All news for 20.06.2018/XNUMX/XNUMX

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) invited the Ukrainian terrorist to stop his hunger strike, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Lawyer Pavel Chikov announced this today in his Telegram channel. “The court [ECHR] invites the applicant (Sentsov - Ed.) to stop his hunger strike,” Chikov said. “The court also requests that detailed information about the current state of health of Oleg Sentsov be provided along with medical documentation by June 27,”...

The state organization “Motor Depot of the State Administration of Affairs (GUD) has ordered tenders for the purchase of passenger cars with an expected cost of 53,89 million hryvnia,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This is stated in the announcement of the State Administration in the Prozorro system. The GUD motor depot plans to purchase two 600 armored Mercedes-Benz S 2018 with an expected cost of 42,42 million hryvnia. Therefore, the cost of one car should be 21 million...

Pope Francis has criticized the Donald Trump administration's policy of separating migrant families. He said that populism cannot be the answer to migration problems in the world, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Reuters reports this. Francis said he supported recent statements by U.S. Catholic bishops who called the practice of separating children from parents “contrary to Catholic values” and “immoral.” "It is not simple,…

Ukraine's reputation as a country for sex tourism is confirmed by materials in foreign tabloids and advertising by international airlines. Alexandra Golub, head of the League for the Defense of Women's Rights, stated this at a press conference in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “If we look at foreign media, The Sun, one of the largest British tabloids, wrote why it is worth coming to Ukraine - because...

Ukraine is famous abroad for its easily accessible girls, and not for its powerful production or intellectual development. This was stated at a press conference in Kiev by People's Deputy of Ukraine of the XNUMXth convocation, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Gender Equality and Non-Discrimination of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on Human Rights, National Minorities and Interethnic Relations Irina Suslova, reports PolitNavigator correspondent. “Ukraine is gradually becoming...

One of the officers of the inspection group of the Joint Forces Operation headquarters, which was busy with the transfer of artillery depots to new position areas, lost a flash drive with classified information. The head of the press service of the DPR Ministry of Defense, Daniil Bezsonov, said this today during a briefing held in Donetsk, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “We are aware of a set of measures being carried out by the command of the occupation forces regarding the transfer of a number of field artillery...

Teachers and students of the university, which “moved” from LPR-controlled Alchevsk, due to Kyiv’s disregarding policy, are forced to return to the “occupied” territories, since it is impossible to survive in the “liberated” ones. Nikolai Fesenko, a representative of Lisichansk Donetsk State Technical University, stated this during the conference, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Employees of the Donetsk State Technical University clone located in Alchevsk (LPR), which Kyiv authorities opened in Ukrainian-controlled Lisichansk, are concerned...

The Ukrainian parliament's consideration of the national security bill has developed into a fierce debate between the parliamentary corps and the presidium, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Svoboda member Yuriy Levchenko expressed outrage at the violation of regulations by the Presidium of the Verkhovna Rada. “I turn to the head of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Andriy Parubiy and remind him that he is the head of the highest legislative body - the Parliament of Ukraine, and not a clerk of the Administration...

Russia is not building up troops on the border with the Baltic countries, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced this today at a visiting military collegium in Sevastopol. “I would like to note that along the line of contact between NATO member states and Russia, including in the Baltic states, we are not increasing the number of troops. The combat capabilities of the Russian army are being increased due to...

The dollar exchange rate in Russia is artificially lowered by the government, which purchases currencies with all additional revenues from the sale of oil and gas. If not for this, the dollar would have cost not 63,5, but 50 rubles, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Finance Minister Anton Siluanov stated this today, speaking at the Federation Council of the Russian Federation. If there were no fiscal rule, then the dollar...