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Fitch Affirms Ukraines Long-Term Foreign Currency Rating at CC
MOSCOW, LONDON (Sputnik) – According a Fitch press release, “the issue ratings on Ukraine’s senior unsecured foreign and local currency bonds have also been affirmed at ‘CC’ and … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
Ukraine collars criminals trying to sell uranium-238 in western region amid ‘dirty bomb’ fears
Ukraine’s security service said on Wednesday it had seized a small quantity of what appeared to be nonfissile uranium in a peaceful western region of the war-torn former Soviet state. The State Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said a group of criminals had been trying to sell the uranium-238 isotope — common in nature and […] The post...
IMF Says Western Sanctions Could Cut 9 off Russias GDP
MOSCOW – Sanctions linked to the Ukraine crisis could end up costing Russia 9 percent of its gross domestic product, the International Monetary Fund said on Monday. Russia’s economy is showing … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
Japan, Italy leaders eye Ukraine, maritime security
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IMF approves loan disbursement for Ukraine
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said that its executive board approved $1.7 billion of loan disbursement to Ukraine. The disbursement is part of the IMF’s four-year financial assistance … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
US Adds to Russian Ukrainian Sanctions
WASHINGTON – The United States imposed further Russia- and Ukraine-related sanctions on Thursday, adding associates of a billionaire Russian gas trader, Crimean port operators and former Ukrainian … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
Japan to send gov’t rep to OSCE monitoring cease-fire in Ukraine
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Russia vetoes U.N. Security Council proposal on MH17 tribunal
Russia on Wednesday vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution that would set up an international criminal court to prosecute those responsible for shooting down a Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine a year ago. The foreign ministers of the Netherlands, Australia and Ukraine attended a meeting over the downing that killed all 298 people on board...
Ukraine Wants to Use US Guarantees to Borrow $1B in November
KYIV, UKRAINE – Heavily indebted Ukraine may borrow $1 billion in November via a new sale of U.S.-backed bonds, part of a broader international support package Kyiv expects to receive by the end of … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
Right-wingers gather to protest Ukraine government of Petroshenko
Hundreds of Ukrainian right-wingers were rallying in Kiev on Tuesday to protest against government policies in the wake of a deadly stand-off between radical nationalists and police in the country’s west. The radical Right Sector group was one of the most militant factions in the massive protests in Ukraine’s capital that prompted...
