Draft bill on impeachment of the President submitted to Ukrainian Parliament
The bill No. 7248 "On the President of Ukraine and the procedure for terminating his powers" was registered on the website of the Verkhovna Rada. Its author is a non-factional MP Yuri Derevyanko.
At the moment, there isno text of the bill itself and no explanatory documents for it.
According to the press service of Derevyanko, the purpose of the document is to eliminate gaps in the current legislation regarding the activities of the President.
According to the Constitution, there are 4 …
Subsidiary of Russian Gazprom spends nearly $1 million on lobbyists in the US
Between July and September, the Swiss company Nord Stream 2, which is planning the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from the Russian coast to Germany, spent at least $880 000 on lobbying their own interests in Washington with respect to the implementation of the project under the new US sanctions, RBC reports. Nord Stream 2, which is 100% owned by Gazprom, approached three lobbying firms, making contracts with them in July, before US President Donald Trump signed CAATSA, the new …
Iranian President Rouhani stated that payments with Russia will be made in local currency
Russia, Iran and Azerbaijan can switch to transactions in national currency, stated the President of Iran, Hassan Rouhani, at the press conference in Tehran, TASS reported.
As a result of the trilateral summit, the countries are also planning to create a customs corridor and comply with common customs standards. "During the Tehran summit, we talked about cooperation in the banking sector and the use of national currencies in trade between the three countries to use our national currencies both …
Chief Military Prosecutor of Ukraine: those responsible for the series of brazen terrorist acts that shocked Ukraine will be soon found
The organization of a number of high-profile terrorist attacks in Ukraine was carried out by special centers created in the DPR (Donetsk People’s Republic) and LPR (Luhansk People’s Republic), as stated by the chief military prosecutor, Anatolii Matios, at a briefing in Kyiv.
"As a result of the investigation conducted by the Military Prosecutor’s Office and the Security Service into the attacks against the Colonel [the head of the special reserve forces department of the Main Intelligence …
Russian Gazprom shows loss for first time in 19 years
For the first time in 19 years, the Russian gas monopoly Gazprom has shown a net loss for a total of nine months straight.
According to Interfax's calculations, based on Gazprom’s data, the amount of the loss was $157.8 million.
Losses in individual quarters are not unusual for Gazprom. But the Russian gas giant has not suffered these kinds of losses in the last 19 years. The last time was in 1998 when Russia experienced an economic crisis. That year the joint-stock company ended the year …