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Vitaliy Kulyk State Duma MP Valentina Tereshkova suggested not to “wise up” and not “to make up some artificial designs”, but simply to remove from the Russian constitution restrictions on the number of presidential terms, and, thereby, to reset the…
Russia intends to further streamline the procedure for naturalizing citizens of neighboring states. REUTERS The Russian Federation Council at a plenary meeting on Wednesday, March 11, adopted a draft law recognizing citizens of Ukraine and Belarus who are fluent in…
Andriy Shevchenko, Ukrainian ambassador to Canada, tweeted that the announcement was “an important result.” REUTERS Iran has agreed to send black boxes from a downed Ukrainian jetliner to Kyiv for analysis, an Iranian official said on Wednesday, a move that…
The scam is being perpetrated by Ukrainian company Milton Group from two floors of an office building in Kyiv, the report claims. REUTERS A whistleblower has revealed the existence of a 200-employee Ukrainian Bitcoin (BTC) trading scam that netted $70…
The official was caught red-handed. Photo from UNIAN A civil servant with the Kyiv city branch of the Social Security Fund for the Disabled has been detained upon receiving a bribe of 17,000 (US$682). “An employee received a UAH 17,000…
It would be “useful” for the market since this would allow building better quality housing, he suggests. REUTERS Сo-founder of the LUN.ua portal, Andrey Mima, has said real estate prices in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv will rise since…
This is a result of contractual disagreements between GTS Operator and Kyivgaz. Photo from UNIAN All Kyiv consumers may see a complete halt of gas supplies over the fact that JSC Kyivgaz has not concluded a transmission agreement with the…
Pro-Russian separatists and Ukraine have concluded a long-awaited prisoner exchange of 200 prisoners, the office of the Ukrainian president said. Ukraine’s government received 76 captives, with the pro-Russian separatists reportedly taking 124. Russian and Ukrainian authorities agreed to the swap…
Ukraine says its troops on the eastern front line have come under heavy shelling during a rebel attack, with one soldier killed and four wounded. It says four rebel soldiers were killed and six injured. Russian-backed rebels say Ukrainian forces…
A 27-year-old Ukrainian chess champion and his girlfriend, 18, have been found dead in their Moscow flat, apparently poisoned by laughing gas. Media reports say Stanislav Bogdanovich and Alexandra Vernigora – also a top chess player – were found with…