Excerpts from the most important news on Ukraine
New ‘ad’ for Apple: Breaking the barriers of morality
17.12.2019
After a scandal when Apple marked Crimea as a part of russia, users proposed a new version of advertising for the company.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ypHxzlCE5cEarlier this month Apple agreed to comply with the kremlin propaganda and decided to show Crimea as part of russia.russians acknowledged their involvement in the North Korean missile program
17.12.2019
In an interview to #ZAUGLOM, the designer-general of the moscow Institute of Heat Engineering, Yuri Solomonov explained how russia helped create the North Korean missile program.He confirmed that russian experts from the State Missile Center traveled to North Korea to train local engineers, and handed over design documentation for missile production. According to him, it all happened in the 90s.Context: In 2017, The New York Times published an article that accused Ukraine of transferring technology to North Korea to help ...Exports of grain and leguminous crops grew by almost a third
17.12.2019
Between July 1 and December 13, 2019, Ukraine exported 27.36 million tonnes of grain and leguminous crops, which is 32.9% more than in the same period last year, UkrAgroConsult consulting agency has reported.“Ukraine since the beginning of the marketing year 2019/2020 (July 2019 -June 2020) as of December 13, 2019 exported 27.36 million tonnes of grain and leguminous crops, which is 32.9% more than on the same day of the past MY,” the report says.In particular, over the reporting period, wheat ...Ukraine should be a major beneficiary from Brexit – BUCC
17.12.2019
With Boris Johnson’s electoral victory expected to speed Brexit, a new priority will be a UK-Ukraine free trade pact, argues the British Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce.“Such an agreement should accelerate commercial integration of the UK, Europe’s largest net food importer, with Ukraine, Europe’s largest net food exporter,” Bates C. Toms, chairman of the Chamber, writes Friday in the BUCC annual report. “Ukraine, as one of the world’s largest food exporters, should be a major beneficiary from Brexit as soon ...Deutsche Bank agreed to pay penalties to end a probe into money-laundering
14.12.2019
Deutsche Bank said that it agreed to pay €15 million in penalties to end a probe into a money-laundering and tax evasion involving German clients.The bank and the Frankfurt public prosecutor’s office said in statements Friday afternoon that the settlement reflects shortcomings in Deutsche Bank’s compliance and filing of suspicious-activity reports involving German clients connected to offshore accounts from 2015 to 2018.The investigation had a “heavy impact” on Deutsche Bank last year, spokesman Joerg Eigendorf said in the bank’s statement.Сargo handling in Ukrainian seaports reached 150 million tonnes
13.12.2019
The volume of cargo handling in Ukrainian seaports has reached 150 million tonnes for the first time in the past 11 years. Infrastructure Minister Vladyslav Kryklii wrote about this on Facebook.“Cargo handling in Ukrainian seaports for the first time in the last 11 years has reached the mark of 150 million tonnes. Such a volume had been recorded before the crisis in 2008,” he wrote.Kryklii added that 75% of this volume accounts for exports of products of Ukrainian enterprises. At ...Gazprom can no longer subsidize domestic prices
12.12.2019
Gazprom no longer makes enough money exporting gas to subsidize domestic russian prices, Viktor Yatsenko, deputy head of the state monopoly company’s pricing department, told the russian Gas forum. Referring to the drop in European prices, he said: “The pillow is gone.”According to him, the time when the export market was able to support the prices on the domestic market has passed. “I think that the ministries and departments at some point will realize it,” Yatsenko added.UN General Assembly condemns russia’s occupation of Crimea
12.12.2019
The UN General Assembly has adopted an important resolution on russia’s occupation and militarization of Crimea in which for the first time concern is raised over russia’s build-up of nuclear weapons in the occupied peninsula. The document condemns russia’s ongoing occupation and expresses “concern over the efforts of the russian Federation to extend its jurisdiction over the nuclear facilities and material in Crimea”.The resolution was endorsed by 63 countries, including all EU members; Georgia; Norway, Canada; the United States and Turkey, with 19, including ...russia is banned from 2020 Olympics and 2022 World Cup
10.12.2019
russia has been handed a four-year ban from all major sporting events by the World Anti-Doping Agency Wada’s executive committee made the unanimous decision to impose the ban on russia in a meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland, BBC reports.It comes after russia’s Anti Doping Agency was declared non-compliant for manipulating laboratory data handed over to investigators in January 2019.It means the russia flag and anthem will not be allowed at events such as the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics ...Holodomor-denying professor will face no disciplinary measures
10.12.2019
The University of Alberta issued a statement outlining its response to the controversy surrounding assistant lecturer Dougal MacDonald who said the Holodomor is a “myth,” thegatewayonline.ca reports.The university said in the statement that MacDonald’s views are his own and do not represent the institution. Additionally, the statement made no mention if MacDonald was to face any reprimand or punitive measures for his comments.The statement was signed by President David Turpin, dean of the faculty of education — MacDougal’s home faculty ...Ukrainian company demonstrates “see-through armor”
10.12.2019
Ukrainian innovation defense company, Limpid Armor, has demonstrated its cutting-edge technology of the so-called ‘see-through armor’ during recent trials at the proving ground of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, situated in the Lviv region, defence-blog.com reports.Limpid Armor, in coordination with the Ukrainian military, held trials of the Land Platform Modernization Kit (LPMK) integrated with the BTR-4E infantry fighting vehicle, on 4 December.According to the demonstration scenario, the driver was manning the BTR-4E IFV with the hatches closed, navigating purely with the ...Kharkiv and the EIB signed an agreement to provide a €160 million loan for metro construction
07.12.2019
The Rada ratifies an agreement with the European Investment Bank on the financing of metro projects in Kharkiv. Earlier this year, Kharkiv and the EIB signed an agreement to provide a €160 million loan with a repayment period of 25 years.“The project envisages the construction of a new section of the third metro line with two stations: Derzhavinskaya and Odeska, as well as the Oleksiivske station (with a connecting branch to the third metro line), which will reduce trip times ...
