The General Prosecutor's Office continues to report on the results of the investigation of the crimes against the Maidan activists . Lawyers of the "Heavenly hundred" demand to re-characterize the case from the "mass murder" article to "terrorism", which will allow to recognize the participation of law enforcement authorities in committing of a common crime. According to lawyers, law enforcement agencies and courts are intentionally delaying and ramshackling the cases, since the majority of murderers and offenders received from the current government guarantees of non-prosecution.
The Ministry of Social and Economic Development plans to cancel all permits that are absent in the EU, which will boost the position of Ukraine in Doing Business rating and improve its investment attractiveness.
The Energy Ministry claims about readiness of Ukraine for the winter.
After the completion of the Eurobonds restructuring, Moody's agency , following the S&P, upgraded Ukraine's sovereign rating from negative to stable.
The National Bank simplified the procedure of restructuring for commercial banks. A decision was made on the participation of the National Bank as a third party in conducting of an independent evaluation of the collateral.
The National Bank sold more than $ 15 million at the currency auction , which allowed to slightly reduce the boom on the interbank market: 23,84 ₴ / $ (-0,07 UAH), 25,47 ₴ / € (-0,03 UAH), 3,67 ₴/10 ₽ (-0,02 UAH).
The EU intends to limit the use of the virtual currencies - according to European officials, they can be used to finance the terrorist organizations.
The Washington Post considers that the budget of the terrorist Islamic state is comparable to the defense budgets of the European countries. It is formed from the sale of oil, natural resources, agricultural production, historical values, from trade, collection of "taxes" on the occupied territories, bank robberies, ransom for hostages and human trafficking, from funding of sympathizers of the Islamic state. The inability to track the financial flows makes it difficult to fight against the IG and transfers it out of the category of anti-terrorist operation into the category of global war as supporters of terrorists are the citizens of different countries.
After the terrorist attack in Paris, the Pentagon decided to change the tactics of struggle with the Islamic state and plans to carry out the air strikes on oil infrastructure in the territory, controlled by terrorists.
President Obama believes that the war in Syria will not end until President Assad remains in his post.
The IMF will not participate in the negotiations between Ukraine and Russia. Parties are offered to settle the issue of external debt directly.
Russian President Putin considers it impossible to simultaneously strengthen relations between the EU and the Eurasian Union and to implement the Minsk Agreement.
