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Russian court sentences Pavlo Hryb to six years in prison

14:32 03/22

Thursday results in the occupied territories of Donbass. The highlights

11:00 03/22

Wednesday results in the occupied territories of Donbass. The highlights

11:00 03/21

Most important water supply facilities in Donetsk oblast threatened by power outages

17:34 03/20

Working party to assess damage from "annexation" of Crimea by Ukraine created in Russian State Duma

15:26 03/20

Belarusian fail, or How have Lukashenko's people surrendered coal smugglers from CADLO

03/19/2019 17:23 20

Instead of profit, phenomenal Belarusian "businessmen" got $22.5-26 loss on each ton of coal "re-exported from Russia"...

Five years in occupation. Crimeans told how their lives changed after the "referendum"

03/15/2019 15:57 28

For ordinary hard-working people, pensioners and state employees, who need peace and stability, the life has changed for the better. If they talk about some kind of repressions, you should not break the law or conduct anti-state activities. Eventually, if you do not like to live in the Crimea - leave for Ukraine...

Will Poroshenko pay Kolomoyskyi $3.2 billion compensation for Zelensky?

03/12/2019 12:16 66

This fraud scheme should be considered in the context of the next presidential election in Ukraine, which will be held in less than a month. Perhaps it was at that amount that two oligarchs estimated the winding down of Zelensky's political career…

Power and money. What you need to know about business of main presidential candidates

03/06/2019 17:14 44

Against the background of the candidates listed above, business and income of showman Volodymyr Zelensky do not look serious enough – nevertheless, they do not have a dubious scandalous trail...

"The bridge did not help". How the Kerch Bridge opening affected life in the occupied Crimea

03/01/2019 16:26 49

After the launch of the notorious bridge, even the minimum set of food products has risen in price. This is only official data. Local residents complain in conversations with OstroV that prices have risen by at least one third over the past year...

Metal from "DNR": trade on the black market

02/25/2019 10:22 83

The secret of "business success" is simple: a fantastically cheap cost price. It allows S.Kurchenko to sell the products of the Makiivka and Yenakiieve Iron & Steel Works (and even of the Alchevsk Iron & Steel Works) 30% cheaper than the market value...