Affaire Kerimov : un agent immobilier de Nice écroué

Une femme agent immobilier a été mise en examen et écrouée dans l'enquête sur le milliardaire et sénateur russe Souleïman Kerimov, propriétaire présumé de plusieurs villas payées avec des dessous de table sur Côte d'Azur.

THE UBER-WAYMO LAWSUIT GETS A NEW STAR—AND TAKES A WILD TURN

WHEN WAYMO, THE autonomous car company once known as Google’s self-driving car outfit, announced it was suing Uber for trade-secret theft in February, the action seemed to center on a single person: Anthony Levandowski. According to Waymo, the former Google engineer downloaded 14,000 secret documents from its system and used the contents to launch his own self-driving truck startup, Otto, in January 2016. By August, Uber had acquired Otto for a reported $680 million, and Waymo says the ride-hailing giant was in on the theft from the start.

Legislate in haste, repent at leisure – NABU

When NABU, the SAP and (now increasingly discredited) NACP were created the current Ukrainian authorities were in a far weaker economic, political and diplomatic position than they are today.  (Not that it is particularly strong.)

External supporters and international institutions had hefty sticks to wield, and absolutely necessary carrots to dangle.

Time stands still for no man.

Issues Enforcing Nondisclosure Agreements

Confidential information is a basic business requirement. Such information is essential to protect business vitality, competitive advantage, industry leadership, and ultimately the market share. Sometimes a business may have to disclose confidential information to others to advance its business interests. Nondisclosure agreements can allow businesses to disclose confidential information without the risk of losing ownership of that information. 

However, nondisclosure agreements are only as effective as they are enforceable. A valid nondisclosure agreement can result in monetary damages or an injunction against the breaching party.

Саміт Східного партнерства: Холодний душ з "вишенькою на торті"

Чим став для України та решти країн-учасниць п’ятий саміт Східного партнерства в Брюсселі

Волкер, Донбасс, Минские соглашения. Мифы и реальность.

Олег Пономарь

1. Альтернативы Минским соглашениям нет. 

Об этом снова и снова (вчера в НАТО, Тиллерсон и тд) будут говорить наши западные союзники. Об этом говорит геополитическая логика процесса- возвратить Украине ее территории и одновременно при помощи санкций победить агрессивное и реваншистское образование на Земле - Россию.

Те, кто приплетают сюда Будапештский меморандум, лукавят (сознательно или по непониманию). Допустим США хотят его выполнить. Как они должны это сделать? Объявить РФ войну? Вооружить союзника Украину и устроить бойню в центре Европы? Нет. Смысл в том, чтобы разыграть геополитическую партию красиво, как это было разыграно с СССР.

Тем, кто говорит про жертвы. Да, это война и без жертв ее не бывает. Но а) не мы ее начали и мы не можем ее закончить, не победив; б) без Минских соглашений жертв было бы в сотни тысяч раз больше.

Australian Competition Law Reform Now in Force

After four years of consultation and debate, some of the most significant reforms to Australia’s competition laws have come into effect on 6 November.

The reforms, introduced by the Competition and Consumer Amendment (Competition Policy Review) Act 2017 and the inter-related Competition and Consumer Amendment (Misuse of Market Power) Act 2017, are the culmination of a process that began in September 2013, with the government’s announcement of a ‘root and branch’ review of Australia’s competition laws which resulted in the Competition Policy Review, commonly known as the Harper Review after its chair, Professor Ian Harper. 

November 30, Stepan Kubiv will sign the Framework Partnership Program between the Government of Ukraine and the United Nations until 2022

On November 30, 2017, First Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine/Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine Stepan Kubiv and UN Resident Coordinator in Ukraine Neal Walker will ink the Framework Partnership Program between the Government of Ukraine and the United Nations for 2018-2022.

The Framework Program shall determine the strategic directions of cooperation between the UN and the Government of Ukraine with an expected budget of US$ 700 million, as well as the basis for long-range planning and activities of the United Nations in Ukraine for the next five years.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister: U.S. prepares new list of Russian companies to be sanctioned

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said that in January the U.S. Treasury Department will prepare a new list of Russian businessmen and companies that may be subject to restrictive measures, reported news agency UNIAN.

“At the end of January, the United States Department of the Treasury along with American institutions must have this list prepared. This list will, in itself, be a very important leverage in influencing and putting pressure on Russia,” the Minister said.

