Portugal recognized Holodomor in Ukraine as a genocide
The Parliament of Portugal adopted a resolution on the recognition of the Holodomor in Ukraine as genocide, according to the web site of Portuguese government. It was announced that Portugal recognizes and condemns the genocide of Ukrainians in 1932-1933 by "Stalin's totalitarian communist regime."
"To express solidarity with the people of Ukraine and recognize [Holodomor] as a genocide, which resulted in the deaths of 7 million Ukrainians in 1932-1933 in Ukraine," the resolution reads.
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Ukrainian Government: Ukraine will cease all contacts with the enterprises ‘nationalized’ by the seperatists
Ukraine will cease all contacts with the enterprises located in the so-called DPR (Donetsk People’s Republic) and LPR (Luhansk People’s Republic) that were expropriated by the separatists, as stated by the Minister of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine, Vadym Chernysh, in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine on Friday.
"All business contacts with companies where the management was changed will be stopped", he said. The Minister stressed that only those companies that work within …
Head of Ukrainian State Fiscal Service detained on suspicion of corruption
On the evening of March 2nd, representatives of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) searched the headquarters of the State Fiscal Service (SFS). During the search, the head of the SFS, Roman Nasirov, was in the hospital (he was suddenly hospitalized the day before due to a hypertensive crisis, according to doctors). Therefore, a NABU employee went to the government clinical hospital, Feofaniya, where they found the official.
According to investigators, Nasirov is suspected of …
Russia strengthens its Black Sea Fleet with a squadron of Sukhoi-30SM aircraft
The division of the naval aircraft of the Russian Black Sea Fleet has been reinforced with a squadron of SU-30SM fighter jets as well as modern unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) systems, as reported by RIA Novosti citing Black Sea Fleet Spokesperson Vyacheslav Trukhachev.
"The rearmament of the Black Sea Fleet naval air fleet began in 2014. The integration of an independent maritime Assault Aviation Regiment of the Black Sea Fleet, which is equipped with the latest multi-purpose the SU-30SM …
DPR announces its own trade blockade with Kyiv
Since the beginning of the Ukrainian crisis, residents of the Donbass have learned to live under the Kyiv instituted blockade, now the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic has announced their own blockade of Kyiv, the head of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) Alexander Zakharchenko said.
“We have cut off all contact with Ukraine, with whom we are fighting. Yes, we are selling coal to get money to pay our wages here. But by virtue of this we have learned to live in the blockade, …