News on September 21: the Russian Federation has again started to strike at energy facilities, Ukraine will withdraw its WTO complaint against Slovakia

News on September 21: the Russian Federation has again started to strike at energy facilities, Ukraine will withdraw its WTO complaint against Slovakia

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About the Russian missile attack on energy facilities. During a massive enemy missile attack on the morning of September 21, some energy facilities in the center and west of Ukraine were damaged – this was the first Russian attack on the energy system in the last six months.

About the WTO. The Ministers of Agriculture of Slovakia and Ukraine agreed on the creation of a licensing system for grain trade, which will allow the ban on the import of Ukrainian agricultural products to Slovakia to be lifted as soon as the system is created.

About defense companies. The Parliament, with 306 votes in favor, obliged the Cabinet of Ministers to guarantee the payment of profits to arms manufacturers as part of prices in contracts with the Ministry of Defense, thereby resolving a months-long dispute with the State Audit Service.

About the grant from the USA. On September 21, the state budget received 1.25 billion dollars of grant funds from the USA through the Trust Fund of many donors of the World Bank.

About Zhevago. Two subsidiaries of the Ferrexpo Group of oligarch Konstantin Zhevago – “Yeristivskyi GZK” and “Bilanivskyi GZK” – received documents from the Ministry of Justice on the seizure of shares of corporate rights in the amount of 50.3% belonging to the Swiss company Ferrexpo AG in each of the enterprises.

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