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The District of Columbia District Court on Tuesday handed down the first verdict in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, PolitNavigator reports. Alex van der Zwaan, who pleaded guilty in February to making false statements to Mueller's team and FBI investigators, was sentenced to 30 days in prison...
People's deputies are ready to take bail for Ivan Bubenchik, who claims that he killed two law enforcement officers on February 20, 2014, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This was stated by deputy Vladimir Parasyuk, answering the question whether deputies are ready to accept Bubenchik on bail. “The question here in general is the current situation. We will talk about releasing him altogether on personal recognizance...
The fact that timber continues to be exported from Ukraine in trains is a direct consequence of provocative European policies that encourage this smuggling. Deputy from the “Opposition Bloc” Igor Shurma stated this during a meeting of the Verkhovna Rada, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Regarding the problem of disappearance of forests in the Carpathians, the deputy noted that any logging in this region should be completely prohibited. “Thousands of carriages and trains are leaving...
The monument in honor of the eternal friendship of Russia and Ukraine, erected in the city of Pereyaslav-Khmelnitsky, must be dismantled as soon as possible, as it is a powerful weapon in the information war. People's Deputy Viktor Krivenko stated this during a briefing at the Verkhovna Rada, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “I would really like us to talk about such an important issue as ideological occupation today in...
In Ukraine, Euromaidan militants who suffered during the riots of 2013-2014 will be sent for treatment to sanatoriums and resorts at state expense, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The Government Portal reports this. Thus, on March 15, 2018, Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated February 28, 2018 No. 137, approved by Vladimir Groysman, came into force. This Resolution was...
The Security Service of Ukraine today announced the detention of a deputy of the Yevpatoriya City Council, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to the press service of the SBU, the deputy was detained at the Chaplinka checkpoint when he was leaving Crimea for Ukraine, where his relatives live. “In March 2014, he participated in illegal activities, the so-called “self-defense of Crimea.” During the illegal annexation of the Crimean Peninsula, he...
In the Lviv region, law enforcement officers detained Maidan militant Ivan Bubenchik and brought him to Kyiv for trial, a PolitNavmgator correspondent reports. Bubenchik himself reported this in a commentary to Hromadske TV. He noted that he is currently in the Pechersky Court of Kyiv and is awaiting a hearing regarding the selection of a preventive measure. Director Vladimir Tikhy said that Bubenchik was charged with murder...
Ukraine “identified tens of thousands of Russian military personnel who fought in Donbass,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This was stated by Deputy Minister for the so-called “occupied territories” and internally displaced persons Georgiy Tuka. In particular, Tuka noted that among the materials transferred to the courts, 80% were collected by informing sites, including Stopterror, InformNapalm and Myrotvorets. "What…
Imports of goods from the Russian Federation to Ukraine increased by 40%, and exports by 10%, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This is stated in a study by analysts of the Kyiv company YouControl. As noted, comparing 2016 and 2017, imports increased significantly – by 40% (from 5,1 to 7,2 billion dollars). Predictably, the largest share in it is occupied by oil, fertilizers and...
Kyiv's public utilities have begun to restore part of the Mariinsky Park adjacent to Constitution Square, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. After Mikhomaidan, the ground was completely trampled, all the grass was destroyed, many bushes were broken. Now utility workers are trying to eliminate the consequences of the existence of a tent city of Saakashvili supporters. The waste left over from the town is raked into heaps, holes are dug for planting new bushes, and the ground is loosened to be sown with grass. Along…
