The International Monetary Fund’s representative in Ukraine, responsible for the $17.5 billion aid package authorized for the former Soviet nation, says it is time for Kyiv to privatize state-owned more companies to show ‘political will.’ “They have not sold any companies in the past three years so it’s time to…
Civilians Die As Nagorno-Karabakh Erupts Again.
Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO Kurt Volker To Head US Effort To Solve Ukraine Crisis.
Image by kremlin.ru With Presidents Trump and Putin having spoken for over two hours on the sidelines of the G-20 meeting in Hamburg, well over the 30 minutes initially scheduled, the US press was going berserk with speculation what the two asre discussing for so long – surely CNN’s anonymous…
Image by Evgeny Feldman Police in Moscow are reported to have seized the headquarters of opposition candidate, Alexei Navalny. “The Moscow headquarters has been seized. The locks are cut off again,” Navalny’s assistant Nikolai Lyaskin wrote on Facebook Thursday. “The guard says there is a search being carried out,” reported…
Georgian, Moldovan and Ukrainian Parliaments Call On EU Parliament For Support.
On the July 7, the Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Grigory Karasin, will meet Zurab Abashidze, the special representative of Georgia’s Prime Minister for Russia-related topics. The transport department representatives of both countries will be present at the meeting. The discussion will focus on Georgian accusations that Russian is moving the…
Ukraine Expects To Finalize Pension Reform In Fall, With Market Return To Follow.