Contents tagged with Ukraine
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Putin and Poroshenko discuss possible prisoner exchange
In a phone conversation on April 18th between the Presidents of Russia and Ukraine, Vladimir Putin and Petro Poroshenko agreed to allow the Ukrainian consul general in Rostov to visit Nadiya Savchenko.
On Poroshenko’s official website, he had urged Moscow to allow Ukrainian or German doctors to see the famous prisoner "due to the worsening health of Nadiya Savchenko." The parties have agreed "about the immediate admission of the consul general of Ukraine in Rostov to Nadiya Savchenko.”
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Lyashko: 51 Ukrainian MPs signed an initiative to impeach President Poroshenko
Interfax-Ukraine reported that according to the Radical Party leader Oleg Lyashko, 51 Members of the Parliament signed an initiative to impeach the President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko.
"The draft resolution of the Verkhovna Rada [the Ukrainian Parliament] on establishment of the Special Investigative Commission of the Verkhovna Rada and the beginning of impeachment procedures against the President of Ukraine are based on the investigation of offshore companies... [in which Poroshenko is …
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Die Welt: The EU wants to limit visa-free regimes with Turkey and Ukraine
The EU wants to adopt a special agreement on visa-free travel to Turkey, which could be cancelled in case Ankara fails to comply with agreements on refugees. Such rules might be applied to the agreements with Ukraine, Welt am Sonntag wrote.
Scheduled for late July, the visa-free regime between the EU and Turkey will probably not have an unlimited nature. In the case of Ankara, unlike the current practice, the EU plans to conclude a special agreement on visa liberalization. This was requested …
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Samantha Power explains why the US does not supply Ukraine with weapons
US Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power stated on Sunday, April 17th during an interview for Voice of America that the US does not provide Ukraine with weaponry because it wishes to prevent an escalation of the conflict in Donbas. Washington considers Ukrainian reforms and sanctions against Russia to be more effective counters against the Kremlin’s aggression.
"The White House considers that a military solution to the conflict would be a tragedy for everyone… If we provide Ukraine …
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Putin and Obama hold 'intense discussion'
US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin held "an intense discussion" on Monday on Syria and Ukraine, White House spokesman Josh Earnest stated.
According to the Kremlin press service, the two sides agreed to "keep boosting the coordinated effort of the two countries in Syria, including through secret services and defense agencies… With this aim additional measures will be worked out for prompt reaction to the existing violation of the ceasefire regime.”
The Presidents …
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Crimea signs deals for more than $1 billion in economic investments at Yalta Forum
The self-proclaimed "head" of the annexed Crimea, Sergiy Aksyonov, posted on Facebook that the Council of Ministers have attracted 70 billion rubles worth of infrastructure investments in Crimea, most notably an investor for constructing the Simferopol Airport. Aksyonov asserted that the effect of the agreements in the Yalta forum is to bypass the sanctions.
According to Aksyonov, the forum was attended by the representatives of 26 countries, the members of the European Parliament. "The …
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Russian Justice Ministry suspends activity of Crimean Tatar Mejlis
On Monday, the Russian Ministry of Justice added the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People to the list of organizations that are suspended on the territory of the Russian Federation due to “extremist activity”, Interfax reported.
The Ministry noted that the organization was included on the list on the basis of Russian-Crimean Prosecutor General Natalia Poklonskaya’s decision to suspend the activities of the public association on the annexed peninsula.
As explained by the Prosecutor General, the …
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PACE President urges Russia to release Savchenko
PACE President Pedro Agramunt urged Russia to release Ukrainian pilot and member of the Assembly, Nadiya Savchenko, Interfax-Ukraine reported.
"At the beginning of the April session of PACE, I have to reiterate our serious concerns about the situation of our member Nadezhda Savchenko, who remains in custody in the Russian Federation,” Agramunt stated
According to him, the release Savchenko is especially important in light of the reports of her ongoing hunger strike and the deterioration of …
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Yerofeyev and Alexandrov found guilty by Ukrainian court
A court in Kiev found Evgeny Yerofeyev and Alexander Alexandrov guilty of waging war, sentencing the two Russian soldiers to 14 years in prison, Interfax-Ukraine reported.
Both were found guilty and are “to be punished for multiple crimes by having the least penalty absorbed by a harsher one, with the court determining the final penalty… in the form of 14 years of imprisonment with a confiscation of all the property owned by the convicts," the verdict read.
According to Ukrainian law, the …
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Russian Ministry of Finance will continue negotiations with the IMF on Ukrainian debt
The Russian Minister of Finance, Anton Siluanov, stated that Russia will continue negotiations with the International Monetary Fund concerning the non-payment of $3 billion, which the former President of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovich, took on credit, TASS reported.
“We have been discussing the cooperation of the International Monetary Fund in an effort to secure its obligations on behalf of Ukraine and the consequences of the default that Ukraine allowed to happen with this debt,” Siluanov said. …