-
Russia to produce film on the construction of the Kerch Strait Bridge
The Russian Ministry of Culture posted an announcement on the state procurement website seeking competitive bids for the production of a special project, "a full-length film with partial financial support from the State on the subject of the construction of the bridge across the Kerch Strait." The film must be completed before the end of November 2017.
The project budget should not exceed 3 million rubles ($47,700). The Ministry of Culture will accept applications for the production of the …
-
Dozens of Ukrainians died due to poisoned alcohol imported by Russian supplier
A Russian alcohol supplier has been implicated in the alcohol-poisoning deaths of 38 Ukrainian citizens, as the First Deputy Head of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine, Sergey Bilan, wrote on his Facebook page.
“We have identified the supplier of the methyl alcohol to the Kharkiv region which has killed 38 people. It was supplied from an enterprise in the Luhansk region, located in Severodonetsk. The enterprise also officially sells methanol and imports the products from the Russian …
-
Lutsenko: Russian Prosecutor General inadvertently disclosed the names of more Ukrainian prosecutors who deserted to Russia
The Prosecutor General of Ukraine reported that he has received a letter from the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation. According to Lutsenko, in this letter, the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office expressed their indignation over the criminal proceedings against a number of former Ukrainian prosecutors who accepted the Russian citizenships at the time of the Russian annexation of the Crimea. The Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine had filed charges of treason against the …
-
Separatists open fire following withdrawal of troops from demarcation line
After the withdrawal of troops, separatists opened fire with grenade launchers in the Luhansk region near the Novo-Aleksandrovka settlement, the press officer of the Luhansk sector of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Valentin Shevchenko, said on-air with Channel 5.
According to Shevchenko, the parties withdrew forces from the Zolote settlement in the Luhansk region; specifically, forces were withdrawn by 1 km along the front line.
The press officer said that a few minutes after the withdrawal, …
-
US does not recognize Russia's ban of Crimean Tatar Mejlis
Washington has refused to recognize Russia’s decision to ban the activities of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatars.
“The United States does not recognize the legitimacy of the supreme court decision to ban the self-governing body of the Crimean Tatars – Mejlis. We reject the characterization of Mejlis as an ‘extremist’ organization, and condemn the suspension of the work of this democratic institution,” a US State Department statement read.
“Russia continues the practice of arbitrary arrests of …