As a person immersed in the negotiation process, I can say with certainty that the place of negotiations is secondary.

The main university of Ukraine - the Kiev National Taras Shevchenko University - transferred students to distance learning until the spring due to lack of funds for payment for heat and electricity. This is reported by the media of the country "energy-independent" from Russia.

According to the Stockholm Arbitration Court’s decision, “Naftogaz of Ukraine” will resume purchasing gas in Russia. Petro Poroshenko called this decision of the Stockholm Arbitration Court a historical victory, as a result of which Ukraine gained energy independence.

A story of Ukrainian migrant worker, who lost part of her arm because a laundry director did not allow rescuers to saw a washing machine, in the mechanism of which her limb was stuck, blew up the Ukrainian mass media

The Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Kirilenko proposed to put Ukrainian artists, who toured in the Russian Federation, in a special register, as well as to introduce for them an additional military fee.

Is there any chance of defeating corruption in Ukraine? I think no. Apparently, even the European Union has already understood this and began to openly talk about the refusal to allocate financial assistance to Ukraine. In particular, in the European Union, the refusal to allocate €600 million to Ukraine was explained by the fact that the Ukrainian authorities failed to fulfil four necessary conditions out of 21 for receiving European economic…

The General Statistics Office in the Donetsk region published data on the socio-economic situation in the Donetsk region and Ukraine. According to the data, the population’s debts to the state for utility services and debts to the population on wages in the territory of Donbass, which is temporarily controlled by Ukraine, however, as well as throughout Ukraine, have increased.

Ukraine summed up the economic results of the year in the agro-industrial complex, which proved to be disappointing for the ‘future great agrarian empire’. 

Before the end of 2018, the Verkhovna Rada should abolish two bans at once - concerning the gambling business and the sale of agricultural land, the Ukrainian media reported. These IMF requirements are necessary (not the only ones!) to provide Ukraine with the next tranches.

Recently, the most popular tool of the Ukrainian government has become a saw. Everything that comes to hand: factories and plants, ships and planes (as happened with the aircraft building concern Antonov) are sawed and sold.