Belarus' Belnefthekhim says oil transit flows to Ukraine suspended - Reuters UK

May 17, 2019

Russia Ukraine Belarus' Belnefthekhim says oil transit flows to Ukraine suspended - Reuters UK Russia’s Covert Tactics Aim to Alienate Ukraine’s Western Neighbors - The Wall Street Journal Russia's Crimean Annexation Cost Ukrainian Ports $400Mln – FT - The Moscow Times Russia and the Iran Crisis - LobeLog Giacomo Sanfilippo: Orthodoxy, sexuality, and gender in Ukraine | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post Belarus' Belnefthekhim says oil transit flows to Ukraine suspended - Reuters UK Reuters UK MINSK, May 17 (Reuters) - Belarusian state oil company Belnefthekhim said on Friday Russian oil transit flows to Ukraine had been suspended because the country was still struggling to process contaminated crude it received last month. Read More Russia’s Covert Tactics Aim to Alienate Ukraine’s Western Neighbors - The Wall Street Journal The Wall Street Journal Russia’s efforts to keep Ukraine in its orbit have included invasions, targeted assassinations and economic coercion. Less prominently, Moscow has directed a clandestine campaign of vandalism and hate crimes aimed at spoiling Ukraine’s relations with its western neighbors, Ukrainian and European officials say. Read More Russia's Crimean Annexation Cost Ukrainian Ports $400Mln – FT - The Moscow Times The Moscow Times Ukrainian ports have lost $400 million in potential revenue from Russia’s seizure of Crimea and its chokehold on a key shipping passage with a bridge that connects the peninsula to mainland Russia, The Financial Times reported. Read More Russia and the Iran Crisis - LobeLog LobeLog by Mark N. Katz As tensions ratchet up between Washington and Tehran, Moscow has adopted a more measured approach. Putin, along with many of Washington’s Western allies, has criticized the Trump administration’s withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) agreement reached during the Obama years. Read More Giacomo Sanfilippo: Orthodoxy, sexuality, and gender in Ukraine | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post On May 14, UNIAN reported that Ukraine ranks 35th out of 49 European countries on an index of LGBTQ rights and protections. The methodology for creating this ranking is described at ILGA Europe, while the full list of countries and rankings is found on its Rainbow Europe page. Read More

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