2017

The National Agency of Ukraine on Corruption Prevention requires that declaration entities replace electronic addresses on Russian domains in the register of declarations. This requirement is related to the Poroshenko’s decree imposing sanctions on known Russian companies.

The signing of the Minsk agreements and the continued involvement of representatives of the People's Republics in the peaceful negotiation process will eventually result in the fall of the present Ukrainian regime, which has come to power as a result of the coup d'état. It was stated by the Chairman of the DPR People's Council Denis Pushilin in a live television broadcast of “Time will show” TV programme on the Russian First channel.

Pyotr Poroshenko certainly believes firmly that, enriching at the expense of the Ukrainians, he, by his actions, bears the blessings, in his words, for "his own" people. Only Ukrainian inhabitants pay with ingratitude for such "generosity". The chocolate tycoon had to flee from the dissatisfied crowd, which asked not very convenient questions, to the shouting "Liar!" and "Shame!".

The lack of stated position on the implementation of the Set of Measures and the sabotage of the Minsk negotiating process demonstrate the absolute unwillingness of the Ukrainian side to resolve the conflict peacefully. It was stated by the Chairman of the DPR People’s Council in a live television broadcast on “Russia-1” TV channel.

The DPR and the LPR continue insisting on admission to high-risk facilities located on the territory temporarily controlled by Ukraine for the purpose of conducting inspection works. This was told by the Chairman of the DPR People's Council, the DPR plenipotentiary representative to the negotiations in Minsk Denis Pushilin during the "Theme" programme on the "Union" TV channel.

There are criminalization processes of state structures and society as a whole in Ukraine. This can be seen in the growing number of criminal chronicles in the Ukrainian media. At the same time, law enforcement officials are often involved in crimes.

On May 18, according to the agenda of the plenary meeting, deputies considered draft decrees on awarding of the People's Council of the Donetsk People's Republic with a Badge and Certificate of Honour. The meeting was attended by 82 deputies from the "Donetsk Republic" and "Free Donbass" parties.

In Ukraine, once again there was a rise in tariffs for utility services. Since May 12, 2017, cold water and sanitation tariffs have been raised. Naturally, the rise in price occurred directly during the holidays, apparently, it was done during the time when Ukrainians' attention was occupied with completely different news. In particular, with provocations and clashes taking place in the cities of Ukraine during the celebration of 9 May.

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has imposed fines for usage of St. George Ribbon. In the present times, the Ukrainian people would better be very careful to use a combination of orange and black colors, because right ‘patriots’ may even identify a bumblebee on your shoulder as a prohibited symbol.

Decree No. 133/2017 on the imposition of sanctions against natural and legal persons has been posted on the website of the President of Ukraine today. As indicated therein, today, that is, from the day of publication, it comes into force. I am in the sanctions list too, so I decided to comment on this Poroshenko’s gimmick.