Scandal Erupts Online Over Reports of Reservations for Media and Cultural Workers – United News Telethon Implicated

Scandal Erupts Online Over Reports of Reservations for Media and Cultural Workers – United News Telethon Implicated

Yesterday, a scandal erupted online around reports that workers from several circuses and television channels, in particular from the United News telethon, received reservations from mobilization. According to Poturaev, his opinion is that media workers and cultural workers need to be booked. “And we are not talking about a marathon or a circus, on the … Read more

Updates to Mobilization Bill and Liability Regulations Explained by People’s Deputy Yegor Chernev

Updates to Mobilization Bill and Liability Regulations Explained by People’s Deputy Yegor Chernev

This issue is regulated in a slightly different way. The mobilization bill cannot tighten liability. All toughening of liability relate to the Criminal or Administrative Code and are introduced separately, in a separate bill. People’s Deputy Yegor Chernev said this during the telethon. “This bill regulates slightly different norms, but we are definitely not talking … Read more

Deputy Defense Minister Natalya Kalmykova Announces Timeline for New Mobilization Law

Deputy Defense Minister Natalya Kalmykova Announces Timeline for New Mobilization Law

Deputy Defense Minister Natalya Kalmykova said when the new law on mobilization will come into force. The adoption of a new mobilization bill will take several weeks. Deputy Defense Minister Natalya Kalmykova spoke about this during the telethon. According to her, the adoption of a new version of the law on updating the mobilization process … Read more

Ukraine’s Draft Law on Mobilization: Committee Proposals and Deadlines for New Document

Ukraine’s Draft Law on Mobilization: Committee Proposals and Deadlines for New Document

“We had a closed meeting where we invited the military leadership. The bill is very resonant. There is a lot of attention to it, it is large – more than 200 pages. We worked on the committee for about 5 days non-stop to analyze every rule, which is there. You know that the Ombudsman came … Read more

Verkhovna Rada Committee supports recall of MP Maryana Bezugla – January 10 vote expected

Verkhovna Rada Committee supports recall of MP Maryana Bezugla – January 10 vote expected

The Verkhovna Rada Committee on Regulations unanimously supported the recall of MP from the Servant of the People faction Maryana Bezugla from the post of deputy head of the Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence. Now the decision must be made by the Verkhovna Rada. The Committee recommended that the Verkhovna Rada include the … Read more

Ukraine Cabinet Bill Proposes Major Changes to Mobilization and Military Service Procedures

Ukraine Cabinet Bill Proposes Major Changes to Mobilization and Military Service Procedures

The text of a large Cabinet bill has appeared, which concerns changing the procedure for mobilization in Ukraine. As noted in the explanatory note to the document, the purpose of the changes is to improve mobilization, military registration of conscripts, social protection of military personnel, as well as certain issues of military service. In particular, … Read more

Proposed Draft Law Requires Monetary Contributions for Men Returning to Ukraine After Leaving During Martial Law

Proposed Draft Law Requires Monetary Contributions for Men Returning to Ukraine After Leaving During Martial Law

If men cannot confirm the existence of grounds for deferment, they must transfer funds to a special account. People’s deputies propose take “voluntary contributions” to the Armed Forces for men who left Ukraine after February 24, 2022, upon returning home. Corresponding draft law No. 8029 registered in the Verkhovna Rada. Its initiator is people’s deputy … Read more

Draft Resolution: Ending the War and Restoring Ukraine’s Territorial Integrity – Priority Areas for De-Occupation and Reintegration of Crimea and Sevastopol

Draft Resolution: Ending the War and Restoring Ukraine’s Territorial Integrity – Priority Areas for De-Occupation and Reintegration of Crimea and Sevastopol

The draft resolution “On the statement of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine regarding the priority areas of the state policy of Ukraine in the field of de-occupation, reintegration and restoration of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol” was registered on August 18. One of its authors is the Chairman of the … Read more

Verkhovna Rada Approves Bill on De-Sovietization, Redefines Urban Settlements

Verkhovna Rada Approves Bill on De-Sovietization, Redefines Urban Settlements

Kyiv, Sunday 30 July 2023 18:19 Photo: Ruslan Stefanchuk, BP speaker (Vitaly Nosach, RBC-Ukraine) The Verkhovna Rada approved the so-called bill on de-Sovietization. The document, in particular, provides that the concept of “urban-type settlement” will disappear in Ukraine. According to the bill approved by 262 people’s deputies, all settlements with compact buildings and a population … Read more

Ukraine’s Wartime Tax Reform Law and its Impact on IMF Agreement and Business

Ukraine’s Wartime Tax Reform Law and its Impact on IMF Agreement and Business

How noted Yaroslav Zheleznyak, the people’s deputy from Golos, the first deputy head of the parliamentary committee on finance, tax and customs policy, adopted the law “after long discussions.” 239 people’s deputies voted for the law, the adoption of which is an important condition stipulated by the agreement with the International Monetary Fund, the people’s … Read more