Fesenko: Moscow’s ban on sweets is just the beginning of trade wars

News / 31 July 2013 | 16:40

In the near future, “trade wars” with Russia may intensify, head of the Penta Center for Applied Political Studies Volodymyr Fesenko said during the roundtable, ForUm correspondent reports.

According to the expert, the ban on supply of the domestic production of Roshen is a signal for other Ukrainian businessmen working in Russia.

“There are reasons to believe that the new protective measures against our confectionery products and pipes are just the beginning of the next wave of trade wars. And the motivation is not economic but political,” the expert said.

He added that Moscow’s trade wars and closing of the market for domestic goods can have two purposes, including failure to sign the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union and the concealment of inefficient development of the Customs Union.

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FM: Ukrainian fisherman won’t be arrested in Russia

News / 31 July 2013 | 16:19

Ukrainian fisherman, who survived the accident in the Sea of Azov, will not be arrested in Russia, deputy director of the information policy department of the Foreign Ministry of Ukraine Olena Vashenko told ForUm correspondent.

According to her, a criminal case under the Article 256 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Illegal fishing” was initiated against Oleksandr Fedorovych.

“The Foreign Ministry is working with its Russian colleagues on the issue of return of Oleksandr Fedorovych home, where he could continue treatment. However, according to our information, he won’t be taken into custody,” Vashenko said. 

She also noted that, according to information received by the Consulate General of Ukraine in Rostov-on-Don from the head doctor of the central district hospital in Elsk, the treatment of our compatriot will soon end.

“The patient feels well, surgical interventions have produced positive results, which gives reason to believe that there is no threat to his life and health. We would like to emphasize that all medical services to Fedorovych have been free of charge and Russian doctors are taking all the measures necessary to recover,” Vashenko added.

She also expressed the hope that in the near future Fedorovych will return to Ukraine.

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Ukrainian peacekeepers make first flight in Côte d’Ivoire

News / 31 July 2013 | 16:03

Crews of Ukrainian helicopter detachment of the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire at Mi-24 made the first flight after the relocation to the country, the press service of the Defense Ministry reports.

Our compatriots, showing the presence of peacekeeping forces, completed overflight over the border areas and in remote areas, covered with jungle and mountains. The total length of the route was 330 km.

After performing the flight, inspectors from the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire certified transport and combat helicopters, which confirmed the readiness of Ukrainian troops to carry out tasks as directed.

“During the work of the inspectors also checked the status of weapons, special motor cars, property, equipment and medical equipment,” senior deputy commander of the 56th separate helicopter detachment of Special Aviation Group Lieutenant Colonel Oleksandr Chaplynsky informed.

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Klitschko: I let my fists do the talking only inside the ring

News / 31 July 2013 | 15:45

World heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko has said he was surprised to learn about his alleged brawl with British boxer Dereck Chisora and said that didn’t resort to physical violence outside the boxing ring.

“I’m quite shocked by the recent British media stories about an alleged brawl between myself and Dereck Chisora. I am a professional prizefighter, and let my fists do the talking only inside the ring. I don’t want to comment on Chisora’s psychological issues,” reads a statement of the Ukrainian boxer published on the official web site of the Klitschko brothers on Wednesday.

British media earlier reported that Chisora confronted Klitschko in a nightclub on the Spanish island of Ibitza on July 28, but the two boxers were pulled apart by bouncers soon after.

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Rospotrebnadzor has no claims to Roshen factory in Russia

News / 31 July 2013 | 15:20

The Russian Federal Service for Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor) has no claims to sweets of Roshen, which are produced in Lipetsk, the chief state sanitary doctor of the Russian Federation Gennady Onishchenko stated.

“We have one factory (of Roshen) – in Lipetsk. We have no claims to it so far,” he told a briefing in Moscow

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Ustenko: Moscow’s ban on import of sweets politically motivated

News / 31 July 2013 | 14:36

Russia’s ban on the supply of confectionery products from Ukraine is rather political than economical issue, executive director of the International Fund Blazer Oleh Ustenko said during a roundtable, ForUm correspondent reports.

According to the expert, Moscow is trying to show that Ukraine depends rather strongly on the Russian market and the Customs Union.

He admitted that the ban on the import of domestic sweets was lobbied by the Russian confectioners, as imported products dominate on the Russian market.

According to him, Kyiv takes important steps towards the Eurasian integration. “It is immutable and important external partner, and it is necessary to conduct a balanced constructive dialogue,” he concluded.

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Melnyk to be taken to court by force

News / 31 July 2013 | 14:02

Rector of the National University of State Tax Service of Ukraine Petro Melnyk, suspected of bribery, will be taken to court by force. This decision was made by investigating judge of Pechersk district court in Kyiv Maria Pylaeva, ForUm correspondent reports.

She said that decision was made to take Melnyk to Court for tomorrow’s meeting, which begins at 10.00 a.m. by force.

According to Pylaeva, the court will consider his remand in custody.

As reported, Melnyk was arrested on July 27 by employees of the general directorate of internal security of the Incomes and Fees Ministry and police officers.

According to lawyers, their client has hypertensive crisis.

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Hryschenko leaves for Libya to protect rights of Ukrainians

News / 31 July 2013 | 13:34

Ukrainian deputy Prime Minister Kostiantyn Hryschenko has left on a working visit to Libya to establish a constructive bilateral dialogue, the minister’s press service reported.

“Today, on July 31, on the instructions of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, Kostiantyn Hryschenko left on a working visit to Tripoli,” the press service informed.

He said that the Ukrainian deputy Prime Minister was to meet with the leadership of Libya’s legislature, the General National Congress and the country’s government and Foreign Ministry, Interfax-Ukraine informed.

“Hryschenko’s visit is the first visit of such level to Libya since 2011 and is dictated by the need to establish and strengthen a constructive dialogue with the Libyan authorities,” the deputy Prime Minister’s spokesman Oleksandr Dykusarov said.

According to him, the deputy Premier plans to discuss the topical issues of bilateral cooperation in trade, economic, humanitarian and other areas.

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