NABU says sting operation fails after interference

The Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine (PGO) and the SBU Security Service of Ukraine have illegally interfered with an undercover special operation of the National Anti-corruption Bureau (NABU) aimed at identifying members of an organized criminal group in the State Migration Service of Ukraine.

Las incógnitas del suicidio de Slobodan Praljak en La Haya: ¿cómo llegó el veneno a la sala?

El Tribunal de La Haya ha sido escenario este miércoles de un hecho insólito. Slobodan Praljak, excomandante de las fuerzas croatas de Bosnia en la guerra de los Balcanes, se suicidaba bebiendo un veneno en plena audiencia de apelación. 

Commentary: Don't call Putin a genius

Vladimir Putin’s global stature appears to be at an all-time high. Some observers call the Russian president the Middle East’s New Sheriffand for good reason. Last week, during a series of meetings with the leaders of Syria, Turkey and Iran in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi, Putin took the central role in a major diplomatic push to end Syria’s civil war by winning support from Turkey and Iran to host a Syrian peace congress.

Биткоин в Украине: где можно приобрести и на что потратить "валюту будущего"

Интерес к биткоину в последнее время бьет все рекорды. Как, собственно, и его цена. Сайт "Сегодня" решил разобраться в ситуации, и в первой части большого материала о популярной криптовалюте выяснить, что такое биткоин, сколько денег нужно иметь на счету, чтобы приобрести его, и что можно купить за биткоины в Украине.

The Politics of Recognition and the Limits of Emancipation through Law

There is much to celebrate about the BVerfG decision. Intersex erasure is a serious issue, and 2017 could go down in history as the year intersex reached a tipping point of visibility: supermodel Hanne Gaby Odiele comes out as intersex in the US Teen Vogue, generally intersex activism is picking up media time around the world, and now Vanja has won the Bundesverfassungsgericht.

SUPREME COURT MUST UNDERSTAND: CELL PHONES AREN’T OPTIONAL

YOU MAY NOT realize it, but the cell phone in your pocket creates a time-stamped map of everywhere you go: where you shop, where you receive medical care, and how often you frequent a church, school, or gun range. That's because cell phones automatically connect to the nearest cell phone tower, and by doing so, constantly determine and record the user's location.

Alternative peace and harmony

This week, we saw a continuation of the trend from two weeks ago: polishing Russia's soviet era history. Whereas last time we saw the Russian MFA incorrectly giving credit to Soviet soldiers for saving Bulgarian Jews, this week we saw further extreme historical "creativity".

As explained in detail here, the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia was described in the official TV channel of Russia’s Ministry of Defence, Zvezda, as a way of preserving peace and harmony in the region. It was in fact a foreign hostile invasion.

Ukraine's defense minister: Situation in Donbas poses threat to the West

Ukrainian Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak says that the situation in Donbas, eastern Ukraine, poses a threat to the entire Western world and sends a signal to other countries, according to the ministry's press service.

DLA Piper Joins ‘Freemium’ Strategy to Win Startup Clients

DLA Piper is joining the throng of law firms that have turned to document automation technology in an effort to better match the economics of a firm with cash-poor, startup companies.

The global legal giant has launched free online interview tools that will let U.S. startup companies generate documents such as articles of incorporation, an employee offer letter, various nondisclosure agreements, stock purchase agreements and others. Within five years, DLA Piper hopes to make available interviews that will generate legal documents for startups in all major jurisdictions.

Cyber security/cyber defence Ukraine – Structural changes ahead

It is no secret that Ukraine, over the past 5 years in particular, has become something of a petri dish for the testing and/or implementation of cyber incidents by hostile actors.

That is not to say every such cyber incident is the direct or indirect action of the same particular hostile actor.  While many can and will be attributed privately to direct or indirect Kremlin attacks via both evidence and intelligence (and evidence and intelligence are not the same thing at all), it is not the case that Ukraine suffers only from malevolent Kremlin or Kremlin supported cyber incidents.

EU outlines sanctions for tax havens

Jurisdictions designated as tax havens by the EU could face financial sanctions, the European Commission has said.

Statement of Commitment to Foreign Exchange Global Code of Conduct

All central banks in the European System of Central Banks (ESCB) are strongly committed to supporting and promoting adherence to the Foreign Exchange Global Code of Conduct (the “Code”). Today, 15 of the ESCB central banks, including the European Central Bank, simultaneously issued Statements of Commitment to the Code. 

