The United States has updated the sanctions list against Russians and Russian companies to include three Russian citizens and five legal entities, the US Treasury official statement announced. Russian citizens Igor Lavrenkov, Andrey Mandel and […]
16.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The European Court of Human Rights was informed that they had previously received lawsuits against Russia about the downing of MH17 aircraft from private individuals, relatives of the victims of the aircraft crash. And this […]
16.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Donbas cannot have free and fair elections in the foreseeable future; there is no framework for this, says Dr Natalia Mirimanova, international consultant, and director of Eurasia Peace Initiative, one of the biggest conflict resolution […]
15.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
A settlement to the conflict in eastern Ukraine is a precondition of the EU-Russia strategic relations resumption. German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas stated this from the floor of the European Parliament during his presentation of […]
14.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The results of the well-known Ukrainian and international politicians and public figures online conference at the Kyiv Security Forum, which was devoted to the "Russian problem" - Ukraine's relations with the West and Putin's authoritarian […]
14.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Russia's Federal Security Service and other law enforcement authorities in the annexed Crimea use drubbings, electric shocks and strangulation to force detainees to testify. According to the information of UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in […]
14.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
President of the Swiss Confederation Simonetta Sommaruga will pay a state visit to Ukraine on 20-23 July at the invitation of the Head of State. According to the Office of the President of Ukraine, two […]
14.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
On 13 July, Russian Federation rebels violated the ceasefire agreement 18 times. They used 120- and 82-calibre mortars banned by the Minsk agreements, as well as grenade launchers of different systems, large-calibre machine guns and […]
14.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
There is no point in changing the amendments to Ukraine's Constitution in order to consolidate the legal status of the occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts. This was stated by Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba. […]
13.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Safe reintegration of the occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts can take at least 25 years. This opinion was expressed by Vice PM, Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories Oleksiy Reznikov. He […]
12.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The fear of possible retaliation by the pro-Russian forces is growing in Ukraine. The sociological surveys confirm this hypothesis. Recent polls show that the pro-presidential "Servant of the People" party keeps losing electoral sympathy. President […]
12.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Dutch government said it would file a lawsuit against the Russian Federation at the European Court of Human Rights over MH17 the Malaysian Airlines flight shot out of the sky over Donbas. This decision was […]
10.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The United States has fined e-commerce giant Amazon for delivering goods to individuals or entities subject to US sanctions, including ones on the Russian-annexed Crimean peninsula, Kyiv Post writes. In 2011-2018, the company still operated […]
10.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
An organizational meeting of the working group on the missing in Donbas and military and civilian hostages (prisoners) took place, the President's Office reports. The meeting was attended by the Verkhovna Rada Ombudsman Lyudmyla Denisova, […]
10.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Serbian journalists published information about Ukrainian citizens' participation in mass protests in Belgrade. Ukrainian diplomats called such statements fake. The Ukrainian Embassy in Serbia has denied information about the involvement of Ukrainians in the riots […]
10.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
To resolve the conflict in Donbas, Ukraine needs to embark on a direct dialogue with the Russian Federation. This opinion was expressed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba. He also added […]
09.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
A regular Tripartite Contact Group (Ukraine, Russia, OSCE) meeting took place traditionally in a video conference format, the President's Office reports. During the discussion, the Ukrainian side insisted on the immediate and comprehensive ceasefire, in […]
09.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Our country has informed the OSCE about the military potential accumulated by the Russian Federation against Ukraine, Ukrinform reports. Ukrainian and American experts, as well as the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense […]
09.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Security Service of Ukraine announced the detention in Kyiv of a GRU agent (GRU – the Main Intelligence Directorate, Russian Federation), who during 2014-2020 served as one of the “curators” of the "DNR fighters." The […]
08.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine at the meeting on 8 July took a decision to terminate the memorandum on co-operation with Russia against terrorism. From now on, law enforcement authorities of the two countries […]
08.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak