September 20, 2015

Ukraine: September, 7-13, 2015 - Main Events of the Week

Digest of the main events of the week: September, 14-20, 2015 by the analytics agency "Digests & Analytics Ukraine"

Poroshenko inacted decision introducing sanctions against individuals and companies of Russia. The Cabinet introduced to the Parliament and withdrew the draft budget for 2016. Radical party faction MP Mosiychuk arrested. The leader of DPR Zakharchenko announced "local elections" in the occupied territories.
Key Events in Ukraine
  • President Poroshenko inacted a National Security and Defense Council decision introducing sanctions against individuals and companies of Russia, Ukraine and other countries, which took part in the aggression. The list does not include the main perpetrators of and participants in the aggression.
  • The Cabinet introduced to the Parliament and immediately withdrew the draft budget for 2016.
  • The Law on transparency governmental procurements was adopted on the third attempt.
  • The deputies adopted the government package of laws needed for debt restructuring. The laws are  introducing public financial derivatives and bringing order to re-issuing of state financial obligations.
  • After the speech in the Verkhovna Rada of the General Prosecutor the deputies agreed to the arrest of Radical Party faction deputy Mosiychuk. The Pechersk Court specified the term of his arrest until 15 November.
  • Samopomich Association and Batkivshchyna factions are staying in the ruling coalition, however, they criticized the government's actions with all the available means .
  • Most parties held congresses, at which they decided to participate in the local elections. People’s Front party, which won the parliamentary elections, will not take part in the local elections because of their falling ratings. Its candidates will be included to the general list with the presidential party.
  • Ukraine abandoned Russia's assistance in the completion of units at Khmelnitsky NPP.
  • Deputy General Prosecutor Sakvarelidze was appointed a regional prosecutor in the Odessa region, and another prosecutor from Odessa was assigned instead of him .
  • Energy Minister Demchishin said that there is no reason to revise the utility tariffs.
  • One of the largest banks, "Finance and Credit", was declared insolvent. Fitch Agency downgraded the ratings of one of the largest Ukrainian banks, "Privatbank", owned by oligarch Kolomoisky, to pre-default level. The government continues to liquidate insolvent banks. More than UAH 21 billion (nearly $ 1 billion) was directed to payments of the Individual Deposit Guarantee Fund .
  • An agreement was signed with the World Bank on a loan of $ 500 million. Exchanged (currency swap) with the Bank of Sweden will be fulfilled for the same amount. According to the press reports, an increase of financial assistance to Ukraine from the United States is possible.
  • According to the State Statistics Service, the fall of Ukraine's GDP slowed in the second quarter of the year. The foreign trade deficit increased, while enterprises revenues from exports, including exports to the EU, fell,  which does not give reason to hope for the reorientation of foreign trade to Europe in the nearest time .

Ukraine at War

  • Relative inactivity is observed in the combat zone in the Donbass, but the army is suffering losses from landmine explosions. According to the OSCE mission and witnesses, Russia is not going to withdraw its troops from the occupied territory of the Donbass. The militants carried out regrouping of forces, of which they form two battle-ready corpses by the Russian example under the Russian command.
  • A blockade of the occupied by Russia Crimea by the Crimean Tatars and activists began.
  • President Poroshenko is not going to announce a new wave of mobilization.
  • February 20, 2014 was called a date of the beginning of the occupation of the Crimea.
  • The leader of the "Donetsk Republic" Zakharchenko announced "local elections" in the occupied territories on October, 18. Media published materials on the Ukrainian government collusion with the aggressor to hold elections in Donbass according to the special law.
  • The Ministry of Social Policy reported that the number of internally displaced persons reached almost 1.5 million people. They demand the realization of their constitutional rights for  elections to local authorities

Ukraine and the World


  • 70 anniversary session of the UN General Assembly opened in New York .
  • The EU ministers extended the sanctions against 150 citizens of Russia and Ukraine, guilty of inciting the war.
  • The UN Rapporteur informed about the destruction of most evidence in the case of the shooting of the Maydan activists .
  • European countries were unsuccessfully trying to solve the problem of refugees from the Middle East.
  • Russia gets deeper involved  in the Syrian conflict.

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