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Ukrainian Finance Minister: Kyiv may receive next IMF tranche by end of year
Ukrainian Finance Minister Oleksandr Danylyuk believes that Kyiv may receive the next IMF credit tranche by the end of this year, Radio Liberty reports.
“We expect the tranche by the end of the year,” Danylyuk said on October 15 during a briefing in Washington at the conclusion of negotiations with the IMF leadership.
According to him, this will depend on agreements regarding the price of gas for the public. During the negotiations, Danylyuk explains, certain progress was achieved in this …
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50 people detained in Crimea during protest actions in support of Crimean Tatars
49 people were detained for holding unauthorized solitary pickets in the Crimea, as reported by Interfax, citing the press service of the Crimean Ministry of Internal Affairs. Those participating in the pickets were released from police stations after “preventive talks.”
As previously reported, the pickets were organized to oppose the local authorities’ actions directed against the Crimean Tatars. Specifically, participants in the rally protested against the arrests of Crimean Tatars who were …
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Saakashvili believes the Ukrainian authorities may try to eliminate him
At a rally in Kharkiv, the former Georgian President and former Governor of Odessa Oblast, Mikheil Saakashvili, stated that the Ukrainian authorities might eliminate him, Interfax-Ukraine reports.
"I know for a fact that they [the authorities of Ukraine] will try to get rid of me. They can subdue, deport, even kill me; it's not a problem. I am not afraid of it," Saakashvili said. According to the agency, 700-800 people took part in the rally.
“Let's show all those hucksters on October 17 that …
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Crimean authorities admit that the ferry service with Turkey cannot be resumed
Sevastopol has recognized that the issue of resuming ferry service with Turkey cannot be resolved, as stated by Director of the Crimean Sea Agency LLC (ferry operator) Stanislav Gvozdilov, Crimea News reports.
According to Gvozdilov, such questions will have to be discussed by Moscow and Ankara.
"The ferry service, which was interrupted in March, has not been resumed. For now, there is no opportunity to do so. The issue here must be resolved at the governmental level," he said.
The …
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Ukraine tests new anti-tank missile system
The tests of the new Skif anti-tank guided missile system, which took place both in Ukraine and abroad, in particular, in the ultra-high temperatures in the desert, were successful, according to the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, Oleksandr Turchynov.
The ATGM rockets "accurately, without a miss, hit targets at a distance of up to 5.5 kilometers," the website of the National Security and Defense Council quotes Turchynov as saying.
Turchynov said that the ATGM Skif …