Donetsk to hold Victory Day military parade on May 9th
The leader of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, Alexander Zakharchenko, said that this time more military equipment will take part in the parade.
On Wednesday, RIA Novosti quoted Zakharchenko as saying that the parade on the Victory Day of the Great Patriotic War will be held in Donetsk and restored military vehicles from the 1940s will participate. "This will be the usual parade of our technology... We have restored several pieces of equipment that participated in the liberation of our …
Study: For the first time in 8 years, Russians spend more than a half of their income on food
For the first time since the 2008 economic crisis, Russians are spending more than 50 percent of their income on food. Both low-income and middle class families are forced to live in a more restrictive economy, as found by researchers from the Institute of Social Analysis and Forecasting of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration.
The reduction of consumer activity is the result of the worsening economy, the experts noted. In the report it is said that …
Russia is the only state among the G20 countries that wishes for Trump to win US presidential race
Russia is the only country in the G20 that, according to YouGov, prefers Donald Trump as president. Most other respondents would like to see Hillary Clinton win the US presidential race.
Among the major developed countries of the world, Russia is the only one that would like US Republican and billionaire Donald Trump to win the presidential elections. This follows from the results of a poll, conducted by the research company YouGov among 20 thousand adult respondents, that was commissioned by …
Ukrainian activists want to erect a statue of Ronald Reagan in Kiev
Ukrainians have requested that the Kiev City Council install a monument to the famous American anti-communist.
Activists in Kiev want to establish a monument to former US President, Ronald Reagan. The petition appeared on the website of the Kyiv City Council and was authored by Zablotskyi Marian Bogdanovich. As of the 19th of April, the petition has garnered 34 signatures.
The petitioners report that the majority of the monuments to Reagan were installed in 2011, and dedicated to the …
PACE: The 'hybrid annexation' of the Donbas has already occurred
The Parliamentary Assembly on the Council of Europe (PACE) believes that it is impossible to talk about the conduct of elections in the Donbas during the escalation of the conflict
PACE’s rapporteurs on the situation in Ukraine, Kristina Zelenkova and Marilouise Beck, reported that recent escalations of the conflict in Eastern Ukraine have made it impossible to even talk about holding the elections in the Donbas. They made the statement during session of the political and legal committees of …