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Savchenko met with separatists in the Donbas
Speaking at a PACE session, Verkhovna Rada MP and former prisoner Nadiya Savchenko stated that she was recently in separatist-held territory and met with the people who had held her captive for two years.
“For those who want to understand and know what is happening in the Donbas, in the occupied territory where I was held pretty recently, I met with people who quite recently held me captive—these people realized what Russia is and what they’re dealing with,” she said.
According to Savchenko, …
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Eight representatives from Italy visited the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic
The authorities of the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR) reported the arrival of the first group of foreign tourists to the unrecognized republic. The separatists’ media reported that eight representatives from Italy came to the LPR. It was noted that the tourists arrived with the support of colleagues from Finland. The chairman of the LPR Trade Unions Federation, Oleg Akimov, reported that a sightseeing trip around Luhansk and visit of the mine in Yubileyne settlement were organized …
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Ukrainian PM: Economic growth rate can be doubled in one year
The Prime Minister of Ukraine, Volodymyr Groysman, stated that the doubling of Ukraine's economic growth rate can happen in a year contingent on industrial development and economic transition, UNIAN reported.
“We have great opportunities. We achieved 3% growth but that can be doubled. We can give an impetus to the development of production in order to cease to be the raw type of economy that we are today,” Groysman said. Earlier, the Prime Minister announced the creation of the National …
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OECD calls on Ukraine to speed up anti-corruption reforms
In a recent report published on its website, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) called for Ukraine to speed up the implementation of anti-corruption reforms.
The organization recommends that Ukraine remove obstacles that impede effective implementation of electronic declaration.
It is reported that OECD will continue to closely monitor the implementation of this recommendation during the next monitoring round regarding Ukraine, which began in October 2016. …
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Ukrainian intelligence arrested Russian agent in Dnipro
Employees of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) stopped an attempt by the Russian Special Services to destabilize the situation in the city of Dnipro. As reported by the press service of the Security Service, a local resident, who, according to the SSU, was instructed by the Russians to lead an active propaganda campaign promoting the "Russian world", has been detained.
"The 47-year-old administrator of a radical online community has been sharing and reposting separatist materials prepared …