November 11, 2014

10/11/2014 Ukraine: Daily Highlights - Ukrainian Parliament could start to work

Верховная Рада может начинать работу – ЦИК подтвердила полномочия почти всех избранных депутатов

10/11/2014 Daily Highlights from “Digests & Analytics Ukraine” News Agency


Ukrainian Parliament could start to work - CEC confirmed the legitimacy of almost all deputies. Russia is building up its military presence in the Donbass. Ukrainian hryvnya continues to devaluate sharply.

Ukraine

  • Central Elections Commission  (CEC) recognized 421 out of 423 deputies as elected. Cotes recount should be performed at two districts. As  the leaders of the winning parties declared, the coordination of the coalition agreement should be completed by the end of the week. ‘’Poroshenko Block’’ leadership hope for the creation of a constitutional majority in the Verkhovna Rada. As a result of elections in problematic districts, CEC recognized members of the party of regions and ’’Poroshenko Block’’ as winners. Internal Affairs Ministry launched more than 400 criminal cases for breaches of the elections legislation.
  • Defense Minister Poltorak announced a decision to include territorial volunteer battalions into the structure of Ukrainian Armed Forces, which will allow to provide them with heavy armored equipment as well as to improve troops coordination.
  • Construction of settlements from ready-made modules provided by Germany as humanitarian aid is ongoing in Zaporizhya, Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv regions.
  • Naftogaz received a payment for the natural gas transit from Gazprom, but neither the amount nor the period covered by the payment were announced by officials.
  • 13 civilians suffered from a terrorist attack on a Kharkiv pub, at which patriotic young people usually gathered.
  • Head of the State Fiscal Agency forecasts that the country’s tax revenues will be 6% lower than budgeted as a result of the military actions in Donbass.
  • EBRD and Ukrainian Government agreed to introduce a position of Business Ombudsman in Ukraine. Moreover, it will be held by non-Ukrainian national.
  • NSDC announced that the fourth wave of mobilization is not planned yet.
  • Official exchange rate of Ukrainian hryvnya once again hit historical low: 14.90 UAH/USD (+33cop), 18.34 UAH/EUR (+23cop), 3.09 UAH/10 RUB (-11cop). Exchange rate fluctuated up to 15.11-15.41 UAH/USD during the trading session. Maintaining the exchange rate not exceeding 16 UAH/USD has been agreed upon during a meeting of NBU with the management of major banks.

War in Ukraine

  • Ukrainian army casualties are two man killed during the day.
  • Four civilians were killed and seven wounded during shelling of Avdiivka by militants. Donetsk continues to suffer from intensive shelling.
  • Observers evidence sharp increase of Russian troops  and equipment invasion into Ukraine. As stressed by NSDC, militants appear to receive the newest weapons, artillery systems and armored vehicles.
  • OSCE has been caught at transferring of Ukrainian troops location data to Russia. ‘’Information Resistance’’ group refused to cooperate with OSCE as it collaborates with terrorists.
  • Mobile operators Kyivstar and MTS have terminated services of customers with Crimean are codes allocated by Russian government.

International

  • During a telephone conversation, President Poroshenko and US Vice President Joe Biden aligned positions of the parties for the upcoming G20 summit in Australia, as well as agreed on details of Mr. Biden’s visit to Ukraine on the 21st of November. Mr. Biden urged Ukrainian parliamentarians to form the coalition ASAP.
  • Key themes of the talks of President Poroshenko with Turkish Foreign Affairs Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu were protection of Crimean tatars rights and expansion of economic collaboration. Turkish side confirmed its support of the territorial integrity of Ukraine by recognizing Crimea and parts of Donbass, occupied by Russia, as Ukrainian territories.
  • UK Prime Minister David Cameron stressed that the country doesn't want a new Cold War with Russia, but is fully ready to tighten the sanctions against it due to the latest invasion of Russian military equipment in Ukraine, which results in destabilization of situation not only in Ukraine but also in Europe.
  • Gazprom revenues from natural gas exports decreased by more than by 8% despite the growth of delivered volume by 4.5%.
  • Russian authorities recognize that prices for Urals oil could decline to 60 USD/barrel during the new budget year.

Trends


  • Russia is building up its military presence in eastern Ukraine, but probability of aggression escalation is rather low until the end of G20 summit in Australia, which president Putin is going to attended. The withdrawal of Russian troops from the territory of Ukraine, by all indications, is not planned.

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