Can confidentiality agreements shield sexual predators?

More than 50 women have now accused Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct, yet for years no one made a peep publicly. It appears that the women kept silent because they had signed one or both of two kinds of confidentiality agreements (also known as nondisclosure agreements, or NDAs): either a workplace NDA or a settlement NDA. In either case, the agreements appeared to bar the women from speaking up about Weinstein’s behavior. How can it be legal for a predator to force someone to shut up after they’ve been sexually harassed or even assaulted or raped?

Poroshenko signs law making Christmas Day - Dec 25 day off in Ukraine

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed the law passed by the parliament declaring December 25 a day off in Ukrain e abolishing a day off on May 2, according to the website of the Ukrainian parliament.

Украину восстановят украинцы, а не Брюссель

Ваша статья под названием «Как Евросоюз расколол Украину — с помощью России» от 24 ноября содержит три ошибочных суждения касательно моей страны.

Во-первых, заголовок вашей статьи повторяет одно из заявлений, активно распространяемых российской пропагандой, а именно: утверждение о том, что Евросоюз несет ответственность за конфликт на Украине, поскольку именно он вынуждал эту страну подписать соглашение об ассоциации. Между тем в действительности с 2007 по 2014 годы украинские правительства сознательно добивались подписания этого соглашения. 

An Insurance Contract is Still a Contract

In two recent opinions, the SC Court of Appeals reminded readers that parties are free to contract as they see fit, as long as the contract provisions at issue are not contrary to public policy or a statutory prohibition. It is sometimes easy to forget those basic rules apply to policies of insurance as well as other contracts, and include an insurer’s right to limit liability and impose restrictions on their responsibilities.

Tillerson has harsh words for Russia’s ‘malicious tactics’

В Крыму приняли закон о списании с местных жителей украинских кредитов

Москва. 29 ноября. INTERFAX.RU - Государственный совет Крыма в среду утвердил во втором, окончательном чтении, закон, регламентирующий порядок списания с жителей региона долгов по кредитам, взятым в украинских банках, которые прекратили работу на полуострове в 2014 году после его вхождения в состав России.

"Подлежит списанию в полном объеме задолженность, если по состоянию на 18 марта 2014 года она не превышала 5 миллионов рублей или сумму, выраженную в иностранной валюте по курсу, установленному Центральным банком Российской Федерации на указанную дату, эквивалентную 5 миллионам рублей", - сказал спикер Владимир Константинов на заседании парламента республики.

Lawmakers push measure to make ‘revenge porn’ a federal crime

WASHINGTON - Just days after a member of Congress had a explicit photo released on the internet by an anonymous Twitter user, congressional lawmakers began a strong push to make “revenge porn” or “sextortion” a federal crime.

Poland says Ukrainians make up half of all migrants in country

Ukrainians account for half of all migrants in the Republic of Poland, according to Deputy Mayor of Gdansk Wieslaw Bielawski, RBC-Ukraine reports.

UK could pay £50bn Brexit divorce bill after bowing to EU pressure

Senior European official says that Britain ‘wants to come along with the money’ but the EU needs to see the fine print

What Canadian Companies Need to Know About Effective Compliance with Canadian, U.S. and Global Anti-Corruption Laws

An understanding of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (CFPOA) provides a framework to consider how, when and why these laws are enforced. A holistic view of your company’s policies and procedures as they relate to corruption and bribery eases the adoption of compliance best practices.

Here are 10 key FCPA and CFPOA considerations to inspire issue-spotting in the workplace.

Works at Chernobyl New Safe Confinement nearing completion

One year after the New Safe Confinement (NSC) at Chernobyl has been moved into its final position more progress has been made in finalising the project financed by EBRD-managed funds. Installation of critical cranage, ventilation and control systems is nearing completion and the final stages of sealing the confinement to the old structure is underway. Extensive testing is already underway before the structure will be commissioned and handed over to the management of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (ChNPP).

Snowstorms & Extreme Cold

This page explains what actions to take when you receive a winter weather storm alert from the National Weather Service for your local area and what to do before, during, and after a snowstorm or extreme cold.

Issuance of Ukraine-/Russia-related General License 1B; Updated FAQs

Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is issuing Ukraine-/Russia-related General License 1B and is publishing updated Ukraine-/Russia-related FAQs and one new Ukraine-/Russia-related FAQ.  

