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President of Strategy XXI Center Mykhailo Honchar has predicted in an interview with UNIAN what the upcoming talks with Gazprom be like, explained why the process is delayed in the Stockholm arbitration, and elaborated on the fate of Russia’s gas projects bypassing Ukraine.

Foreign Ministers of Ukraine, Germany, France, and Russia are meeting in Paris on March 3. Considering the recent rhetoric of all the negotiating sides, Ukraine should not expect anything good from these talks.

The terrorists in Donbas continue to scout the positions of the ATO forces using unmanned aerial vehicles. However, in mid-February 2016, the militants’ drones switched to the offensive tactics – not at the front line though, but in the rear.

The prime minister remains in office. President Poroshenko sacrificed prosecutor general Viktor Shokin still having a small margin of time to define a nominee for this post. The European Ukraine coalition looks more like a hostel these days. The Heavenly Hundred Memorial Day brought some ugly surprises.

Four Ukrainians were released from militant captivity, only 194 MPs voted for a resolution of no confidence in the Cabinet which was not enough to dismiss the government, Ukraine’s trade balance surplus amounted to $4.065 billion in 2015.

The speeches of participants of the Munich Security Conference echoed in further development of foreign relations. The Verkhovna Rada got embarrassed during the voting for the so-called visa-free laws. Ahmet Davutoglu confirmed that Ukraine is a strategic partner of Turkey.

Despite recognizing the Cabinet’s performance as unsatisfactory, the Parliament failed to dismiss it; Ukraine temporarily banned the transit of Russian trucks in response to the actions of the Kremlin; and the Russian Ministry of Finance lodged a suit with the London court against Ukraine for its failure to pay back the so-called "Yanukovych's debt" - these are the main economic news of the past week.

Russian politician, deputy chairman of the PARNAS opposition party Ilya Yashin has said in an interview with UNIAN that the Kremlin now has full control over the occupied Donbas and explained why the Russian opposition is forced to participate in the parliament elections in the annexed Crimea at the same time condemning he very annexation.

Ukraine’s key creditor, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), before allocating another tranche of financial aid, has strongly recommended that the Ukrainian authorities reviewed the tax legislation, lighten banking restrictions, improve operations with state assets and show concrete results in the fight against corruption.

Petro Poroshenko during the Munich Security Conference reminded the audience about what is actually happening in Ukraine. The Government of Arseniy Yatsenyuk is preparing for a decisive battle to prolong its mandate. The minority factions of Parliament are seeking unique ways to strengthen their positions.

One death sentence was formally pronounced by the pro-Russian militants in Donbas, 12 Crimean Tatars were detained after the Russian FSB raided their homes in the occupied Crimea; 21,000 officials are deemed potential targets of Ukraine’s brand new National Anti-Corruption Bureau.

In an unprecedented transparency, the Cabinet held a live meeting, approving the Action Plan for 2016 and calling on the other branches of power to not interfere with its work; the IMF demanded reforms and intensification of the fight against corruption; and the State Statistics Service reported on the acceleration of inflation – these are the main economic news of the past week.

The anniversary of the Minsk agreements is not celebrated, it’s just a date amid Ukraine’s continued attempts to use the deal’s low efficiency in the interests of the state. Several western centers of influence have stated their positions regarding the political situation in Ukraine. Relations between Russia and Turkey are further worsening.

In an interview with UNIAN, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor Andrei Zubov explains that, by stopping the advance of Russian aggression, Ukraine has saved the other post-Soviet countries from the territorial claims of the Kremlin. Mr. Zubov offers his own recipe for Putin to save face after forced withdrawal from the occupied Donbas.

In his first interview after the resignation from a post of Ukraine's Permanent Representative to the UN, Yuriy Sergeyev has told UNIAN when he had cut personal contact with his Russian counterpart Vitaliy Churkin, and how just a few Ukrainian diplomats had managed to refute the Kremlin’s aggressive policy.

A minister from Arseniy Yatsenyuk’s government issued an ultimatum to the president's team. The parliamentary coalition is preparing to a revolt of minority factions and an attempt of fractious radicals to return in a gesture of last resort. Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin decided to remind about his own irreplaceability.

A scandalous resignation of Aivaras Abromavicius, new old faces in the government and another round of devaluation – these are the main economic news of the past week.

15.5 days was the time needed for a freight train to get from Ukraine to China bypassing Russia; 21 citizens of Ukraine are illegally detained in Russia and the temporarily occupied Crimea; 4,749 children of migrants who came to Europe unaccompanied by an adult, are reported missing.

Yehor Bozhok, Acting Head of Mission of Ukraine to NATO, has told UNIAN in an exclusive interview about the new stage of cooperation with the Alliance, explaining what Ukraine expects of the NATO summit in Warsaw.

Both in Berlin and Kyiv, various officials from the German government discussed the issue of Donbas settlement with their Ukrainian colleagues. The Ukrainian Cabinet crisis triggered prompt reaction of the G-7 countries. The Crimean issue remains in a scope of attention of the European Parliament and the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry.