Новости за 23.09.2015

Lesia Vasilenko has taken on a daunting task. An internationally trained lawyer still only in her 20s, she has set up a nationwide nongovernmental organization to guide soldiers and veterans of Russia's war against Ukraine through the nation's labyrinthine legal system.

Ukraine's parliamentary vote on Aug. 31 in favor of the law on amendments to the constitution on decentralization of powers showed the world that our country has many responsible politicians with a strategic and democratic vision.

Warning over body's failure to act on Syria and Ukraine comes on top of wider criticism of its structure and the permanent members' veto rights.

Russia would be forced to take counter measures to restore the balance of power in Europe if media reports that the United States plans to upgrade its nuclear presence in Germany are true, President Vladimir Putin's spokesman said on Sept. 23.

Another twist in the economic blockade of Crimea may happen in October when Ukraine will cut off its supplies of electricity to the peninsula, Crimean Tatar leader Refat Chubarov said Sept. 23 UNN reports.

Moscow sees a growing chance to reach international agreement on fighting terrorism in Syria and resolving a conflict which has killed a quarter of a million people, a Russian diplomatic source said on Sept. 23.

About 20 activists attended a rally against Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin in front of the Prosecutor General's Office on Sept. 23.

Public joint-stock company Centrenergo has ordered 160,000 tonnes of coal from South Africa from Swiss trader Mercuria, acting head of Centrenergo Oleh Kozemko said at a press conference in Kyiv on Sept. 23.

Many say that Ukraine and Russia now appear to be in a race for survival. Russia is attempting to survive sanctions, and Ukraine is trying to maintain its economy during wartime, and this will continue until one collapses or retreats. Who will be first?

Most photojournalists covering the pro-Russian separatists in Eastern Ukraine work in the Donetsk area, where a small industry of fixers and drivers has developed. Images of the same people in similar scenes are frequently the result.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has pointed out the record number of recruits for the new National Police.

Interior Minister of Ukraine Arsen Avakov has said that the National Guard of Ukraine will be reformed to become a contract based service.

A total of 660,000 tonnes of grain was withdrawn offshore from public joint-stock company State Food-Grain Corporation under the previous governments, Ukrainian Economic Development and Trade Minister Aivaras Abromavicius wrote on his Twitter page on Sept. 22.

Combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine nine times overnight, according to Ukrainian military spokesmen, who said from midnight to 1800 on Sept. 22 illegal armed groups had adhered to the ceasefire.

The cooperation of Ukraine and NATO is aimed at modernizing Ukrainian army, Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk has said.

DONETSK- The political subgroup of the Contact Group on Ukraine resumed its work in Minsk in Wednesday, the press service of self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) negotiator Denis Pushilin has said.

Ukraine needs the opportunities to increase its defense, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said.

MINSKwar - OSCE Special Envoy for Ukraine Martin Sajdik has said that the members of the Trilateral Contact Group on Ukraine failed to reach a consensus on the withdrawal of tanks and weaponry with caliber lower than 100 mm.

UK newspaper details plans to help Ukraine difuse 'dirty bomb'.

MINSK - OSCE Special Envoy for Ukraine Martin Sajdik has said that the International Committee of the Red Cross managed to establish the delivery of humanitarian cargo to both sides of the demarcation line in Donbas on Sept. 22.

Recent negotiations about the release of Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) in Minsk as part of Trilateral Contact Group talks have failed, as Russian-backed militants are seeking to interlink the release with the amnesty of illegal armed formations, according to Ukraine representative of the group's humanitarian subgroup, MP Iryna Gerashchenko.

For most of the last decade, Igor Gladkoborodov worked his way up in Moscow's vibrant high-tech scene, going from web developer to co-founder of an online-video startup that drew $3.5 million in local funding.

The World Bank is expecting consolidation of Ukraine's banking sector as part of measures of the Ukrainian authorities aimed at improve the sustainability and efficiency of the banking system, with the target reduction of the number of operating banks down to 100 in 2016, according to the Bank's website.

Defence secretary says he has not discussed military operations against Islamic State with Russians.

Despite what Vladimir Putin is saying, the United States still staunchly refuses to believe Russia is engaged in a new Cold War—and that the U.S. is losing. But Russia aggressively pushes its own narrative where U.S. leadership is absent. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov seems to be everywhere in recent weeks, speaking several times with his US counterpart and others in the region, selling Russia as a partner for peace and stability when the West is faced with crisis.