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Defense Ministry to preserve material incentives for contract servicemen

RUSSIA-ARMY-INCENTIVES-ORDER MOSCOW. March 26 (Interfax-AVN) – The Defense Ministry will keep material incentives for contract servicemen, chief of the ministry’s Main Department for Personnel Sergei Chvarkov told Ekho …

Federation Council, Defense Ministry draft changes to conscription law

RUSSIA-PARLIAMENT-ARMY-CONSCRIPTION MOSCOW. March 26 (Interfax-AVN) – The Federation Council in cooperation with the Defense Ministry has drafted a package of bills aimed at cardinally changing the conscription procedure …

No problems with Euro 2012 tickets sales in Ukraine, says Lubkivsky

UKRAINE-EURO-TICKETS Kyiv, March 26 (Interfax-Ukraine) – UEFA Euro 2012 Tournament Director in Ukraine Markiyan Lubkivsky has said that Ukraine will have no problems with the occupancy of its …

Ukrainian central bank’s official forex rate changes

UKRAINE-CENTRAL-BANK-FOREX-RATE-CHANGES Rate26/03/1227/03/12Change, % Official exchange rate of the hryvnia to the US dollar (UAH/$)7.98577.9860+0.004 Official exchange rate of the hryvnia to EURO (UAH/EUR1)10.57466410.602214+0.261 Official exchang…

Moscow against curbs on Russia-Belarus air service

RUSSIA-ROSAVIATSIA-BELARUS MOSCOW. March 26 (Interfax) – Russian air transport agency Rosaviatsia has confirmed that it will seek to lift all curbs on air service between Russia and Belarus …

Khodorkovsky shows interest in growing protest activity; mother hopes for swift release

RUSSIA-KHODORKOVSKY-RELEASE-OPINION Moscow, March 26 (Interfax) – The release of ex-Yukos chief Mikhail Khodorkovsky will depend on how active civil society will be, said his mother Marina Khodorkovskaya. “I …

Gorbachev has no right to advise president-elect – United Russia member

RUSSIA-PARTY-GORBACHEV-RESPONSE MOSCOW. March 26 (Interfax) – The leadership of the United Russia party has slammed the latest remarks by ex-USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev, who, in an interview with …

Tigipko denies rumors about change of Pension Fund’s head

UKRAINE-TIGIPKO-PERSONNEL Kyiv, March 26 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The government is not planning any change in the management of the Pension Fund of Ukraine, the Social Policy Ministry’s press service …

Re-attestation in police makes no sense – lawmaker

RUSSIA-DEPUTY-MINISTRY-ATTESTATION MOSCOW. March 26 (Interfax) – Vladimir Vasilyev, a member of the State Duma Security Committee, opposes a re-attestation in police. “An attestation is a formal procedure… We …

Experts of Customs Union and Ukraine to meet in Kyiv on March 29-30, says Azarov

UKRAINE-CUSTOMS-UNION-EXPERTS-MEETING Kyiv, March 26 (Interfax-Ukraine) – A working group of experts of Ukraine and the Customs Union will meet in Kyiv on March 29-30 to agree technical regulations, …

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