Excerpts from the most important news on Ukraine
Nord Stream 2 will generate billions to fuel russian aggression – senator
21.11.2019
If the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is completed, it will strengthen russian President Vladimir putin and push him to further aggression in the world, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has stated.“Nord Stream 2, if completed, would help russia. It would strengthen putin. It would generate billions of dollars that could be used to fuel russian aggression,” the U.S. senator said.And at the same time, it would hurt all of Europe by making Western Europe more ...Ukraine marks Day of Dignity and Freedom
21.11.2019
Ukraine marks the Day of Dignity and Freedom every year on November 21, in accordance with a presidential decree of November 13, 2014, Ukrinform reports.The holiday was established in honor of the commencement on this day of two significant and fateful events in contemporary Ukrainian history – the 2004 Orange Revolution and the 2013 Revolution of Dignity.The Day of Dignity and Freedom became a kind of successor to the Freedom Day holiday, which was celebrated in honor of the Orange ...russians stole even toilet bowls from seized Ukrainian ships
21.11.2019
Small armored artillery boats Berdiansk and Nikopol and the Yany Kapu tugboat are heading very slowly to the territorial waters of Ukraine and will reach their base in about 16 hours, Commander of the Ukrainian Navy Ihor Voronchenko has told Ukraine’s Fourth Channel.“The boats can’t move on their own. russians killed them. They removed even dome lights, sockets, and toilet bowls. We will now show everything to the whole world – russians’ barbaric attitude to this,” Voronchenko said.On November 25, ...Ukraine will create virtual currencies market
21.11.2019
Binance, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange, has agreed to work with the Ministry of Digital Transformation “to develop a strategy for the implementation of blockchain technology and the creation of the new virtual assets and virtual currencies market in Ukraine,” the Ministry reports.“We open Ukraine to one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world and let Binance legally start their business here. Thanks to this step, both Ukrainians and global cryptocurrency companies will be able to operate in Ukraine openly ...The AP hurried to misinform on Ukraine, yet again
19.11.2019
In a Nov. 13 story about Ukraine’s capital Kyiv renaming streets, the Associated Press cited a Jewish organization’s leader as saying one of the streets had been named after Ivan Pavlenko, whom the leader identified as a Nazi collaborator. But it turned out that the street was actually named after Viktor Pavlenko, who was a general of the Ukrainian People’s Republic, which fought for Ukraine’s independence after the Bolshevik Revolution and died in 1932.The original title of the story was “Ukrainian ...S&P upgrades Kyiv rating to ‘B’
19.11.2019
On Nov. 15, 2019, S&P Global Ratings raised its long-term issuer credit rating on the Ukrainian City of Kyiv to ‘B’ from ‘B-‘. The outlook is stable.“We anticipate that Ukraine’s capital city of Kyiv will completely offset its intergovernmental debt with the Ministry of Finance once its infrastructure projects are completed in 2020. This would reduce the city’s direct debt by 50% by 2021,” the rating agency said in a statement.According to S&P experts, the uncertainties regarding the potential ...DTEK reaches 1 GW of Renewable Energy Generation
19.11.2019
DTEK in the partnership with the Danish company Vestas, the world’s leading wind turbine producer, has accomplished the construction of the Orlivska Wind Power Plant 100 MW in Zaporizhzhia region. In this way, the company has reached one of its strategic goals – to put 1 GW of renewable energy in operation by 2020, company reports.“Two years ago, DTEK officially announced its strategic goal – to build 1 GW of the renewable energy in operation by the end of ...First ship with liquefied natural gas for Ukraine will reach Poland tomorrow
18.11.2019
A ship carrying US liquefied natural gas destined for Ukraine docks tomorrow at Świnoujście, Poland’s LNG landing terminal on the Baltic. Brokered by ERU, an American company working in Kyiv since 2016, the liquid cargo will total 90 million cubic meters after regasification. Dale Perry, the ERU managing partner, tells the UBN that gas shipments from Poland to Ukraine could increase 5-fold, to 5 billion cubic meters, if about $200 million were invested in expanding capacity on 200 km stretch of ...Germany has allowed Nord Stream 2 to skirt European rules
18.11.2019
Germany’s parliament has passed an energy law that allows part of russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline project to skirt European rules that forbid one entity from being both the producer and supplier of natural gas, rferl reports.It’s one of the last hurdles to be overcome for the completion of the 1,225-kilometer underwater pipeline project owned by russia’s state-owned Gazprom company.The project has divided Europe, with critics saying it will increase Europe’s dependence on russian energy, boost the kremlin’s coffers for ...Joint Investigation Team released conversations of “DPR” leaders with the russian officials
18.11.2019
Joint Investigation Team released conversations of “DPR” leaders with russian officials, which prove that orders, including those on the daily management of “DPR,” administrative, financial and military affairs, came from moscow.Investigators also found that the means of special communication used by the leaders of russian-backed forces were most likely provided by russia. The JIT stressed that “DPR” leaders maintained close contact with the russian authorities on military support.Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which was en route from Amsterdam to ...Ukraine’s banks’ profits hit $2 billion for the first nine months of 2019
17.11.2019
As Ukraine’s banks recover from the 2014-2015 crisis, banks’ profits hit $2 billion for the first nine months of this year, up 4.4 times y-o-y, reports the National Bank of Ukraine.Of the nation’s 76 operating banks, 66 are profitable. Over the summer, retail lending was a hot sector, increasing 30%, compared to July-September 2018. In the third quarter, hryvnia deposits of individuals were up 12.7% y-o-y. Despite National Bank’s interest rate cut to 15.5% last month, 12-month retail deposits enjoy an ...Stanford’s White Paper on GRU Puts Spotlight on Pseudo-Think Tanks and Personas
16.11.2019
The Stanford Internet Observatory published a white paper on GRU online influence operations from 2014 to 2019. The authors conducted this research at the request of the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) and began with a data set consisting of social media posts provided to the Committee by Facebook. Facebook attributed the Pages and posts in this data set to the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the russian Federation (Главное управление Генерального ...
