Ukrainian lawmakers Sergey Vysotsky, Ihor Lapin and Andriy Levus rallied protesters yesterday in Kyiv, Lviv, Ternopil, Rivne, Kovel and Lutsk to blockade warehouses allegedly owned by Russia’s largest tobacco distributor, reported the Kyiv Post, an OCCRP partner.
KYIV (Sputnik) — On Monday, Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States Valeriy Chaly said that Kyiv expected to receive the first 2016 military deliveries from the United States in the coming months.
With no reconciliation in sight, Ukraine said Wednesday it would expand the list of banned Russian products as part of a tit-for-tat trade war that has escalated since 2014, Reuters reported. A Ukrainian ban on the import of Russian food, alcohol and dairy products went into effect Sunday in response to a Russian embargo on Ukrainian goods.
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MOSCOW, January 13 (RAPSI) – A court in Kyiv has granted a motion to question Russian officials and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in a case over ongoing conflict in Ukraine, TASS reported on Wednesday, citing human rights activist Stanislav Batrin who brought the legal action.
Not so long ago, Russia could bend Ukraine to its will by threatening to cut off natural gas supplies. Now, Russia is offering discounts, but Ukraine is not interested because it’s getting plenty of gas in Europe. This change reflects developments in the European gas market that don’t augur well for one of Russia’s biggest sources of export revenue.
