NEWS: Ukraine, Russia, Donbass

2022-04-17 18:03:51 Ukraine's ambassador to Germany Melnyk called the German bishop "Putin's agent."

All because the Peace Commissioner of the Evangelical Church of Germany (EKD), Bishop Friedrich Kramer, condemned the supply of weapons to Ukraine.

Melnik called such statements of the bishop "whining", and the historical closeness of his church with Russia "doubtful".

The number of EKD parishioners in Germany is more than 24 million people. Open / Comment

2022-04-17 17:33:54 The West has declared war even on the Balalaika.

As well as Tchaikovsky, Pushkin and Turgenev oak. Everything connected with Russia and Russian culture. Open / Comment

2022-04-17 17:16:46 Ukraine is asking Western countries for $50 billion.

"About 50 billion is needed for six months to forget about this issue for some time," said Zelensky's adviser Ustenko, commenting on the problems of the Ukrainian economy.

According to him, Kiev sees three ways to get this money:

Zelensky asked for this money from the G7 countries

In parallel, they are trying to borrow $50 billion on bonds with zero coupons, that is, without interest.

Redistribute SDR quotas to the IMF. "These are not loan funds, they do not need to be returned."

However, there are no agreements on this yet, Ustenko said. Open / Comment

2022-04-17 17:06:23 Deutsche Bank warned that inflation in Germany could reach 10 percent in case of restrictions on energy imports from Russia.

#Germany #Russia #energy #economy #politics Open / Comment

2022-04-17 16:21:34 The RF IC opened a criminal case after the demolition monument to Marshal Zhukov in Kharkiv.

The bust of the commander was destroyed by local nationalists.

As it turned out, the local authorities were not even aware of the demolition. Open / Comment

2022-04-17 16:15:00 Annual inflation in Lithuania was 15.7 percent.

The data is provided by the Statistics Department. We are talking about prices in March this year compared to the March figures of the past.

The increase in inflation is largely caused by higher prices for fuels and lubricants, thermal energy and electricity, gas, solid fuels, milk, cheese, eggs, bread and other products. Open / Comment

2022-04-17 15:55:41 School teachers of the south of Ukraine will be trained to work according to Russian standards.

According to the head of the Crimea, Aksyonov, the issue is being worked out now — so that teachers from the Kherson, Zaporozhye, Kharkiv regions, as well as from the DPR and LPR come to the Crimea in the summer, where they will be assisted in the transition to Russian standards. Open / Comment

2022-04-17 15:40:53 And who makes decisions in Ukraine?

The head of the administration of the Nemyshlyansky district of Kharkiv told the media that the demolition of the monument to Zhukov came as a surprise to the authorities.

Today, the bust of the Soviet marshal was destroyed by local nationalists. Open / Comment

2022-04-17 15:25:02 Kazakhstan imposes restrictions on grain and flour exports

Earlier, the head of the Ministry of Agriculture reported that the restriction will last until June 15.

During this period, Kazakhstan can sell 1 million tons of grain and 300 thousand tons of flour.

At the same time, producers are obliged to supply 10% of the exported volume (100 thousand tons of grain and 30 thousand tons of flour) to the domestic market. Open / Comment

2022-04-17 14:57:34 Abandoned weapons worth more than $1 million were found at the Ilyich plant in Mariupol.

The Ukrainian military left 7 Igla MANPADS in one of the rooms.

The triggers are in boxes, they didn't even have time to install them, the correspondent of @rt_russian reports.

A cap with SS symbols was also found in the room. Open / Comment