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Media: EU expands sanctions against Crimean officials
The European Union agreed on the introduction of new personal sanctions against Crimean officials, Reuters reports, indicating that this decision was based on the accession of the Crimea to Russia.
According to the newspaper Delfi, the decision was made at the request of Lithuania and was formally approved at a meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council of the Council of the European Union.
It was noted that the sanctions will affect the six deputies of the State Duma who were …
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Ukraine insists on round-the-clock work for OSCE Mission at checkpoints
Ukraine has insisted that the OSCE Mission and the Red Cross work near the gate checkpoints for 24 hours a day.
This was posted on Facebook by a member of the humanitarian subgroup at the Minsk negotiations, Iryna Herashchenko, after a meeting of the subgroup on Tuesday.
“Generally speaking, Ukraine supports the idea that the ICRC [International Committe of the Red Cross] and the OSCE have permanent posts when working close to all the checkpoints. Also, they should not just go there for only 1 …
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The European Union is offering to help Ukraine draft laws on the seizure of illegally acquired assets
The head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine, Hugues Mingarelli, stated that the European Union offered Ukraine expert assistance in the development and implementation of laws on the seizure of illegally acquired assets, the minister of justice of Ukraine, Pavlo Petrenko, reported on his Facebook page.
“The development and adoption of legislation that will enable the state to return illegally acquired assets became a separate paragraph of the dialogue. In particular, Mr. Ambassador proposed to …
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Peskov: NATO's aggressive nature cannot be eradicated
NATO’s aggressive nature is impossible to eradicate, despite the fact that there are no blocs opposing them. This was said by the press secretary of the Russian President, Dmitry Peskov. He said this in response to statements made by NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, on the strengthening of the Alliance’s forces in response to the development of Russian activity.
“Stoltenberg’s statements once again testify to the aggressive nature of the organization,” Peskov began. “Despite the fact …
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China proposes establishing free trade zone with Ukraine
At a forum in Kyiv devoted to developing the “Silk Road” infrastructure project in Ukraine, the Chinese ambassador, Du Wei, stated that China is initiating the establishment of a free trade zone with Ukraine and hopes that Ukraine will look into this issue as well, UNIAN reports.
“The Chinese side has made an ambitious proposal, which is the creation of a Ukrainian-Chinese free trade area, in the hopes that the Ukrainian side will look into this issue,” he said.
According to Du Wei, the Silk …