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Separatist Commander: Salaries in the republic are not being paid due to diminishing help from Russia
The field commander from the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), Alexander Khodakovsky, explained that the pensions and the salaries to the government workers in the Republic are not being paid because Russia has cut down the funding of the “people’s republic” and the self-declared republic’s own budget does not have enough funds.
“There are certain difficulties with the help coming from Russia. So you could see that there are delays with the salaries of the government workers. This …
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Ukrainian Media: Residents of the LPR are no longer paid salaries and pensions
In October and November, residents of the so-called Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) stopped receiving salaries and pensions, as reported by Apostrophe news portal, citing sources in LPR.
Both private and state-owned companies are affected by the delays with the salary payments. The delays range from several months to a few weeks. Even the security services of the self-proclaimed republic are experiencing these problems.
There are also delays with pension payments.
The rumors have started …
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Ukraine's Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office: Investigation into Manafort has not made progress
The Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office has no grounds for declaring suspicion on any of the persons named in the incident regarding illegal cash payments from the Party of Regions’ shadow fund to an American political consultant Paul Manafort, said the head prosecutor Nazar Holodnitsky in an interview with ZN.ua political weekly.
According to him, the investigation on the episode of Manafort’s illegal receipt of funds from the Party of Regions has not made any headway in the last …
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Russia confirms that Kyiv's questioning of Yanukovych via video conference will take place on November 25
The Head of the Department of Special Investigations of the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine, Sergey Gorbatyuk, noted that former President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych could be interrogated as a witness in the case of the murder of Maidan activists.
“As far as I’m aware, Russia sent a confirmation that this interrogation should take place on the 25th of November,” Gorbatyuk stated on 112.Ukraine TV on Saturday.
As previously reported, on November 16, Yanukovych’s lawyer, Vitaliy …
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Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office questioned President Petro Poroshenko
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko was questioned in the Prosecutor General’s Office about the crimes against Euromaidan activists, as stated by the press secretary of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, Larisa Sargan.
“Yes, I can confirm it,” she said in an interview with Ukrainski Novyny news agency, refusing to report any details.
According to sources in the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine, Poroshenko’s interrogation took place on November 18 and continued for six hours. Earlier, …