The Communists are going to hold a march in Kiev on May 1 and asked the OSCE observers to monitor the observance of human rights during the demonstration. Communist Party has the right to organize the event as a law banning the Communist ideology, adopted by the Verkhovna Rada, was not yet signed by the President.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs is investigating the activities of the managers of oligarch Firtash's enterprises and officials of the "Naftogaz" over the embezzlement of state property in especially big amounts and abuse of official position.
The court arrested the natural gas belonging to these companies, and handed it over to the care and custody of the "Ukrtransgaz" state enterprise. Group DF, the management company of Firtash, asked President Poroshenko to take measures to stop the repressions by the group of the officials from the "People's Front" party, including the Prime Minister Yatsenyuk.
The State Emergency Service of Ukraine reported on the localization of a large forest fire in the surroundings of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
The Antimonopoly Committee has imposed a half a billion hryvnia fine on the largest retail chains for the cartel agreement with the purpose of goods and products overpricing in 2010-2011.
The Head of the NBU Gontareva stated that the first stage of the banking system purification will be completed by the end of June. By this time all the major banks will increase capital and the banks with systemic risks will be completely removed from the market. After that, the reboot and liberalization of the banking sector will start, which will take at least a year.
The IMF mission will continue its work in Ukraine till May 12.
The NBU continues to dramatically decrease the official hryvnia exchange rate: 21.04 UAH /USD (-1.22 UAH), 23.16 UAH/EUR (-1,17 UAH), 4.07 UAH /RUR 10 (-0.19 UAH) .
Deputy Defense Minister of Russia Antonov claimes that from September 2014, 70 Russian officers are working in Ukraine. They work in a joint control and coordination center for the ceasefire at the invitation of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine did not give permission for their presence in the country.
As a result of shellings and attacks one Ukrainian soldier was killed and at least three soldiers were wounded. President Poroshenko announced about high probability of escalation of the situation in the Donbass.
As a result of videoconferencing between the representatives of working group to resolve the crisis in the Donbass the representative of Ukraine, former President Kuchma called for using of sub-working groups for the realization of economic, humanitarian and political components of the Minsk Agreement as soon as possible.
Russian Foreign Minister during a telephone conversation with the Head of the US Department of State demanded that the Ukrainian government conduct direct negotiations with the militants of the Donbass "republics".
The OSCE monitoring mission representatives confirmed that the shelling of settlements on the territory controlled by the militants near Mariupol was carried out by the militants themselves. Militants still prohibit the access of the OSCE observers to the areas where the heavy equipment is located.
SBU detained the organizers of the "People's Republic of Kiev" who spread the provocative materials and were involved in subversive activities and recruitment through the Internet.
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