Ukrainian Weekly Highlights April 04–10, 2016

Ukrainian Weekly Highlights April 04–10, 2016 from Digests & Analytics Ukraine

Panama Papers scandal is gaining momentum – Prime Minister Yatsenyuk resigned – National Bank buys up dollars – Khreshchatyk bank collapsed – "Big" privatization and Odessa Port Plant – Who owns the Ukrainian media? – Polish "Open Skies" – Imitation of the Minsk peace process – Will Russia release political prisoners to Ukraine? – Ukraine is on the side of Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict – Dutch referendum on the EU–Ukraine Association

09/07/2015 Ukraine: Daily Highlights - Second petition to the President to appoint Saakashvili a Prime Minister, received 25 thousand votes

Petition to the President to appoint Saakashvili a Prime Minister, received 25 thousand votes

09.07.2015 Daily Highlights by the Digests & Analytics Ukraine News Agency

Topics from Media and Social Networks

• Second petition to the President to appoint Saakashvili a Prime Minister, received 25 thousand votes.
• Russia's demand for review of the Association Agreement with the EU rejected.
• Russia confirmed the detention of three paratroopers on the administrative border with the Crimea.
• The rector of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra violated traffic rules.

05/10/2015 Ukraine: Daily Highlights - Negotiations of Putin and Merkel in Moscow on the crisis in Ukraine

President Putin and Chancellor Merkel

05.10.2015 Daily Highlights  by the Digests & Analytics Ukraine News Agency

Topics from the Media and Social networks

• Negotiations of Putin and Merkel in Moscow on the crisis in Ukraine.
• Ukraine celebrated Mother's Day.
• Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine estimated the losses in the Donbass at $ 350 billion.
• Russia demands from Ukraine security guarantees for their "convoys".

31/10/2014 Ukraine: Daily Highlights - Russia continues to deploy troops and arms on Ukrainian territory

01/11/2014 Daily Highlights from “Digests & Analytics Ukraine” News Agency

President Poroshenko congratulated Ukrainians with coming into effect of the Association Agreement with the EU. Central Elections Committee still struggles to finalize the elections vote counts. Russia continues to deploy troops and arms on Ukrainian territory. Terrorist “republics” DPR and LPR are ready to conduct Crimea-like “elections”.

15-21.09.2014 Ukraine: Weekly Highlights - Ukraine ratified the Association Agreement with the EU in parallel with the European Parliamen

15-21.09.2014 Weekly Highlights by “Digests & Analytics Ukraine” News Agency

Another memorandum of ceasefire involving terrorist "republics" DNR and LC was signed in Minsk. President Poroshenko pushed through the Verkhovna Rada a law on a special status of Donbas territories controlled by terrorists and a law on an amnesty for members of illegal armed groups. Ukraine ratified the Association Agreement with the EU in parallel with the European Parliament, but enacting it has been delayed under pressure from Russia. President Poroshenko during his visit to Canada and the United States failed to obtain an agreement on the supply of modern weapons to Ukraine.    

12/09/2014 Ukraine: Daily Highlights - Implementation of the economic part of the association agreement with the EU on the free trade zone is being delayed till 31 of December 2015, as per demand from Russia

12/09/2014 Daily Highlights from “Digests & Analytics Ukraine” News Agency

Russia uses cease-fire to concentrate and rotate its troops in Donbass. Second “humanitarian convoy”, that haven't passed neither Ukrainian customs, nor is under control of international organizations, is an instrument of aggression. Massive Russian diplomatic attack led to breakdown of the Ukraine - EU free-trade zone introduction time schedule.