Between October 14, 2018 and October 14, 2019, representatives of nationalist and ultra-right organizations committed 137 acts of violence or attacks against property, journalists, politicians, and activists, said sociologist Oksana Dutchak, who helped with the monitoring project, named “Confrontations and Ultra-Right Violence.” sociologist. “From October 14, 2018 to October 14, 2019, 137 cases were recorded. Of these, 48 is a confrontation, 89 is ultra-right-wing violence directed against people or property,” she said during a press conference at the Interfax-Ukraine news agency on Monday.
The monitoring was carried out by the public organization Institute Republiсa with the support of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation in Ukraine. It was based on materials on acts of violence or confrontation by ultra-right organizations and movements, information about which was published in the media and social networks.
“Over the indicated period, the largest number of acts of violence and confrontation were committed by representatives of the C14 and National Corps organizations. With the participation of C14, 40 cases were recorded, among which 25 violent attacks, 10 of them against people. The National Corps was involved in 30 episodes, 21 – of a violent nature, 15 of them against people,” said the organizer of the monitoring.
According to the monitoring results, the victims of violent actions by nationalists were most often feminist or LGBT activists, politicians and political parties, representatives of state or law enforcement agencies, as well as journalists.
Authors of the study said they think that Ukraine has a systemic problem with far-right violence, which is generated by inaction, and sometimes indulgence of the law enforcement system. They demand law-enforcement agencies conduct a thorough investigation of hate violence, as well as guarantee the rights of citizens to peaceful assembly, freedom of speech and security.
The State Property Fund of Ukraine (SPF) has issued an order to create a tender commission to select advisers for privatization of PJSC Centrenergo, the SPF press service has said.
“The State Property Fund of Ukraine has begun the process of selecting advisers for Centrenergo privatization. In February, preparations will be launched for the privatization of a number of large privatization objects. In order to analyze in detail the state of affairs in the company for 2019, the State Property Fund also attracts an audit company with an impeccable reputation,” the press service said citing head of the fund Dmytro Sennychenko.
He said he expects to hold a tender to select an adviser in the first half of this year. According to him, the tender for the sale of the state-owned stake in Centrenergo, in turn, could be held at the end of this year-the beginning of next year. At the same time, the expert said that the situation in the energy market could also influence the timing of its holding.
The head of the fund added that RAB regulation remains an important factor in the issue of terms of privatization of regional energy companies.
The agency noted that recently the members of the Centrenergo supervisory board had ben reshuffled, as well as an order had been issued to hold a tender for the post of head of the generation company.
These measures will ensure the most transparent and competitive privatization, the fund notes.
Official rates of banking metals from national bank as of January 21
One troy ounce=31.10 grams
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky will make a working visit to Israel through January 23-24 to take part in the events as a part of the World Holocaust Forum, the President’s Office reported. “Through January 23-24, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky will make a working visit to Israel to take part in the commemoration events as a part of the World Holocaust Forum devoted to the 75th anniversary of liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp,” reads the report.
The program also foresee talks of Zelensky with the Israeli leadership and a meeting with the country’s business leaders.
Ukraine in January-November 2019 bought nuclear fuel for a total amount of $356.088 million.
According to the State Statistics Service, over the 11 months, Ukrainian nuclear power plants (NPP) bought Russian-made fuel worth $200.108 million, fuel from Sweden for $155.98 million.
Thus, the share of nuclear fuel bought by Ukraine for the indicated period from TVEL (Russia) in monetary terms was 56.2%, while that from Westinghouse (Sweden) stood at 43.8%.
National bank of Ukraine’s official rates as of 21/01/20
Source: National Bank of Ukraine
