Image by Льошко Нікіфоров Ukraine pitched its defense industry capabilities to diplomats from 16 countries this week at a meeting at the Ivan Chernyakhovsky National Defense University of Ukraine. The representatives were from Asia, LATAM, Pacific, and Africa. “Our enterprises made a significant step forward,” Ukroboronprom Director General for Development…
Image by https://www.flickr.com/photos/usarmyeurope_images/15243319351/in/set-72157647222797938 Ukrainians were on Sunday celebrating the first day of visa-free access to the European Union, with thousands crossing the border as President Petro Poroshenko proclaimed a dramatic “exit” from Moscow’s grip. The move is symbolic for Kiev, where a pro-EU revolt in 2014 toppled the previous Russia-backed…
A small explosive device was thrown over the fence at the US embassy in Kyiv Wednesday night, causing a small grass burn. There were no injuries. The Ukrainian government classified the incident as terrorism but the US government said it was too small and declined to classify the incident as…
South Ossetia’s role as a financial center for the Russian-backed separatists in Eastern Ukraine has been rising over the last two years – reports Eurasianet. In particular, South Ossetia facilitates Russian public funds going to the separatists through the International Clearance Bank based in Tskhinvali. In addition, a holding company…
Image by Boris Chimit-Dorzhie Ukraine’s state energy company said on Wednesday it had won three crucial preliminary rulings in a Stockholm court over multi-billion-dollar claims Moscow and Kiev have against each in a bitter gas dispute. Naftogaz and Russia’s natural gas giant Gazprom are waging a furious legal battle in…
Image by Alisher Hasanov The Ukrainian government today raided the offices of Russian internet giant Yandex in Kyiv and Odessa. The portal is very popular in the country and Ukraine had shut down access to the site earlier in the month. Kyiv accused the service of collecting personal data on…
Image by Clay Gilliland The country Nikolai Klimkin serves does not officially exist and has remained trapped in a limbo of impoverished stagnation for decades. The 32-year-old is a solider in the army of the self-proclaimed state of Transnistria — a tiny sliver of land that claimed independence from Moldova…
Ukrainian law enforcement agents detained 23 former high-ranking tax-administration official suspected of helping the government of ex-President Viktor Yanukovich to defraud 96 billion Hryvnas (approximately 4 billion dollars) in what authorities call the largest operation of its kind in the history of Ukraine. Interior Minister Arsen Avakov and…
The Ukrainian parliament approved a measure to force Ukrainian Television broadcasters to speak Ukrainian on at least 75% of their broadcasts, in a bid to further limit the influence of Russia on Ukrainian society. The bill was passed 269-15. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko backed the bill and vowed to sign…
Russia has appealed to the World Trade Organization to implement consultations over Ukraine’s sanctions against Moscow, which are active since 2014. “The Russian delegation in the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva sent a request to the WTO Dispute Settlement Body and the Government of Ukraine to hold consultations…