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SBU searched for Ukrspetsexport
The representatives of the special exporter of Ukraine caused Ukraine losses of about $ 100 million; The Health Ministry believes that a partial lockdown has slowed the spread of the coronavirus. Korrespondent.net highlights yesterday’s major events.
The searches were carried out on Ukroboronprom immediately after the change in the person responsible for the concern.
The SBU carried out investigative actions in the offices of the state companies Ukrspetsexport and Ukroboronprom and one of the foreign structures in the framework of the case on the article on treason. It has been established that the illicit activities of the representatives of the national special exporter are associated with the artificial participation of a foreign intermediary structure, which led to the possible loss of arms markets by Ukraine in certain countries of the Asian region, inhibition of Ukrspetsexport’s existing contracts, as well as the creation of obstacles to the conclusion of new foreign economic contracts.
MOZ gave an evaluation of the weekend quarantine
The weekend quarantine in Ukraine has reduced the number of COVID-19 cases, Health Minister Maxim Stepanov said. According to him, the main goal of the weekend quarantine was to reduce the “spread of the coronavirus as a hurricane.” The maximum result that the Ministry of Health expected to obtain is a decrease in incidence of up to 20%
Attorney General accused NABU of “trying to discredit”
The Attorney General’s Office alleges that the message published on Thursday, December 2, on the website of the National Anti-Corruption Office (NABU), in which the Attorney General’s Office was accused of allegedly obstructing the prosecution of those responsible in the case of the National Guard and in other cases, it is unfounded. The Attorney General’s Office believes that this is an attempt to discredit Attorney General Irina Venediktova and put pressure on her.
Ukraine plans to reactivate river transport
The country intends to reactivate the cheapest and greenest way to deliver goods: river transport and to create efficient river logistics. Among other things, officials believe, this will increase traffic to 30 million tons per year and an economic effect for the state of 13-16 billion UAH. annually; to use the capacity of the Dnieper not by 10%, as now, but in its entirety, as it was in the days of Kievan Rus, when there was the famous route “from the Varangians to the Greeks”; stimulate shipbuilding and recovery of Ukrainian companies.
German representative Helga Schmid becomes OSCE Secretary General
German representative Helga Schmid will be appointed the new General Secretary of the OSCE. This was stated by the Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, the Prime Minister and the Minister of European and Foreign Affairs of Albania, Edi Rama. He will receive a mandate for the next three years.
Ukraine intends to withdraw 300 prisoners from the “DPR”
Verkhovna Rada Human Rights Ombudsman Lyudmila Denisova met with a representative of the DPR separatists, Daria Morozova, and discussed the further process of transferring prisoners. The parties agreed to transfer 125 criminal cases against 133 citizens of Ukraine, who are still held in pre-trial detention centers in Ukraine-controlled territory.
Germany will allocate 70 million euros to Ukraine for energy efficiency
Germany will allocate 70 million euros to Ukraine for a series of reforms, in particular to improve energy efficiency, sustainable economic development and decentralization in Ukraine. In addition, Germany, among other things, will support Ukraine in the decentralization process, the implementation of the Association Agreement between the EU and Ukraine in the field of trade, as well as the adoption of energy efficiency measures.
The number of victims of the coronavirus pandemic is growing rapidly
The number of deaths of patients with COVID-19 coronavirus in the world has exceeded 1.5 million, and the number of infected has reached 65.2 million. The United States ranks first in the number of cases of infection and deaths associated with COVID-19. During the pandemic, more than 14.3 million infected people were diagnosed in the country. More than 280,000 people have died from the coronavirus. Almost 8.5 million sick have recovered.
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