Contents tagged with Ukraine

  • Antonov aircraft manufacturer to replace Russian parts with those from Western companies

    Ukraine's Antonov State Company plans to replace parts manufactured in Russia under the joint production of the world’s largest aircraft, An-225 Mriya, with those from Chinese company China Аirspace in the framework of a signed agreement. This was stated by the deputy head of the Department of Perspective Development of the Company, Andrey Khaustov.

    “We will consider various options to replace the Russian components which were completed with the first ‘Mriya’ and to consider the most optimal …

  • Germany sees no reason to lift sanctions on Russia

    Most politicians in Germany see no reason for lifting the sanctions against Russia. This was said by the German Ambassador to Ukraine, Ernst Reichel, in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine.

    According to him, a “broad consensus” in this spirit was reached at the political level. This view is not only shared by the party of the left forces, which is the former Communist Party of East Germany.

    Some entrepreneurs in economic associations also have differing opinions on the extension of sanctions …

  • Poroshenko urges international community to not recognize Russian elections in Crimea

    Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has stressed the importance of maintaining the non-recognition policy of the illegal annexation of the Crimea, where the human rights situation is catastrophically deteriorating. This includes the use of punitive Soviet-style medicine. This was said at a meeting of the Ambassadors of the G7 countries and the European Union.

    Poroshenko also urged the non-recognition of the legitimacy of the parliamentary elections in the Russian Federation, which Moscow is …

  • Kyiv will not halt water supplies to eastern Ukraine

    Ukraine cannot stop the supply of water to the occupied part of the Donbas region, the Vice Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister for Regional Development, Construction and Housing, Hennadiy Zubko, said to journalists during his visit to the Donetsk region.

    "Water is a human product and we cannot stop or interrupt the supply of water to the occupied territory. Therefore, the Donbas Water state enterprise and the Popasna water facilities supply water to the occupied territory. Yes, today it …

  • German Ambassador to Ukraine: All parties must be active in implementing Minsk agreements

    German Ambassador to Ukraine Ernst Reichel believes that Ukraine cannot fully assert its position on the Minsk Agreements and will have to make certain concessions. However, the existence of agreements with the Russian Federation would be more profitable for Ukraine than having none at all.

    "In this conflict which is regulated by the Minsk Agreements, Ukraine cannot 100% defend its interests and have to make certain concessions,” Reichel said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine. He also …

  • Ukraine extends sanctions against companies and citizens who support Russian policy

    The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine released the decision to extend economic sanctions and restrictive measures against companies and citizens who pose a threat to the national interests of Ukraine. The corresponding Resolution Number 639 was published on the government’s website.

    “The decision invites a strengthening of the sanctions policy by extending the list of individuals and entities that contribute to or finance terrorism and pose a threat to the national interests, national security, …

  • Official: It is Ukraine's right to prohibit Russian elections on Ukrainian territory

    To allow or deny elections within its territory is a sovereign right of Ukraine. It should not give anyone authorization, the Deputy Head of the Central Election Commission of Ukraine, Andriy Mahera, said in his comments to GORDON.

    According to Mahera, the decision of the Ukrainian authorities on the prohibition of conducting elections for the State Duma of the Russian Federation within the territory of Ukraine on the 18th of September is consistent with international law.

    "There is a …

  • Russia will vote against IMF's third tranche to Ukraine

    The Russian representative of the International Monetary Fund will vote against allocating the third IMF tranche to Ukraine. Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation Anton Siluanov declared this on September 12.

    “Our position has always been open, and today we will give an order to our representative at the IMF, that when considering the assignment of the tranche to Ukraine, we will vote against this decision because we believe that it was not accepted in accordance with the rules. In IMF’ …

  • Kravchuk: Ukraine was forced to take Crimea in 1954

    The First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Nikita Khrushchev, forced the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine, Alexei Kirichenko, to take the Crimean peninsula “under its wing,” as the first Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk stated in an interview with the Russian online magazine Slon.

    “Khrushchev went to Kyiv, came in to the first Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine, Alexei Kirichenko, and asked him to take the Crimea under its wing, stating, 'It’s …

  • Human rights group: Elections in Crimea could lead to new wave of repression

    The electoral process in the annexed Crimea could lead to a new wave of repression if the Crimean people publicly express their opposition to it, the chairperson of the Crimean Human Rights Group, Olha Skrypnyk, said in comments to independent Ukrainian radio broadcast Hromadske.

    “The so-called election process in the Crimea may lead to a new wave of repression. If people are going to publicly disclose or write that they do not agree with these elections, urging people not to go to those …