After four tumultuous and challenging years, Dame Melinda Simmons’ term as the British ambassador to Ukraine is coming to an end. Her successor Martin Harris will be arriving in September.Since Simmons, a career diplomat, arrived in Kyiv in September 2…
According to the latest estimates of the Kyiv School of Economics, Russian aggression has already caused more than US$150 billion worth of damage to Ukraine, which includes physical losses, destroyed and damaged infrastructure facilities and businesses…
Ukraine is wrapping up negotiations with the international insurance market regarding a system for insuring grain cargo ships heading for Ukraine’s Black Sea ports. The deal will likely be backed by Ukraine’s state road fund.
Source: Oleksandr Hryban, …
President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed a bill[1] designed to ensure the predictability of budget policy and to strengthen debt sustainability, lawmaker Yaroslav Zhelezniak announced[2] on Aug. 18.This step means the implementation of the Intern…
The United Kingdom asked Russia to resume participation in the bilateral agreement on avoidance of double taxation, as it does not provide for unilateral suspension.
Source: This is stated in a statement published on Friday by the UK government, writes…
Eugene Shvidler, a partner of Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, has lost a lawsuit at London’s High Court to overturn British sanctions imposed due to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Reuters reported[1] on Aug. 18. Shvidler, whose net worth F…
The Russian Foreign Ministry has published a statement on Friday, 18 August, reporting on the implementation of a list of measures in response to “London’s aggressive execution of a hostile anti-Russian trajectory”.
Source: European Pravda with referen…
Three citizens of Bulgaria were detained in the UK on suspicion of espionage for Russia. They lived in an apartment 1.6 kilometres from the Royal Air Force base.
Source: European Pravda, referring to The Telegraph
Details: According to the media outlet…
Ukraine can prevail in its counteroffensive without the F-16s, and their presence would not have a decisive impact on the situation on the battlefield.
Source: The New York Times with reference to current and former officials in Ukraine, the US and Eur…
The Office of Foreign Assets Control of the US Department of the Treasury added Mikhail Fridman and Petr Aven to the sanctions list of Russian billionaires.
Source: This was reported in the press service of the US Treasury, writes European Pravda
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