08.04.2014 14:08

“Congratulations, Putin!”

Just now we conducted a public opinion poll together with the Agency for Social Research for an order, a sample of 4200 people, classical sampling of respondents, phone calls, the street. The question: “Do you support the introduction of troops into Ukraine”, without explanation about Crimea, Donbas, and Kyiv.

56.8% – yes, 19.6% – no. In the protesting, intelligent Moscow it’s 51% / 24%, in St.Petersburg 47% / 31%.

National Bank of Ukraine

Wednesday, April 9, 2014, 10:04

New National Bank of Ukraine Chairman Stepan Kubiv lent UAH 21.5bn to banks to hold liquidity at a stable level and cover the deposits outflow since assuming his post six weeks ago. Lesya Voytytska at Hubs.com.ua, reports.

The NBU has not divulged any details about which banks got the financial assistance and what the volumes of it are but some bankers shared information with Hubs.

Privatbank, which has held deposits of 40.6% of all Ukrainian depositors, was given the largest sum. “As of the end of March the NBU gave it UAH 9bn to cover outflow,”claims a Privat director who requested anonymity.

Wednesday, April 9, 2014, 10:00

Donetsk separatists in the RSA building

Donetsk separatists want to hold a “referendum” before May 11^th, and asked the Kremlin to bring Russian troops into Ukraine, reports Radio Svoboda on its Twitter page.

By Olena Wawryshyn

The Canada & Ukraine Together/Razom benefit concert held on March 28th at the Mississauga Living Arts Centre near Toronto, Ontario was one of those rare events where everything fell into place so phenomenally that God’s hand seemed to be at work.

Incredibly, the gala concert was organized in just over three week. Ticket sales were so brisk that the event set a single-day ticket-sales record at the Centre’s Hammersmith Hall, which seats more than 1,300.