Новости за 16.05.2017

Major Internet providers in Ukraine on May 16 held an informal discussion of President Petro Poroshenko’s decree blocking access to a number of Internet-resources and concluded that they need additional explanations from the authorities, an informed source told Interfax. “So far most agree that they need to wait for an additional regulatory document,” the source […]

The Ukrainian side is ready to open Antonov company centre in Malta. President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said that during his meeting with his counterpart Maria-Louise Coleiro Preca on May 16. Read more here. 

Defense Minister of Ukraine Stepan Poltorak and Federal Minister of Defense of the Federal Republic of Germany Ursula von der Leyen have held official talks on prospects for stepping up cooperation at all levels. “It is important for us to feel support and continue joint work to counter external threats and challenges. I hope our […]

Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has called on Israel to ease Ukrainian farm produce access to its market. This issue was on the agenda of Groysman’s meeting with Israel’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Uri Ariel during his official visit to Israel, the Ukrainian Cabinet’s press service reported. “Volodymyr Groysman urged Israel to further […]

The ban on Russian social networks in Ukraine is not an infringement on the freedom of speech, the Ukrainian National Defense and Security Council (NDSC) Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov has said. “I understand that in this case there will be people yelling about an infringement on the freedom of speech. But there is no infringement on […]

The Ministry of Information Policy of Ukraine in a comment issued May 15 declared that social networks VKontakte and Odnoklassniki as well as Yandex and Mail.ru online services have long been used by Russian security forces s as an instrument in Russia’s hybrid war. Read more here. 

Facebook Inc’s (FB.O) Instagram has souped up its camera with quirky face-tracking filters, adding another feature similar to one offered by social media rival Snap Inc’s (SNAP.N) Snapchat. Instagram users will now be able to choose from eight filters including koala ears that move and twitch as well as math equations that spin to create […]

Plants, branches of public joint-stock company Ukrzaliznytsia, are increasing the pace of building gondola cars, in particular, Darnytsia wagon repair plant has enough funds and parts to build around 1,000 gondola cars by the end of 2017. Head of the wagon department at Ukrzaliznytsia Oleh Motin told Interfax-Ukraine that in May, Darnytsia wagon repair plant […]

Banning the Russian media and social networks in Ukraine is something worth condemning, Reporters Sans Frontieres said as quoted by DW. Christian Mihr, the Director of the organization’s office in Germany commented on the most recent decision by the Ukrainian government. Read more here. 

Facing heavy criticism over his handling of highly classified information, U.S. President Donald Trump defended having shared “facts” with senior Russian officials, saying on May 16 he had an “absolute right” to do so and had been trying to get Moscow to be more active in combating Islamic State militants. Trump’s acknowledgement that he had […]

The decree of the president, which enacts the decision of the National Defense and Security Council of Ukraine (NSDC) to ban a number of Russian social networks and web services in Ukraine, has already entered into force; the Cabinet of Ministers has been instructed to develop a mechanism for its implementation, NSDC Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov […]

The Supreme Economic Court of Ukraine ruled to reject the cassation appeal by Russian energy giant Gazprom on canceling the Antimonopoly Committee’s decision to recover from Gazprom a Hr 171.932 billion fine, according to the committee’s press service. Read more here. 

Agricultural production in Ukraine (excluding the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea and Sevastopol, part of the Donbas zone) in January-April 2017 decreased by 0.3 percent compared to the same period in 2016. According to the State Statistics Service, during this period agricultural enterprises increased production by 0.1 percent, private farms decreased by 0.6 percent. As […]

In the presence of President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko and Prime Minister of Malta Joseph Muscat several documents in the field of higher education, youth and sports have been signed. Read more here. 

The Ukrainian president, Petro Poroshenko, has banned the country’s two most popular social networks, its most popular email service and one of its most widely used search engines as part of sanctions against Russian companies. Read more here. 

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), along with other law enforcement agencies, is developing changes in Ukrainian legislation regarding the mechanism for blocking websites that have been sanctioned. “According to the decision of the National Coordinating Center for Cyber Security under the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC), the SBU, together with other […]

President Trump on May 16 defended his decision to share sensitive information about an Islamic State threat with Russian officials, saying it was his “absolute right” to do so in the interest of fighting terrorism. Read more here. 

Ukraine on May 16 announced a ban on access to several widely popular Russian websites in an expansion of sweeping measures against Moscow over its annexation of Crimea and military intervention in the country’s east. Read more here. 

Ukraine said on May 16 it was imposing sanctions on Russia’s largest internet group Yandex and other popular online firms to protect itself against cyber attacks. Read more here.

The investigation into the MH17 disaster is in a difficult phase and far from over, the Public Prosecutor wrote in a digital magazine meant to keep the victims’ relatives informed about what is happening in the MH17 file. The investigators are having trouble getting data from the Ukrainian secret service and cooperation with Russia remains […]

A Kremlin-connected billionaire has sued the Associated Press (AP) for defamation and libel over a report on his business ties to U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman. Read more here.

Some 1,228 citizens of Ukraine, Russia and other countries have been put on the list of individuals who fall under sanctions by a resolution of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine. This information was posted on the Ukrainian president’s website on May 16 in the annex to president decree No. 133/2017 dated May 15, […]

MOSCOW — Ukraine on May 16 put in place new sanctions potentially blocking Russian media and online networks from operating in the country, including VKontakte, the nation’s most popular social network. Read more here.

Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko has imposed a ban on Russia’s biggest social media networks and internet services popular with millions. Read more here.

WASHINGTON – For months, U.S. allies have anxiously wondered if President Donald Trump could be trusted with some of the world’s most sensitive national security secrets. Read more here.