Russian Strikes in Syria Leave Kyiv Desperate to Organize Own Air Defenses
The month and a half long Russian operation against Islamist terrorists in Syria seems to have made quite the impression on Kyiv.
The month and a half long Russian operation against Islamist terrorists in Syria seems to have made quite the impression on Kyiv.
KYIV (Sputnik) – The European Union has informed Kyiv that all of the formal procedures for a free trade zone have been completed and will go into force January 1, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Tuesday. (More …)
The Night of Remembrance is planned to take place at Maidan Nezalezhnosti in Kyiv on November 28.
The feminist art exhibition “What Is Feminine in Me?” will focus on the “feminine” in the society. We live today in a world where political equality of sexes has been achieved, despite real or imaginary differences between them. This implies the need for a comprehensive rethinking of the phenomena of discrimination as well as analysis of constructs “masculine” and “feminine.” Speaking of the “feminine,” it is important to give voice to women themselves. The purpose of the exhibition, as described by pro.kyiv.ua website, is to present works of contemporary art, which express their female creators’ perspectives on the existence of women both here and now and in the past, gender roles, and also female corporeality, practices, and rituals of life.
In December 2013, the presidents of Russian Federation and Ukraine, Vladimir Putin and Viktor Yanukovych agreed that Moscow would grant Kyiv a credit worth $ 15 billion through the placement of Ukrainian securities.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is giving investors a reason to buy Ukrainian bonds again.
Prices jumped yesterday after Putin, softening his stance over the $3 billion Ukraine owes his country, said Russia is prepared to change the payment terms, giving the government in Kyiv until 2018 to settle the debt, which still officially comes due next month. After refusing for months to negotiate with Ukraine as it restructured $18 billion of separate debt with private investors, Putin’s overture reduces the risks that would come with a prolonged court battle, which Russia had been threatening, according to NN Investment Partners in The Hague.
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