The purchasing of Russian hydrocarbons, mainly by Western countries, was a nice bonus to what had been the actual gradual integration of Russia into the global community. Russia was gradually sliding towards the model of being a Big Eight resource colony, yet it had access to the most advanced technologies and global capital...
A militant artillery group is continuing to attack the positions of Ukrainian troops in the area of Shyrokino near the city of Mariupol, according to head of the Information Resistance group and MP Dmytro Tymchuk. REUTERS "The artillery group has four units of fire – two howitzers, one multiple rocket launch system,...
The National Bank of Ukraine at 1400 on Monday set the hryvnia exchange rate at UAH 28.3481 to the dollar, or 49 kopiykas lower than the last historic low rate of UAH 27.8585 set by the NBU on Friday, February 20, according to the official Web site of the National Bank of Ukraine. Photo from profi-forex.org Since the...
Ukrainian military vehicles are reported to be on the move. Armoured personnel carriers and trucks pulling tanks have been seen on a road linking the government controlled citiy of Artemivsk and Debaltseve, which the separatists took last week. Both sides agreed on Sunday that they would begin pulling back their weapons from...