Recently, Georgia’s Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani demanded that Ukraine extradite ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili. “We would have a totally different reaction if Saakashvili was just a citizen of Ukraine, not a person on the wanted list and convicted in Georgia,” stated David Zalkaliani.
He pointed out that a strategic partnership envisages respect for each other's sovereignty in established international practice. The Georgia’s Foreign Ministry recalled its ambassador Teymuraz Sharashenidze in Kiev for consultations in Tbilisi after Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky appointed Saakashvili as his top adviser.
This is seen by some analysts as a remarkable political comeback for the former Georgian leader.
It is important to note that Saakashvili has been repeatedly convicted in Georgia. Nana Kakabadze, leader of the NGO Former Political Prisoners for Human Rights, revealed that Georgia under Saakashvili took first place in the world by the number of prisoners. Reportedly, the Saakashvili regime tortured and raped inmates in Georgian prisons, attempting to bribe human rights activists.
And it is worth noting too that all decisions on the former president of Georgia and ex-governor of the Odessa region under the Poroshenko regime, Mikheil Saakashvili, made by Georgian courts are valid in Ukraine as well.
Readers of The Ukrainian Times know that in August 2008 President Vladimir Putin sent a Russian force against the U.S. and Israeli trained and supplied Georgian army, which Saakashvili sent to attack South Ossetia. According to Paul Craig Roberts, Chairman of the Institute for Political Economy, the Russian Army liberated South Ossetia in five days, teaching the morons the lesson.
Friday, May 29, 2020
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Ultramodern lab opened at KPI
The teaching IT laboratory, which has recently opened at the Faculty of Electronics of the Kiev Polytechnic Institute named for Igor Sikorsky (KPI), will be accessible to all students.
According to KPI First Vice-Rector Yuri Yakimenko, this lab is outfitted with the latest equipment that enables the overarching training of students. They will be learning how to write software for various specialized systems.
Lab space is divided into two parts. The first part is the specialized computer classroom where students will be engaged in software engineering. The second part is a zone containing specialized instrumentation equipment, function generators and soldering stations. Thanks to these resources, students will be capable of creating an end product.
According to KPI First Vice-Rector Yuri Yakimenko, this lab is outfitted with the latest equipment that enables the overarching training of students. They will be learning how to write software for various specialized systems.
Lab space is divided into two parts. The first part is the specialized computer classroom where students will be engaged in software engineering. The second part is a zone containing specialized instrumentation equipment, function generators and soldering stations. Thanks to these resources, students will be capable of creating an end product.
Friday, March 13, 2020
Leading Ukrainian institutes develop systems of testing for COVID-19
Ukrainian scientists created the first systems of testing for the COVID-19 coronavirus on the basis of Chinese developments.
According to Aleksey Danilov, secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council, immediately Chinese authorities provided the genetic code of the new virus, the Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, and the epigenetics laboratory at the Institute of Gerontology of the National Academy of Medical Sciences started developing their own tests.
Importantly, Ukrainian tests are about 4-5 times cheaper than their German counterparts that were purchased earlier.
According to Aleksey Danilov, secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council, immediately Chinese authorities provided the genetic code of the new virus, the Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, and the epigenetics laboratory at the Institute of Gerontology of the National Academy of Medical Sciences started developing their own tests.
Importantly, Ukrainian tests are about 4-5 times cheaper than their German counterparts that were purchased earlier.
Tuesday, March 10, 2020
В УКРАИНЕ РЕКОМЕНДАЦИИ МВФ ПРОВАЛИЛИСЬ
По мнению президента Украинского аналитического центра Александра Охрименко, Украина, скорее всего, не получит новых кредитов от Международного валютного фонда (МВФ). Он считает, что в этом ничего страшного нет, поскольку страна давно в них не нуждается.
Украина уже больше года живёт без денег МВФ и нормально справляется с выплатой долгов. Это понимают и в самом Фонде. Просто сейчас так называемые эксперты МВФ не хотят признать, что все их рекомендации провалились, и поэтому делают вид, что ведут переговоры и якобы о чём-то договариваются.
