The Verkhovna Rada adopted a law according to which foreign citizens and stateless persons can serve under the contract in the Armed Forces. Mmilitary ranks and social protection will be provided for them.
Fighters in the zone of the Anti-Tterrorist Operation are now allowed to conclude short-term contracts for six months.
Deputies adopted in first reading a law to reduce the rent for oil and natural gas production, alternative the one proposed by the Government. Prime Minister Yatsenyuk urged the President to veto the law, as it disturbs the system of obtaining revenue from energy production, planned in the budget.
General Prosecutor Shokin wants to introduce changes to the regulations of the Verkhovna Rada to simplify the removal of the parliamentary immunity.
Deputy Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Parubiy believes that Prime Minister Yatsenyuk will remain in his office at least until spring to conduct the reforms necessary for the country.
The State Statistics Service recorded in September inflation of 2.3% , after two months of deflation.
Minister of Social and Economic development Abromavicius stated that the losses of 100 largest public companies, excluding the Ukrzaliznytsia and Naftogaz, in the current year more than doubled compared to last year - almost to UAH 10 billion .
The State Fiscal Service states that the consolidated budget revenues during the first nine months increased by one third compared with the previous year - to UAH 412 billion.
The IMF published a forecast for the Ukrainian economy, according to which the decrease in the GDP for the current year will amount to 9%, and the rate of inflation - to 50%. Next year it is planned that inflation will reduce to 14% along with the growth of the GDP to 2%. Balance of payments deficit in 2015 will be 1.7% and in 2016 - 1.6% of the GDP.
The Private Deposit Guarantee Fund declared that the elimination of the Delta Bank, which belonged to the top ten of Ukrainian banks, will last for two years.
The official hryvnia rate slightly decreased: 21,26 ₴ / $ (+0,05 UAH), 23,86 ₴ / € (+0,02 UAH), 3,26 ₴ / 10 ₽ (+0,03 UAH).
The leaders of the terrorist Donbass "republics" agreed to postpone the local elections in the region until next year. In exchange they demand provision of the special status for the territory, voting for their proposed amendments to the Constitution and amnesty for the militants. Ukraine insists on cancellation of the "elections" held in the Donbass in 2014, to return the situation in the region into the Ukrainian legal field. According to President Poroshenko, the refusal to hold the DPR and LPR elections, is opening the way for the return of the Donbass to Ukraine .
Leader of the “Petro Poroshenko Blok” in the Parliament Lutsenko predicts the adoption by the Verkhovna Rada of the law on elections in the Donbas before the end of the year.
The ceasefire in the conflict zone in the Donbass continues. One soldier was wounded in a clash with the militants subversive group.
Ukraine began to withdraw the tanks from the front line in the Luhansk region. The General Staff said that after the removal of the light weapons and tanks, personnel, armed with small arms and anti-tank weapons and armored vehicles will stay on the boundary line .
Leader of the Crimean Tatars Dzhemilev believes that President Poroshenko will cancel the law on the "Crimea" free economic zone and the issue of the peninsula energy blockade will be resolved before the end of October.
Assistant Secretary Nuland said that Russia for the first time began to fulfill the Minsk Agreement, although only in part of cease-fire and withdrawal of weapons.
According to the OSCE special representative in Minsk talks Saydik, heavy equipment remains on the demarcation line in the Donbass. The second problem is the landmine disarming in the area.
Dutch web portal Nos.nl published the partial preliminary results of the investigation of MH-17 flight airliner catastrophe, according to which, the fragments of anti-aircraft missile of the "Buk" air defense systems were found inside the bodies of the victims. This fact can be another evidence of Russia's involvement in the incident.
Gazprom plans to reduce by half the full capacity of the Turkish stream due to the commissioning of the second stage of the Nord Stream.
Russia continues to inflict air strikes in Syria. According to the news reports, the bombs damaged the ancient monuments in the area of Palmyra. Turkish President Erdogan said that the violations of its airspace by the Russian military aircrafts can destroy the friendly relations between the two countries. According to NATO officials, the actions of the Russian aircrafts in the border areas with Turkey, are not accidental.
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