Contents tagged with Donbas
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German Foreign Minister: We do not need a debate on Crimea, we need to think about truce in Donbas
In an interview with the German daily newspaper Kolner Stadt-Anzeiger, German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel claimed that Christian Lindner, a leader among German liberals, is just trying to get headlines when speaking of the temporary postponement of the issue of Crimea's annexation, and that the main task at present is to achieve an ceasefire in eastern Ukraine. European Pravda reported this.
"In my opinion, Mr. Lindner is only concerned with headlines. We do not need debates on Crimea. We …
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Russia’s Gazprom continues to supply gas to separatist-held territories and billing Ukraine for it
In the first half of 2017, Russian Gazprom delivered 1,389 billion cubic meters of gas to the separatist DPR (Donetsk People’s Republic) and LPR (Luhansk People’s Republic. The price of Russian gas as of the first quarter of 2017 was $306.6 per thousand cubic meters, as supported by the data from Gazprom’s report for the second quarter.
Ukraine has not been importing gas from Russia for more than 600 days, which means, all deliveries go to separatist-held territories of Ukraine.
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270,000 tons of Donbas coal exported from Russia in July
In July 2017, about 267,000 tons of coal mined in the separatist-held territories of eastern Ukraine were exported to European countries from Russia, reported LIGA.net citing Russian Railway and Russian Federal Customs Service data.
The largest exporter of Ukrainian coal was Gaz-Alyans, controlled by Serhiy Kurchenko. In July, more than 50,000 tons of anthracite were exported from the Russia’s ports. The entire quantity was exported by the South Ossetian company Vneshtorgservis JSC, and was …
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UN: almost 600 000 Ukrainians in conflict zone in Eastern Ukraine do not receive pensions and social assistance
About 586,000 Ukrainian citizens who live in the conflict zone haven’t received pensions and social benefits since the beginning of the previous year, as they haven’t been registered by the government, as reported by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
This includes 50,000 people with disabilities who are especially vulnerable as they are facing additional difficulties and frequent discrimination, reports the UNHCR.
"In eastern Ukraine, in the conflict zone, the cease- …
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A pro-Russian separatist agent detained in Mariupol
When trying to cross the border into Mariupol, an informant of the separatists of was detained, reported the press service of the Donetsk regional police.
It was noted that a 43-year-old resident of the village of Vesele, in the Volnovakhsky district, has been providing information on the rotation and movement of Ukrainian military personnel and equipment to the separatists for over a year and a half.
At the beginning of war in the Donbas, the detainee had a conflict with the Ukrainian Armed …
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Media: Subsidiary of Russia’s Ministry of Energy becomes a monopoly fuel supplier to separatist-held territories of Ukraine
Russian export company, Promsyrieimport, owned by the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation is a monopoly supplier of fuel to the uncontrolled territories of the Luhansk and Donetsk Oblasts, as reported by Ukrainian Liga.net news website.
According to the publication, in 2016 Promsyrieimport supplied the separatist-held territories of Ukraine with more than 200,000 tons of gasoline, diesel fuel, and motor oils for $116 million. This is 86% of all the fuels and lubricants sent to the …
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Media: flow of goods between Russia and separatist-held territories of Ukraine reaches $1.4 billion
The total trade between Russia and the separatist territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions in 2016 is estimated at about $1.4 billion, as stated in an investigation conducted by LIGA.net.
According to insider data of the Federal Customs Service and Russian Railways, in 2016, goods and products worth $1.2 billion were shipped from Russia to the separatist-held territories of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
Last year, companies from Russia supplied goods to separatist republics for a total …
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US special representative for Ukraine Volker and Putin’s aide Surkov to meet in the end of August
The meeting of US State Department Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker and Russian Presidential Advisor Vladislav Surkov will take place in Moscow in the last two weeks of August, a diplomatic source told the Russian publication Izvestia.
According to a source close to the Russian presidential administration, the parties will discuss matters relating to the resolution of the situation in Ukraine and the prevention of conflict escalation.
“Moscow will present the facts which show …
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DPR head Zakharchenko says there will be no 'Malorossiya'
The so-called “leader” of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) Alexander Zakharchenko stated that the public did not like the name “Malorossiya” (“Little Russia”), but the very idea of “re-establishment” of the country aroused great interest.
“The very idea of re-establishment of the state, which is plunged into a deep economic and political crisis and not attempting to carry out radical reforms to federalize the country and find ways out of the collapse, received broad support,” said …
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OSCE camera at Donetsk Filtration Station destroyed by shelling after one day of operation
A video surveillance camera set up by the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) at the Donetsk Filtration Station (DFS) was shot at and destroyed.
“The OSCE SMM camera at the DFS worked for only one day, and was shot from the south and south-west. The camera was destroyed,” said the OSCE SMM report on its microblog on Twitter on Wednesday, which included photos of the damaged camera.
Alexander Hug, Principal Deputy Chief Monitor of the OSCE SMM to Ukraine stated that before the camera was …