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RFE/RL: Nephew of Chechen leader Kadyrov becomes Grozny’s new mayor

UNIAN: Remittances to Ukraine estimated at $1.2 billion in first half of 2018

UNIAN: Ukraine’s Mriya sets records with commercial flight in South America

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UNIAN: Constantinople says Moscow has no grounds to organize celebrations of 10th century …

Reuters: Europe poised for bumper Chinese tourism season

UNIAN: Ukrainians buy the most real estate in Poland of all foreign nationals

UNIAN: Ukraine prosecutors identify 9,000 turncoats among ex-Ukrainian law enforcers in …

Halya Coynash: Poland’s government deals death blow to independent judiciary

New York Times: UN is running out of money, says Secretary General

UNIAN: Ukraine’s subsoil regulator hopes to earn $113 million by selling off oil and gas …

Reuters: Hungary’s Orban digs in against European Commission on migration

New York Times: Mueller examines Trump’s tweets in wide-ranging obstruction inquiry

UNIAN: Russia sends 79th ‘humanitarian convoy’ to Donbas

Dangerous roads

Irish Times: Russia mocks US call to return Crimea to Ukraine

Where to enjoy outdoor jazz shows this summer

Shpylyasti Kobzari prove Ukraine’s folk music cool

Rooftop bars offer drinks, picturesque views of Kyiv

Photo exhibition shows lives of Ukrainians with hepatitis C

RFE/RL: U.S. House passes bill allowing waivers of Russian military sanctions

The Daily Beast: American racists look for allies in Russia

UNIAN: Turchynov hails successful tests of Ukraine’s new weapons

Euan MacDonald: Ukraine’s Friend & Foe of the Week

UkrInform: Crimean children prosecuted for removing Russian flag from village council

Meduza: Russian human rights official says guards need higher pay to reduce inmate …

The Hill: Trump, Putin discussed Ukraine at private meeting, but didn’t find room for …

Reuters: Britain scrambles Romania-based jets to intercept Russian plane

112.ua: Cabinet of Ministers to hold ‘informational reintegration’ of Donbas

The Intercept: Ecuador will hand over Julian Assange to the UK – what next?

Regional Gas Company trying to divert public attention from gas thefts, says Naftogaz

UNIAN: Rogue employee mined 500,000 Bitcoins in 2011, says Russian CEO

Open Democracy: Ukraine’s little known memory war over anti-Semitism

UNIAN: Pro-Russian clerics fomenting tensions ahead of Kievan Rus Baptism anniversary

Cabinet to allocate Hr 100,000 to families of Ukrainian political prisoners held in Russia

Leonid Bershidsky: Europe’s populists are divided over Trump, Israel and America

The Guardian: Facebook stocks plummet more than 20 percent amid concerns over growth

The Guardian: Pakistan election in disarray as incumbent rejects result

Halya Coynash: Russia retracts insanity charges against Ukrainian prisoner, hands him 8.5 …

RFE/RL: Belarus extends visa-free travel for tourists to 30 days

RFE/RL: Pro-Stalin lawmaker confirmed as head of Russian parliament’s culture committee

112.ua: Thunderstorms in Ukraine leave 117 settlements without power

UkrInform: Ukrainian Foreign Ministry welcomes ‘Crimea declaration’

UNIAN: Russia confronted at UN over torture in occupied Crimea

Wall Street Journal: More of Africa finds itself in China’s debt

The Guardian: Donald Trump postpones summit with Vladimir Putin until new year

Politico: Sex-for-access claims are baseless, argues accused Russian agent’s lawyer

Bloomberg: Putin’s soccer ball for Trump had transmitter chip, indicates logo

PepsiCo Ukraine mulling producing Lay’s potato chips locally

New York Times: An obituary for Oksana Shachko, Femen founder

Politico: In abrupt shift, Trump makes nice with EU, gets tough on Russia

RFE/RL: US issues ‘Crimea declaration’ reaffirming rejection of Russia’s annexation

Bloomberg: Ukraine complains Russia is using new Crimea bridge to disrupt shipping

UkrInform: Ukraine already exported 1.5 million tons of grain in 2018/2019 marketing year

UkrInform: More than half of Ukrainians say they’re happy

The Moscow Times: Shirtless Siberian fined for cruising the streets in a bathtub

The Guardian: Three Russian guards plead guilty to mass beating of prisoner | World news

Poroshenko’s veto on timber law provides cover to illegal logging, says …

Ukraine should extend law on Donbas special status

RFE/RL: Controversial ‘native languages’ bill passes legislative hurdle in Russia

The Jerusalem Post: Ukrainian Jewish man imprisoned four years under false charges …

Halya Coynash: Russian asylum-seeker in Ukraine returned to Russia, convicted of …

UNIAN: OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger to visit eastern Ukraine this week

UNIAN: Crimea prosecutor’s office suggests that foreigners who go to official events …