09/17/2015 Ukraine: Daily Highlights - MP Mosiychuk from the Radical Party faction was arrested in the Verkhovna Rada

MP Mosiychuk from the Radical Party faction was arrested in the Verkhovna Rada

09.17.2015 Daily Highlights by the Digests & Analytics Ukraine News Agency

Topics from Media and Social Networks

• MP Mosiychuk from the Radical Party faction was arrested in the Verkhovna Rada.
• The deputies adopted the Government’s package of bills to restructure the external debt.
• One of the largest Ukrainian banks "Finance and Credit" became bankrupt.
• The second son of former press  Yanukovych secretary Hanna Herman died of a heart attack.

Key Events ın Ukraine

• After the report of the General  Prosecutor Shokin followed by the demonstration of  an operational evidence video of obtaining a bribe, Verkhovna Rada agreed to put MP from the Radical Party Mosiychuk under arrest. The MP claims that the demonstrated video was  falsified. Mosiychuk was arrested in the Parliament by the SBU officers. The Radical Party calls an extraordinary congress on Friday. According to leader of the party Lyashko, arrests of other deputies from this political forces are also possible.
• The deputies accepted a Governmental  package of laws needed to restructure the foreign debt, which was agreed during the talks between Minister of Finance Yaresko and International Creditors Committee. The adopted laws allow the Government without the consent of the Parliament to release financial derivatives, which will be serviced by the Ministry of Finance through the budget and placed on the international capital markets without the permission of the Securities Commission. Incomes of non-residents on the state derivatives will not be taxed. Debtors on foreign credits attracted under the state guarantees, and maintained at the expense of the state budget, will be entitled to reduce the financial result before tax in the amount of revenue arising from the placement of state derivatives by the payer.
• The Verkhovna Rada determined the delegates to the commission for the election of an anti-corruption prosecutor in its quota.
• Head of Ukravtodor Podgainyi resigned. He motivated it by the fatigue from the struggle with the existing system and claims from the public regarding inactivity. A Head of the Independent Center for Educational Quality Assessment also resigned .
• Adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs Shkiryak said that the investigation of clashes near the Verkhovna Rada on August 31 goes on, several participants of the events were put to the wanted list.
• After the Western media protests, the NSDC agreed to lift the sanctions off some European journalists.
• The NBU declared the "Finance and Credit" bank, belonging to the group of the largest, insolvent . The "National investments" bank was declared bankrupt .
• On the grounds of the decree on the introduction of sanctions, signed by President Poroshenko, part of Russian banks lost the right to participate in the operations of the stock market.
• The official hryvnia exchange rate is gradually increasing, market participants are quite positive: 21,60 ₴ / $ (-0,22 UAH), 24,43 ₴ / € (-0,07 UAH), 3,30 ₴ / 10 € (0, 01 USD).

Ukraıne at War

• A relative truce, interrupted by chaotic militants gunfire on the Ukrainian position militants, continues in the Donbass. The official reports indicate that there are no losses among the Ukrainian military. The observers note a demonstrative withdrawal of tanks from the fighting line. At the same time, the Russian army and the militants strengthen their positions along the demarcation line, equip positions for artillery and are building a second line of defense. Increased activity of subversive groups and militants UAVs was also noted . The questioning of local residents crossing the checkpoints on the demarcation line, to determine the location of the Ukrainian troops is taking place.
• Charges were filed against the Russian GRU (Main Intelligence Directorate) of Russıan Federatıon servicemen captured during the Battle near Schastya.

Ukraine and the World

• Russia insists on the full repayment of Ukraine's debt, made by the government of former President Yanukovych in 2013, and threatened to collect the funds through the international court.
• The Russian Foreign Ministry said that the decision of the leader of the militant DPR Zakharchenko to hold "elections" in the occupied territory is "a necessary measure" because of the "violations by Ukraine of the provisions of the Minsk Agreement." Foreign Ministry officials insist that the Ukrainian authorities should contact with the militants directly.

The Trends

• Detention of deputy Moseychuk from the Radical Party faction in the Verkhovna Rada and the investigation of criminal cases against deputies of other factions indicates the intentions of the Presidential team to control the deputies on the eve of voting on the amendments to the Constitution.