Ukraine
UK Foreign Minister Cameron meets with former US President Trump to appeal for aid to Ukraine
UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron met with former US President Donald Trump on April 9 and told him that US continued support of Ukraine was “in US interests,” Ukrayinska Pravda reports.
French billionaire to acquire Ukrainian telecom businesses in one of country’s largest acquisitions
French billionaire Xavier Niel's investment company, NJJ Capital, is poised to make one of the largest acquisitions in Ukraine's history, with plans to acquire two major telecom businesses in the war-torn country.
The ruble overtakes the yuan as Russia's main currency for settling international trade deals
The ruble is rising to become the main currency for settling Russia’s foreign trade payments, reducing the role of the Chinese yuan in the process, the Central Bank of Russia reported on April 8.
Crocus attackers say in interrogation videos they were heading to Ukraine
The four men accused by Moscow of being behind March’s deadly terrorist attack on the Crocus City Hall music venue have said they were promised safe passage to Ukraine and a financial award there.
Profits of Coca Cola’s Russian division quadruple, despite promise to pull out
Coca-Cola promised to pull out of Russia, but all it has done is drop its famous brand for a new local one and moved ownership to a Russia-based operating company
Slovak heritage institution co-operates with Russian counterpart headed by spy chief
Matica slovenska continues to cooperate with Russian Historical Society headed by Sergey Naryshkin, investigative website reports.
Turkey cancels visa-free travel for Tajiks as Tajikistan rejects Kremlin’s claims Ukraine recruits mercenaries in Dushanbe
Moscow’s assertion has no basis in fact, says Tajik foreign ministry.
Ukraine recruiting war mercenaries from Tajikistan, Russia’s security council chief reported as saying
Nikolai Patrushev said to have claimed Kyiv is running the recruitment via an operation at its embassy in Dushanbe.
Nato chief proposes $100bn fund to aid Ukraine
Up to now voluntary Western support for Ukraine has been co-ordinated through the Ramstein group headed by the US.
CENUSA: Geopolitics prevails in the EU accession agenda for Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova
The destabilisation of Eastern Europe created a paradigm shift in terms of EU enlargement.
Czech spy agency says pro-Kremlin media ring targets European Parliament elections in several states
Far-right politicians across the EU have been promoted on the Voice of Europe media platform ahead of the European Parliament elections.
Putin calls up 150,000 more soldiers
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed his annual spring conscription decree, calling up a new swathe of young Russians for compulsory military service.
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Ukraine's banking sector to have another strong year
Ukraine’s banking sector had a strong year in 2023, ending with a cumulative UAH85.5bn profit, despite taking a UAH44bn hit in December when the banks were forced to pay a 50% one-off tax on profits.
Poland and Ukraine inch closer to agri trade deal
Trade dispute has sparked farmer protests in Poland and strained bilateral relations.
EU declines to transfer €5bn from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine
The EU has opted against transferring €5bn to Ukraine from the proceeds derived from frozen assets of the Russian Federation, a decision likely to stoke controversy amidst heightened tensions between the EU and Russia.
Sanctioned sister of billionaire Usmanov waives right to benefit from family trusts
The sanctioned sister of Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov has voluntarily and irrevocably waived her right to receive benefits from two family trusts set up years ago by the Uzbek-born tycoon in a bid to have sanctions on her lifted.
COMMENT: Overheating in Russia and Turkey, but CEE recovering
The economies of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), which experienced a period of stagnation last year, are poised for a modest revival in 2024, but both the Russian and Turkish economies are already overheating.
EU tariffs on Russian grain imports to the EU will have little impact
The introduction on high tariffs on the import of Russian grain to the EU will have virtually no impact, as the volume of Russian grain arriving in the EU is so small and is not worth a lot of money.
THE BELL: Russians have never lived as well as they do today
Russian President Vladimir Putin would have probably won the elections even if they had been free and fair, as Russians have never lived as well as they do today. The economy would have powered Putin to victory.
Bulgaria moves closer to deal on selling Russian-made reactors to Ukraine
Reactors originally intended for Belene NPP project now likely to sold to Ukraine to compensate for loss of Zaporizhzhia NPP to Russia.