Украина уже больше года живёт без денег МВФ и нормально справляется с выплатой долгов. Это понимают и в самом Фонде. Просто сейчас так называемые эксперты МВФ не хотят признать, что все их рекомендации провалились, и поэтому делают вид, что ведут переговоры и якобы о чём-то договариваются.
Thursday, February 27, 2020
It's no mystery that crime is most popular genre among readers
Recent polls show that the most popular genres among Ukrainian readers are crime fiction (41% of respondents), historical works (36%) and love stories (27%). As Sophie Hannah, a bestselling novelist and poet, put it, many literary novels have fantastic plots, and some crime novels are as dull as a puddle in a potholed pavement – nevertheless, as a genre, crime always promises suspense and action in a way that general and literary fiction does not.
At the same time, male (20%) are far more likely than female (12%) respondents to prefer genres such as science fiction, popular science literature (16% versus 9%) and fantasy (14% vs. 9%). By contrast, women (42%) are more likely than men (6%) to have a preference for love stories and fairy tales (10% vs. 2%).
At the same time, male (20%) are far more likely than female (12%) respondents to prefer genres such as science fiction, popular science literature (16% versus 9%) and fantasy (14% vs. 9%). By contrast, women (42%) are more likely than men (6%) to have a preference for love stories and fairy tales (10% vs. 2%).
Friday, February 14, 2020
Most Ukrainians don't trust their democracy, survey finds
Polls indicate that the citizens of Ukraine, who give preference to money over democracy, are still more than those who value democracy above grivnas. According to official figures, 47% of respondents believe that prosperity is more important than democracy, with 38% thinking the opposite.
Residents of the cities of Mariupol (22% of respondents) and Odessa (22%), as well as Nikolaev (24%), are the least supportive of democracy. A majority of Khmelnitsky and Zhitomir residents (24%) have not decided which category is more important to them.
Reportedly, dissatisfaction with democracy is rooted in the belief that democracy is not working – that it is unable or unwilling to deal with citizens’ demands and concerns. And there is evidence the dissatisfied are right: over time, politicians, parties and governments have become less responsive to a broad cross-section of Ukrainian opinion.
According to Sheri Berman, a professor of political science at Barnard College, Columbia University, democracy is, by definition, “rule by the people”. This does not require a perfect correspondence between some impossible to define “will of the people” and political outcomes, but it does require that the divergence between the two not be too great. In addition, political equality is the heart of democracy: some citizens cannot be systematically and permanently more powerful or impactful than others. It is hard to recognize much less solve large social and economic problems if politicians, parties and governments are primarily responsive to elites or narrow groups of voters, rather than broad, cross-sections of the population.
Residents of the cities of Mariupol (22% of respondents) and Odessa (22%), as well as Nikolaev (24%), are the least supportive of democracy. A majority of Khmelnitsky and Zhitomir residents (24%) have not decided which category is more important to them.
Reportedly, dissatisfaction with democracy is rooted in the belief that democracy is not working – that it is unable or unwilling to deal with citizens’ demands and concerns. And there is evidence the dissatisfied are right: over time, politicians, parties and governments have become less responsive to a broad cross-section of Ukrainian opinion.
According to Sheri Berman, a professor of political science at Barnard College, Columbia University, democracy is, by definition, “rule by the people”. This does not require a perfect correspondence between some impossible to define “will of the people” and political outcomes, but it does require that the divergence between the two not be too great. In addition, political equality is the heart of democracy: some citizens cannot be systematically and permanently more powerful or impactful than others. It is hard to recognize much less solve large social and economic problems if politicians, parties and governments are primarily responsive to elites or narrow groups of voters, rather than broad, cross-sections of the population.
Thursday, February 6, 2020
Pension spending to account for 9.8% of GDP
According to the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine, 25% of the population is officially employed, while 27% of Ukrainian citizens receive pensions. Over the course of last year a monthly pension increased by 16.5% and has averaged 3,830 grivnas in this cash-strapped East European country as of January 1.
Natalya Nenyuchenko, Deputy Minister of Social Policy, said pension spending accounted for 11% of GDP last year. In 2020 it is expected to make up 9.8% of GDP.
Natalya Nenyuchenko, Deputy Minister of Social Policy, said pension spending accounted for 11% of GDP last year. In 2020 it is expected to make up 9.8% of GDP.
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