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Govt officials will not submit declarations of expenditures – Kremlin aide

RUSSIA-OFFICIALS-EXPENDITURES-DECLARATIONS GORKI, Moscow region. March 13 (Interfax) – After the law on expenditures of government officials in Russia takes effect, officials will not have to submit declarations of …

Rights activists consider women arrested for performance in cathedral "prisoners of conscience"

RUSSIA-FEMINISTS-RIGHTS-ACTIVISTS MOSCOW. March 13 (Interfax) – Several prominent Russian human rights activists and public figures called for releasing two members of the feminist punk group Pussy Riot from …

Legitimacy of incumbent authorities in Russia undermined because of vote-rigging – presidential human rights council member

RUSSIA-ELECTIONS-LEGITIMACY-OPINION MOSCOW. March 13 (Interfax) – A significant number of Russians consider the outcomes of the recent presidential elections illegitimate because of the authorities’ formal approach toward irregularities …

Tymoshenko’s lawyer denies that she demands treatment at German clinic

UKRAINE-TYMOSHENKO-TREATMENT-DENIAL KYIV. March 13 (Interfax) – The Ukrainian State Penitentiary Service’s statement that former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko demanded that she be provided with medical treatment in Germany …

Kyiv hopes to initial Association Agreement with EU in March, Brussels refrains from setting date

UKRAINE-EU-AGREEMENT-INITIALING BRUSSELS/KYIV. March 13 (Interfax) – Brussels is urging Ukraine not to speculate on the possible date for initialing the Association Agreement until the negotiating process within the …

Ukrainian central bank’s official forex rate changes

UKRAINE-CENTRAL-FOREX-RATE-CHANGES Rate13/03/1214/03/12Change, % Official exchange rate of the hryvnia to the US dollar (UAH/$)7.98607.9850-0.013 Official exchange rate of the hryvnia to EURO (UAH/EUR1)10.47683310.426015-0.485 Official exchange rat…

Russian nuclear fuel producer may start commercial supplies to Western reactors in 2018-2019

RUSSIA-NUCLEAR-FUEL-EUROPE MOSCOW. March 13 (Interfax) – The Russian nuclear fuel producer TVEL incorporated in the state corporation Rosatom will supply first experimental Western-design nuclear fuel assemblies TVS-K to …

Creditors may demand early repayment of foreign loans by Ukraine

UKRAINE-IMF-LOANS-OPINION Kyiv, March 13 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Ukrainian Finance Minister Yuriy Kolobov’s visit to Washington (the United States) to negotiate the restructuring of Ukraine’s debt to the International Monetary …

Kolesnikov proposes that Skoda launch train production in Ukraine

UKRAINE-SKODA-PRODUCTION Prague, March 13 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Vice Premier and Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Borys Kolesnikov has proposed that Czech-based company Skoda Vagonka launch train production in Ukraine. …

Kolesnikov considers it possible in three years to launch high-speed rail link between Kyiv and regional centers

UKRAINE-RAIL-CONNECTION Prague, March 13 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Vice Premier and Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Borys Kolesnikov has said that it is possible within three years to set up …

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