SunctionsforMedvedchuk

Wednesday, May 12

In a crackdown on pro-Russian political and business interests, Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova has authorized high treason charges against two Rada members, Viktor Medvedchuk and Taras Kozak. In February, the Kyiv government seized the pair’s three TV stations, a chain of gas stations and oil pipeline. Yesterday Venediktova said that Medvedchuk and Kozak ...

Monday, February 22

Six months after opening, the Orlivka, Ukraine – Isaccea, Romania ferry across the Danube yesterday carried its first bus,

Six months after opening, the Orlivka, Ukraine – Isaccea, Romania ferry across the Danube yesterday carried its first bus, Six months after opening, the Orlivka, Ukraine – Isaccea, Romania ferry across the Danube yesterday carried its first bus, on the Odesa-Varna, Bulgaria route. With coronavirus controls easing, the fer...

Disrupting many families’ winter break vacation plans, restaurants, cafes and entertainment venues close today through Sunday in Chernivtsi, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Zakarpattia regions.

Disrupting many families’ winter break vacation plans, restaurants, cafes and entertainment venues close today through Sunday in Chernivtsi, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Zakarpattia regions. Disrupting many families’ winter break vacation plans, restaurants, cafes and entertainment venues close today through Sunday in Chernivtsi, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Zakarpattia regions. Due to an upsurge...

President Zelenskiy signed a decree Saturday freezing the assets of Ukrainian politician and businessman Viktor Medvedchuk and banning him from doing business in Ukraine for three years.

President Zelenskiy signed a decree Saturday freezing the assets of Ukrainian politician and businessman Viktor Medvedchuk and banning him from doing business in Ukraine for three years. President Zelenskiy signed a decree Saturday freezing the assets of Ukrainian politician and businessman Viktor Medvedchuk and banning him from doing business in Ukraine for three years. The decree al...

Zelenskiy also moved to nationalize

Zelenskiy also moved to nationalize Zelenskiy also moved to nationalize PrykarpatZapadtrans, a Medvechuk-owned company that runs the Ukraine section of a 1,433 km Russia-Belarus-Hungary diesel pipeline. On independence in 1991, this pip...

Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council accused Medvedchuk of “financial terrorism.”

Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council accused Medvedchuk of “financial terrorism.” Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council accused Medvedchuk of “financial terrorism.” In a Friday night briefing to reporters, security council spokesman Alexei Danilov said Medvechuk and three...

The Security Council also charged

The Security Council also charged The Security Council also charged that illegal shipments of coal from occupied Donbas helped fund the three TV channels Kozak owned. In 2016, the Ukrainska Pravda published an investigation alleging t...

Ukraine’s government also put on a seizure list five corporate jets used in the past for flights between Kyiv and Moscow

Ukraine’s government also put on a seizure list five corporate jets used in the past for flights between Kyiv and Moscow Ukraine’s government also put on a seizure list five corporate jets used in the past for flights between Kyiv and Moscow. Scheduled commercial air service between Ukraine and Russia stopped in October...

Medvechuk said Saturday that the measures will not “scare me and prompt me to flee.”

Medvechuk said Saturday that the measures will not “scare me and prompt me to flee.” Medvechuk said Saturday that the measures will not “scare me and prompt me to flee.” In the Rada, he heads the largest opposition group – the Opposition Platform — For Life party. This pro-Russia coal...

The US Embassy in Kyiv

The US Embassy in Kyiv The US Embassy in Kyiv tweeted Saturday afternoon: “We support Ukraine’s efforts to protect its sovereignty and territorial integrity through sanctions. Medvedchuk has been under U.S. sanctions ...

The EU is Ukraine’s largest trading partner, accounting for 41% of all foreign trade last year

The EU is Ukraine’s largest trading partner, accounting for 41% of all foreign trade last year The EU is Ukraine’s largest trading partner, accounting for 41% of all foreign trade last year, Trade Representative Taras Kachka reports on Facebook. Russia and CIS countries play a diminishing role....

Prime Minister Shmygal, fresh from a 2-day trip to Brussels, told the Rada Friday:

Prime Minister Shmygal, fresh from a 2-day trip to Brussels, told the Rada Friday: Prime Minister Shmygal, fresh from a 2-day trip to Brussels, told the Rada Friday: “Already more than 14,000 small and large Ukrainian companies are exporters of our products to the EU. This list will...

To develop Ukraine’s small and medium-sized enterprises, the European Investment Bank is ready to allocate €700 million in loans

To develop Ukraine’s small and medium-sized enterprises, the European Investment Bank is ready to allocate €700 million in loans To develop Ukraine’s small and medium-sized enterprises, the European Investment Bank is ready to allocate €700 million in loans, Prime Minister Shmyhal told the Rada Friday. “Loans with a zero rate &...

Turkey-Ukraine trade held to pre-pandemic levels last year, finishing around $5 billion.

Turkey-Ukraine trade held to pre-pandemic levels last year, finishing around $5 billion. Turkey-Ukraine trade held to pre-pandemic levels last year, finishing around $5 billion. If a Turkey-Ukraine free trade agreement is signed, “we will reach $10 billion very quickly,” Ukraine’s A...

Carrying a 3,700 kg payload, an unmanned Cygnus cargo spacecraft is to dock this morning with the International Space Station.

Carrying a 3,700 kg payload, an unmanned Cygnus cargo spacecraft is to dock this morning with the International Space Station. Carrying a 3,700 kg payload, an unmanned Cygnus cargo spacecraft is to dock this morning with the International Space Station. Ukrainian design and equipment largely built the first – or lower – stage...

As Ukrainians move toward cashless transactions and internet banking, banks closed 11% of bank branches last year, to 7,100,

As Ukrainians move toward cashless transactions and internet banking, banks closed 11% of bank branches last year, to 7,100, As Ukrainians move toward cashless transactions and internet banking, banks closed 11% of bank branches last year, to 7,100, the National Bank of Ukraine reports in its banking sector review. The clos...

Over the next three years, Ukraine’s entire 20,000 km network of roads of ‘national importance’ is to be repaired or rebuilt

Over the next three years, Ukraine’s entire 20,000 km network of roads of ‘national importance’ is to be repaired or rebuilt Over the next three years, Ukraine’s entire 20,000 km network of roads of ‘national importance’ is to be repaired or rebuilt, Infrastructure Minister Vladyslav Krikliy, said yesterday on the ‘Healthy ...

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