park in Crimea
A preliminary agreement on the organization of production in the industrial park of Sevastopol was signed by 17 Russian enterprises. The companies specialize in machinery, instrument making and glassware production, as stated by Nikolay Brusnikin, Head of the City Department for Priority Development Projects, RIA Crimea reports.
"The Corporation for Development of Sevastopol, which oversees the industrial park project, had sent at least 100 appeals to Russian manufacturing companies. Half of …
Relatives of those killed in Russian Tu-134 crash on its way to Syria preparing a lawsuit
Relatives of those killed in the Tu-154 crash in Sochi in December 2016 are preparing an appeal to the Moscow court, as stated by lawyer, Igor Trunov, TASS reports.
"Today, I was approached by the relatives and friends of those killed in the Sochi air crash on December 25th, which killed 92 people. At the moment, agreements [with the relatives] have been signed and documents are being collected, as we are preparing a legal case to be sent to the court," he said.
The lawyer explained that the …
Poland not satisfied with the Ukrainian assurances in the absence of anti-Polish sentiment
Warsaw is pleased with the lack of anti-Polish sentiment in Ukraine, but the country still expects "specific proposals on historical issues” from Kyiv, as stated by the Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Witold Waszczykowski.
"The statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine that there is no anti-Polish sentiment in Ukrainian society is very encouraging. However, in historical issues, we expect concrete steps,” Polish Radio quotes him as saying. At the same time, the diplomat noted …
Russian Ambassador speaks about 'delicate' lawsuit against US over diplomatic property
Russia is carrying out "thorough and delicate" work to prepare a lawsuit against the US regarding the blocking by US authorities of access to Russian diplomatic property in the United States, Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov told RIA Novosti on the sidelines of the Russian-American Science Association (RASA-US) Conference,
"We are working with the lawyers, thoroughly working on gathering documents. This is work that requires time," said Antonov.
In late August, the US …
International investigation reveals that Ukrainian President set up an offshore company to avoid taxes and not to facilitate the sale of his chocolate business
The purpose of creating an offshore corporation for Roshen, a confectionary business owned by President Petro Poroshenko, could be to minimize taxes rather than transferring the business into a blind trust for further sale, as indicated in an investigative report conducted by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), an independent investigative journalism community, and the Slidstvo-info investigative journalism outlet, reported Hromadske TV.
According to the investigation, …