All news for 29.08.2018/XNUMX/XNUMX

Former deputy head of the administration of ex-president Viktor Yanukovych, lawyer Andrei Portnov wrote on Facebook that he received control of the NewsOne TV channel. “I inform you that the day before yesterday in Vienna I signed an agreement on the management of the NewsOne TV channel,” a PolitNavigator correspondent quotes Portnov. According to Portnov’s message, the owner of 100% of the company’s authorized capital, Vladimir Muraev (father of People’s Deputy Yevgeny Muraev), transferred the TV channel to him for management for a period...

Lawyers for People's Deputy of Ukraine Nadezhda Savchenko asked the Shevchenkovsky District Court of Kyiv to change her measure of restraint from detention to house arrest. This was reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent with reference to UNN. Lawyers are asking to replace the stay in custody with something “softer,” for example, “to house arrest using an electronic means of monitoring.” Several dozen statements were also submitted to the court...

The legendary Russian concern Kalashnikov presented a new smoothbore carbine TG3, which looks like a Dragunov sniper rifle. This was reported by PolitNavigator with reference to Reedus. The length of the new carbine is 122,5 centimeters, the weight with a loaded magazine is 3,9 kilograms, and the magazine holds 5 rounds of 9,62 caliber. In addition, it is possible to install an optical sight on a domestic design. Earlier on the forum...

Latvian soldiers take the oath to the anthem of the Waffen SS Legion. This was reported by Ridus https://www.ridus.ru/news/282741, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. A video of new recruits taking the oath to the Nazi military anthem with the participation of the Latvian Minister of Defense was published on social networks. According to Latvian anti-fascist Janis Kuzins, such antics are not the first time in the country. “At the dance festival in the presence of all the ambassadors, including the ambassador...

The United States filed a lawsuit against Russia at the World Trade Organization. This was reported by Reedus, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The American authorities are unhappy that Moscow has introduced duties on the import of a number of goods from the United States. According to the procedure, consultations between countries should now begin. Official Washington argued its position by saying that Russia applies these duties only to the United States...

Representatives of Ukraine will take part in the funeral ceremony of US Senator John McCain, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports citing Radio Liberty. The Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States, Valery Chaly, announced that Ukrainians will fly to the United States for the funeral of the American “hawk.” “Protocol issues are being resolved now,” says Chaly. – It is obvious that there will be representatives from Ukraine, there cannot but be...

Italian police arrested two Ukrainian citizens for illegally transporting migrants, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports citing UNIAN. Among the violations of which the Ukrainians are accused is the transportation of 44 Afghan citizens, including 12 children, from Turkey to Italy. The illegal migrants were transported on a sailing ship that arrived in Sicily and moored near Noto. In just the last...

In the first half of 2018, the majority of direct investment (equity capital) in Ukraine came from the Russian Federation, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent with reference to UNN. As data from the State Statistics Service show, the figure for investments from the Russian Federation reaches $436 million or 34,6% of total revenues. The Ukrainian State Statistics Service notes that in just January-June, direct...

A new car on the Cortezh platform was presented at the Crocus Expo exhibition center in Moscow. The presentation took place within the framework of the Moscow International Automobile Salon "MIAS'2018", a PolitNavigator correspondent reports with reference to Reedus. Visitors to the exhibition were able to take a close look at the car of the Russian Aurus brand, the Senate sedan, which has been carrying the President of the Russian Federation for several months, but was not officially presented. Besides,…

New information about the income of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko appeared in the Unified Register of Declarations on Tuesday, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports with reference to Capital.ua. Poroshenko declared dividends from PJSC “Closed non-diversified corporate investment fund “Prime Assets Capital” in the amount of 31 million hryvnia – or $777 million. A couple of months earlier, Poroshenko had already declared over 1,1 million...