News from Ukraine today is December 21, 2018

IMF slice

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The International Monetary Fund has transferred the first Ukrainian portion of the new $ 1.4 billion Reserve Credit Program.

Funds have already been credited to international currency reserves

Due to the receipt of $ 1 billion of special drawing rights (about $ 1.4 billion) from the Fund, international reserves of Ukraine has increased to $ 20.1 billion as of December 21, 2018.
– reported to the BNU

In addition, due to the transfer of the IMF tranche, the volume of international foreign exchange reserves in Ukraine has reached the maximum value of $ 20.1 billion in the last five years. The last time, such a level of international reserves had been recorded in January 2014.

To a large extent, the IMF tranche is a creditor of already existing debts of Ukraine. We are talking about optimizing payments for loan commitments from Ukraine, which are already a very long time ago. Essentially, the new slice will come as it will. It does not contemplate any development program allowing the borrowed money to go directly to the economy, "said Eduard Brazas, representative of the Association of Real Estate Companies of the United States. 39, Ukraine in Channel 24.

He compared it to the transfer of money from one pocket to the other. (19659015) "This will not waste the money of our budget, will not impoverish us and will not let the real estate market collapse, "added the expert.

The EU Council has extended the sanctions to against Russia

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The Council of the Union The European Union has extended the anti-Russian sanctions on the banking, financial and energy sectors, which will be in force for a further six months, until 31 July 2019.

decisions were adopted at the & # 39; unanimously by written procedure.

On the fact that no progress has been made, the European Council has adopted a political decision to extend the economic sanctions against Russia
the statement said.

The report also states that this decision is based on updated information. It was announced by French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the European Council gathering state and government leaders of EU Member States on the status of implementation of agreements from Minsk on 13 and 14 December.

RosZMI announced the transfer of Sentsov

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The Ukrainian political prisoner and director Oleg Sentsov was transferred from the medical unit to the detachment of the colony, namely in the general conditions of the sentence.

According to Russian media, The Federal Service for the Execution of Sentences in the Yamalo-Nenets District is satisfied that, according to the doctor's recommendations, Oleg Sentsov was transferred from the unit medical detachment for a further stay of sentence.

In addition, the status of Oleg Sentsov is satisfactorily assessed. Sentenced Sentsova can be recruited to work in accordance with Articles 103 and 106 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation,
– added to the service.

Why was Oleg Sentsov sentenced in Russia? He was arrested on May 11, 2014 in the territory of Crimea occupied and questioned Prepared a terrorist attack on the peninsula during the illegal annexation by Russia.Later he was accused of possession of weapons and explosives. In Russia, Sentsova was sentenced to 20 years in a strict regime colony in the city of Labitnangi, and on May 14, 2018, Sentsov declared a hunger strike demanding the release of all detained Ukrainian political prisoners. in Russia and occupied Crimea

An airplane accident with Russians in the Congo

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, a cargo plane of the airline An-26 Gomair fell. which six people were killed: five crew members and one pa Previously, they commanded Russian aircrafts.