Ukrainian Ambassador in Washington: Ukrainian diaspora could affect the U.S. presidential election

The Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States, Valeriy Chaly, stated that 1.5 million Ukrainians in the United States, along with other natives of Eastern Europe, can significantly affect the picture of the U.S. Presidential Elections.

“One of the distinctive features of these elections is that the role of Ukrainian Diaspora as well as Diasporas of Poland, Romania and the Baltic States has increased. The number of citizens of Ukrainian origin in the United States is more than 1.5 million …


Herashchenko called on the State Border Service of Ukraine to monitor the entries of the Russian artists who perform in the Crimea

On November 4th, the First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Iryna Herashchenko, said that the State Border Service of Ukraine had given her the runaround regarding her request to verify the possible entries of Russian artists who illegally performed in the Crimea into Ukraine. In addition, according to Herashchenko, persons who were acting as observers in the so-called "primaries" in the occupied territories of the Donbas are also being allowed to enter Ukraine.

"I received a …


Russian MoD: Moscow and Washington have different ideas about humanitarian aid in Aleppo

Commenting on U.S. State Department spokesman John Kirby’s statement that humanitarian pauses organized by Russia in Aleppo are useless, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov said that Moscow and Washington have different ideas about humanitarian aid in Aleppo, TASS reported.

According to Konashenkov, for Russia, humanitarian aid entails delivering food and medicine to the inhabitants of Aleppo, while for the U.S., it involves allowing convoys to enter the eastern …


Medvedev: Relations between Russia and the U.S. have hit rock bottom

In an interview with the Israeli television station Channel 2, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev stated that relations between Russia and the United States have “hit rock bottom” because of Washington.

“Unfortunately, because of what happened in Ukraine due to efforts of Obama’s administration, these relations [between Russia and the United States] have hit the bottom. They’ve become very low,” the Russian prime minister stated.

According to Medvedev, relations between Russia and the …


Ukraine has begun production of components for Audi and BMW

The production of component parts for Audi and BMW has started in the Lviv region. The head of the State's website informed about the opening of the Bader-Ukraine company on November 3rd. The President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, personally took part in this event."The fact that we are opening a new factory today is further proof that we are moving in the right direction," Poroshenko said. The President emphasized that Ukraine has already produced the lion's share of components for the famous …