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French Reporters Publish Open Letter in Protest of Anti-Ukrainian Propaganda on Canal +
French reporters who work in Ukraine have published an open letter in which they expressed their outrage regarding the broadcast of a propagandistic movie concerning events in Ukraine by French TV Channel Canal+. “We are reporters who are regularly working in Ukraine. Some of us are constant reporters in Kiev and the surrounding regions, the others regularly visit Ukraine,” they noted at the beginning of the letter.
“On the 1st of February we were shocked by the documentary film by Paul …
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Poland opens fresh probe into plane crash that killed President Kaczynski in 2010
Poland has resumed the investigation of the Tu-154 plane crash that occurred near Smolensk in April of 2010 that killed Polish President Lech Kaczynski. This was announced on the 4th of February by the Minister of Defense of Poland, Antoni Macierewicz. The commission that will execute the investigation will consist of 12 people, and will include engineers and technical experts, some of whom are from abroad. “I am sure that the work will bring us closer to the truth,” Macierewicz said. …
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IMF concerned by resignation of Ukrainian Economic Minister
The decision of Aivaras Abromavičius to resign as the Minister of Economic Development and Tradeof Ukraine has created concern in the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
According to Interfax Ukraine, this was stated as a press conference in Washington by the Managing Director of the IMF, Christine Lagarde.
“His decision to resign is a matter of concern. If the suspicions he expressed when he communicated his intention to resign are reliable, it is a clear sign that the undertakings made by …
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Russia suspects Turkey of preparing to invade Syria
According to Igor Konashenkov, a representative of the Ministry of Defense of Russia, there are “more and more” signs of covert preparations for an armed invasion of Syria by Turkey.
Konashenkov stated that Moscow has “serious grounds” for suspicion. “We are finding more and more signs of covert training of the Turkish Armed Forces for future military actions in Syria,” he reported. He also noted that on a previous occasion, the Ministry of Defense presented video evidence of self-propelled …
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Disagreements Emerge between Poroshenko and Cabinet of Ministers over IMF Loan
Disagreements have emerged between the President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, and the Cabinet of Ministers, headed by Arseniy Yatseniuk, over the International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan, as reported by Apostrophe, citing a source in diplomatic circles.
The final version of the Memorandum, which outlines the obligations of both the IMF and Ukraine, is not yet ready. After the adoption of the budget for 2016 and changes in the tax code, the IMF received a proposal from the Cabinet of Ministers …