09/07/2015 Ukraine: Daily Highlights - Second petition to the President to appoint Saakashvili a Prime Minister, received 25 thousand votes

Petition to the President to appoint Saakashvili a Prime Minister, received 25 thousand votes

09.07.2015 Daily Highlights by the Digests & Analytics Ukraine News Agency

Topics from Media and Social Networks

• Second petition to the President to appoint Saakashvili a Prime Minister, received 25 thousand votes.
• Russia's demand for review of the Association Agreement with the EU rejected.
• Russia confirmed the detention of three paratroopers on the administrative border with the Crimea.
• The rector of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra violated traffic rules.

Key Events in Ukraine

• Head of the Verkhovna Rada Groisman refused to take up a post of coordinator of the ruling coalition.
• A decision to sell "Tsentroenergo" can be made after the end of the heating season.
• Ukraine resumed electricity imports from Russia.
• The State Statistics Service reported on a slight deflation in August, compared to July. However, during the year the prices increased by more than 50%, and from the beginning of 2015 - by more than a third.
• The Government plans to make changes to the state budget for the current year. The income and expenses will be increased by 24 USD billion (about € 1 billion).
• The official hryvnia rate slightly decreased: 22,12 ₴ / $ (+0,17 UAH), 24,65 ₴ / € (+0,21 UAH), 3,23 ₴ /10 ₽ (-0.01 UAH).

Ukraine at War

• The previous day in the Donbass went without major clashes, except for attempts of militant subversive groups to break through to Artemovsk and Stanitsa Luganska; two Ukrainian soldiers were wounded.
• Russian official sources confirmed the detention of three Ukrainian paratroopers on the administrative border with the Crimea.

Ukraine and the World

• Consultations on a free trade zone between Ukraine and the EU with the participation of Russia ended without signing any documents due to failure to meet the requirements of the Russian Federation to extend the list of goods for which it has claims. Russia's demands to change the terms of the Association Agreement were also rejected.
  Moscow continues to threaten to impose the embargo on Ukrainian products in the event of the introduction of a free trade zone with the EU.
• Russia once again refused to negotiate the restructuring of a loan issued to President Yanukovych in 2014.
• Poland approved to grant a loan to Ukraine in amount of  € 100 million.
• Less than 50% of voters participated in a referendum in Poland , its results will not be recognized.
• Foreign Minister Klimkin said that on September 21, NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg for the first time in the history of Ukraine will take part in a meeting of the NSDC. It was also announced about the opening of offices of the Alliance in Ukraine.
• The European Parliament will send its observers to the local elections, which will take place on 25 October.
• Moldovan President does not intend to resign, despite the mass protests.
• Immigrants broke through the border of Serbia to Hungary. Police used the tear gas. Hungarian Defense Minister resigned. More than 3 thousand refugees from the Middle East penetrate into the country daily  .
  Germany is preparing to build a refugee camp for 150 thousand people and increase the number of the police stuff by 3 thousand people.
• IMF Managing Director Lagarde supported the actions of the Ukrainian government to stabilize the situation in the country.

The Trends

• The change of leadership of the unrecognized "Republic of Donetsk" the experts associated with the strengthening of Russian influence and complete transition to the manual control of the Kremlin on occupied territories. Reduction of the number of armed clashes with no withdrawal of Russian troops and mercenaries from the territory of Ukraine could be a sign of Russia's attempt to create an area of ​​constant conflict, which will not allow Ukraine to join the EU and NATO. The conflict will become internal, which will allow Putin to demad the dilution of sanctions under the guise of the Minsk Agreement fulfillment.