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Ukrainian businessman Firtash spent almost $800,000 on lobbying for his interests in the U.S.
The Ukrainian oligarch, Dmytro Firtash, spent almost $800,000 on lobbying on behalf of his interests in the United States, as outlined in the article “The battle for Washington. Lobby of Dmitry Firtash,” published by Ukrayinska Pravda.
“Dmytro Firtash has transferred $80,000 to the account of influential, as he believed, U.S. lobbyists two weeks before the presidential elections in the United States. By that time, the tycoon had already spent $700,000 on their services,” the article says.
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Ukraine's State Financial Monitoring Service claims Yanukovych and his associates laundered billions of hrivnyas
The State Financial Monitoring Service of Ukraine (SFMS) has identified hundreds of financial transactions that may be related to the legalization of the profits made illegally by the former president Viktor Yanukovych and his associates.
This was stated in the report on the work of the department in 2016, published on the official web-portal of the Ukrainian government.
It was noted that during the entire period of the investigation, which lasted from March 2014 to December 2016, 547 …
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Offices of four Russian banks in Kyiv were blocked by members of the National Corps party
Four central offices of the Russian banks PIB, Sberbank, BM-Bank, and Alfa-Bank are being blocked by members of the National Corps party, which was created by members of a public organization, Civil Corps Azov, as was reported by Interfax-Ukraine.
Clients of the bank are met with balalaikas and posters reading, "Welcome to Russia."
Activists also glued the posters over bank windows calling for account holders to withdraw their money, close Ukrainian banks related to the Russian Federation, …
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Ukrainian forces gain foothold across strategic road in eastern Ukraine
As a result of a counterattack, the Ukrainian forces gained a foothold near the town of Spartak and crossed the strategic road Donetsk-Horlivka near the town of Tsarskoye Selo.
This was reported by Ukrainian journalist Roman Bochkala on his Facebook page citing sources in Ukrainian military.
“As a result of counteroffensive, we managed to gain a foothold near Spartak and cross the Donetsk-Horlivka road near Tsarskoye Selo. Now, the soldiers say the most important thing is that they [the …
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Conflict in the Donbas escalates, Avdiivka on the verge of humanitarian catastrophe
The situation along the contact line in eastern Ukraine remains tense. According to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, 8 Ukrainian servicemen were killed and 26 were wounded on January 29-30.
The situation is the most difficult near Avdiivka (a town 6 km away from Donetsk). Seven out of eight Ukrainian servicemen were killed there while three civilians were critically injured.
The spokesman of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, Alexander Motuzyanik, reported that during the hostilities near …