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07.06.2015 Daily Highlights by the Digests & Analytics Ukraine News Agency
Topics from Media and Social Networks
- Searches in the General Prosecutor's Office.
- Interior Minister Arsen Avakov sent all employees of the Donetsk region Traffic Police for the competence assessment.
- Russia increases the pressure on Savchenko.
Key Events In Ukraine
- President Poroshenko discussed with the volunteers the ways to control the fight against corruption and smuggling in the fighting zone in the Donbass.
- The Cabinet is to establish a stabilization energy fund in the amount of $ 1 billion to finance the imports of the natural gas.
- By the Government Decree, from August 1 Austria will be excluded from the list of the offshore zones, in which financial transactions of the resident companies are subject to a special tax control.
- According to the joint report of the UN program and the Institute of Demography and Social Studies, by the end of 2015 the level of poverty in the country will increase to 33%, compared to 22% in 2013.
- The State Statistics Committee reported on a decline in the inflation rate in June to 0.4% due to the seasonal decline in prices and hryvnia stabilization. In May, inflation was 2.2% and in April - 14%.
- The Court of Appeals upheld the detention of one of the suspects in the murder of anti-Ukrainian journalist Buzina, despite the protests of the activists and the evidence of the witnesses.
- Interior Minister Arsen Avakov dismissed and removed from the staff whole personnel of the State Traffic Police of the Donetsk region for a complete competence assessment.
- President Poroshenko supported the actions of the Security Service of Ukraine and General Prosecutor’s Office against corrupt prosecutors.
- Gold and currency reserves of the NBU in June increased to $ 10.2 billion due to income from the placement of government bonds and the conversion of the Chinese yuan received from the currency swap, carried out in May.
- The official hryvnia exchange rate slightly decreased: 21.27 UAH/USD (+0.25 UAH), 23.41 UAH/EUR (+0,09 UAH), 3.77 UAH/RUR 10 (-0.01 UAH).
Ukraine at War
- Relative silence was observed in the conflict zone in the Donbass during the day, but in the evening the shellings resumed. Ukrainian army repulsed the attacks of the militants in the surroundings of Mariupol. According to official reports, during the previous day, three Ukrainian soldiers were wounded.
Ukraine and the World
- Investigative Committee of Russia tightened the wording of charges against the deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Savchenko, kidnapped by the militants in the Donbass, and illegally detained on the territory of Russia.
- IMF chief Lagarde said that the Fund will not be able to provide more financial assistance to Greece. Nevertheless, according to the US, the EU and Greece must find a compromise within the common interests to keep the country in the eurozone.
- German Chancellor Merkel, after discussing the Greek problem with French President Hollande, said that the door to negotiations with the European creditors is open. The EU can give a chance to the Greek government to save the country’s economy, but for that Greece has to appear at the EU summit with definite proposals.
- A sharp drop in oil prices by 10% was recorded on the internation market, at the same time, the ruble rate also fell.
The Trends
- Searches in the General Prosecutor's Office shown that many of its senior officials are corruptionists and bribe-takers. However, according to the experts from the law enforcement agencies, the selective prosecution of individual representatives of middle and senior leadership might be just a showcase for others in order to strengthen the "power vertical" and a demonstration of the fight against corruption for the international community.
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