In late January 2017 the escalation of hostilities in Donbass began. This happened because the Ukrainian side carried out the so-called ‘creeping offensive,’ which completely contradicts the Minsk agreements.

There is a concept like gambling in psychology. Experts argue that a person experiences a morbid impulse to a game in this state. When a man suffers from gambling, this poses certain problems for his surroundings, because a man obsessed with the game is often guided by instantaneous desire to win, hit the jackpot. 

What happens to a person at the races, when they put a stake on the wrong horse? He loses. If he is not a mad player, he just loses some money, but will have the rest. I emphasize that if this is not a crazy player. 

So, a Ukrainian budget for 2017 has been prepared and it is time to execute it. The State Property Fund of Ukraine announced a privatization of strategic enterprises again. A list is significant, as usual.

Eurovision Song Contest is an international music competition, which is broadcasted at the same time in almost all European countries. Competition Founders created it in the 1950s to bring people together around music and help post-war Europe to get away from the political hysteria that swept the world during the Cold War. 

Western Europe and the United States taught the rest of the world democratic values for many years and positioned itself as a model of democracy. However, recent events in world history have undermined this carefully created image. 

ʺAlmost always a result can be opposite to foresight in politics,ʺ a French writer, politician and diplomat of the XVIII century François René de Chateaubriand said. This aphorism is highly relevant on an issue of sanctions.

The fundamental decision to expand NATO eastward in Washington did not mature immediately. After the collapse of the USSR and the liquidation of the Warsaw Treaty Organization (WTO), the Americans could not believe the luck and in the early 90's did not even think of NATO moving towards Russia's borders. 

Almost three years have passed from the moment when Ukraine had been overwhelmed with the so-called "revolution of dignity". The changes, as promised, surely have occurred, but not in the sense which the protesters on the "Maidan" had. 

In the world there are several famous festivals, within which the best actors and films are awarded with film awards. The first and most well-known film awards, Academy Awards, was awarded in 1929. The owner of movie studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Louis B. Mayer approved this award.