July 2018

Yesterday, on July 3, the Verkhovna Rada passed a law "On Amending Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine Regarding Renewal of Lending". The lawyers called the norms of this document draconian. In their opinion, the adopted law destroys the existing balance of rights of creditors and borrowers in favour of the creditor.

Ukrainian mass media report that a serious competition over the Ukrainian manpower has begun in Central Europe. The German Farmers Union addressed a federal government with a request to simplify the procedure for obtaining temporary work visas, so Ukrainian citizens could freely come to Germany to work in fields.

Denis Pushilin, the Chairman of the DPR People's Council, the Permanent Representative of the DPR at the talks of the Contact Group in Minsk, spoke on the mechanisms that contribute to the prevention of ceasefire violations on the Digest programme on the Oplot TV channel.

Today, from 00:01, the parties resumed their commitments to comply with a comprehensive, sustainable and indefinite truce.