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| President Poroshenko signed decommunization laws |
05.15.2015 Daily Highlights by the Digests & Analytics Ukraine News Agency
Topics from the Media and Social Networks
- President Poroshenko signed decommunization laws.
- The visit of US Assistant Secretary Nuland to Ukraine.
- Prosecutor General's Office found no abuse of power in the Cabinet.
- The US Congress approved $ 200 million for military assistance to Ukraine.
Key Events of Ukraine
- President Poroshenko signed decommunisation law, laws on access to the archives of repressive authorities and the legal status of fighters for Ukraine's independence.
- Prime Minister Yatsenyuk urged international creditors to realize the situation in the Ukraine that lost 20% of the economy due to the war and accept the terms of debt restructuring.
- US Assistant Secretary Nuland visited Kiev with an official visit and met with the president, prime minister and head of the parliament. She confirmed that the US is a reliable partner of Ukraine in conducting reforms.
- According to the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, the shade part of the Ukrainian economy has grown over the past year by 7% to 42% of GDP. Growth in the shadow economy is caused by military conflict, financial instability, a sharp depreciation of the hryvnia and the increasing of administrative pressure on business.
- General Prosecutor's Office reported that the abuse of the power is not found on the facts given by the former head of the State Financial Inspection Gordienko. However, members of the temporary investigative commission of the Verkhovna Rada claim the opposite. Parliament Speaker Groisman extended the time for investigation by the Commission.
- National Bank and People's Bank of China signed an agreement for three years on the currency swap (exchange at a fixed rate) for $ 2.4 billion.
- The official rate of hryvnia has not changed: 20.70 UAH/USD (+0.13 UAH) 23.45 UAH/EUR (-0,04 UAH), 4.14 UAH/10 RUR (+0.03 UAH).
Ukraine at War
- Fighting do not stop along the demarcation line - in the vicinity of Donetsk, in Krymske and Shyrokine. Only in the area of the Donetsk airport OSCE mission daily records more than a hundred attacks. Militants still not allow observers mission to monitor the border with Russia. According to official statistics two Ukrainian soldiers were wounded yesterday.
- The OSCE has confirmed the restoration of railway communication via the militants junction station Debaltseve.
- Crimean occupation court sentenced the Crimea activist of Euromaidan to four years in jail for bodily harm of special police forces "Berkut" soldier in February 2014 in Kyiv.
- Presidential adviser Biryukov said that all military equipment and weapons were removed from storage base in Artemivsk.
- President Poroshenko posthumously awarded the 220 servicemen and law enforcement officers killed during the fighting in the Donbass.
- Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said that vehicles of special units and volunteers which are used in the war zone will get new number plates after checking.
Ukraine and the World
- The lower chamber of the US Congress approved the allocation of military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $ 200 million for the next financial year. To ensure assistance this document will be voted by the Senate. At the same time $ 600 million provided to support the Syrian rebels.
- Former advisor to the Minister of Defense Karber said that the structure of the Russian troops stationed in the Donbass has changed, indicating preparation for a major offensive. According to him there are too many Russian citizens among the staff of the OSCE mission conducting intelligence activities in favor of the aggressor and the mission itself is inefficient and is not independent.
The Trends
- Former Foreign Minister of Sweden Bildt, introduced as a member of the International Advisory Board of the reforms by the president of Poroshenko became a consultant to the Russian oil and gas company Letter One, which is trying to buy oil and gas facilities in Europe.
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