These changes relate to the amended Ukraine-/Russia-related Directives 1 and 2 that were issued on September 29, 2017 in accordance with Title II of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act of 2017 (CAATSA).  

Certain CAATSA-related prohibitions in amended Directives 1 and 2 had a delayed effective date of November 28, 2017.  In order to account for the fact that the CAATSA-related prohibitions in amended Directives 1 and 2 have now come into effect, OFAC is issuing General License 1B to address the decrease in the maturity dates for Directive 1 from 30 days to 14 days, and the decrease in the maturity dates for Directive 2 from 90 days to 60 days; in the case of both directives, these new prohibitions relate to debt issued on or after November 28, 2017.  OFAC is also publishing updated Ukraine-/Russia-related FAQs and one new FAQ.

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The Summit: Bretton Woods, 1944: J. M. Keynes and the Reshaping of the Global Economy

The idea of world leaders gathering in the midst of economic crisis has become all too familiar. But the meeting at Bretton Woods in 1944 was different. It was the only time countries from around the world have agreed to overhaul the structure of the international monetary system. Against all odds, they were successful.

Tax haven list to 'whitewash' EU culprits

Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, and the Netherlands should be on the EU's upcoming tax haven blacklist, according to Oxfam, a global NGO.

But the four member states will be excluded because the list, to be announced next week by EU finance ministers and to be accompanied by potential sanctions, will only cover non-EU jurisdictions.

Three Views of Voter Fraud

Here, three views on voter fraud: a Kansas lawyer who defended a woman charged with fraud; the columnist John Fund, who argues that voter fraud may exist widely, whether we see it or not; and Lorraine Minnite, a political-science professor who researched the topic exhaustively, and who tells the staff writer Jelani Cobb that purposeful fraud in the electoral system essentially does not exist.

The top 5 takeaways from this year's Lawyers Weekly Future Forum

This year’s Lawyers Weekly Future Forum demonstrated that innovation spans the entire entity of an organisation — from technology through to business models and operations — to enable lawyers to provide a more intuitive experience to the market, writes Brendan Smart.

4 Types Of Employees Nearly Every Company Has And What To Do About Them

Much of my day is dedicated to the hard questions of employment law. Discrimination claims. Worker classification issues. Wage claims. But some of the most interesting things that I do involve the most nuanced issues, and often just ever so slightly touch on employment law. And in this more gray area of employment law, I’ve identified four types of employees at the heart of a lot of the questions I get from HR, or from employees who have the misfortune of working with them.

A busy December in the Verkhovna Rada?

As the year end approaches, the usual psychology, or perhaps simply foolish thoughts, that a new year somehow changes reality nevertheless slowly begins to creep in.

It is as much an individual affair as it is within the structures individuals toil.

There is inevitably a sense of things that “need to be done” before the new year commences – often for no discernible or sensible reason, lest there otherwise be statutory requirement.

Thus it will be for the Verkhovna Rada.

Five Critical Steps in Selecting a Managed Services Partner

With the proper research and asking the right questions, you can be sure to get the perfect match for your managed service’s needs.

Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence and Microsoft Ukraine sign Memorandum on Cooperation

On November 27, 2017 the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine and Microsoft Ukraine signed the Memorandum on Cooperation (MoC). The subject of this MoC is to cooperate in implementation of defence information technologies considering the NATO standards and approaches.

According to the Directorate of Information Technologies of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, cooperation will include the application of the experience of cooperation of Microsoft and NATO, EU, and US armies in formation of protected and secured IT infrastructure of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, implementation of information defence systems and ensuring their security, as well as training of IT specialists of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine.

Ukraine needs law on collaborators as Minsk accords not working – Interior Minister

"Can the Minsk agreements be implemented as a real mechanism for achieving peace and resolving the conflict? I am deeply convinced that they can’t, especially in the way the Russian Federation is trying to interpret these agreements," he said during the VIII National Expert Forum "Ukraine: Seeking Balance", 112 TV Ukraine channel reports. According to Avakov, other agreements must be signed. According to him, the first step toward the "liberation of Donbas" should be the establishment by peacekeeping and Ukrainian government forces of control on the internationally recognized border of Ukraine.

The US sanctions bill is a timebomb for Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin

In Russia, propaganda-generated hope springs eternal, and no more so than at the news agency Tass. Europe is wising up to the fact that its sanctions policy against Russia is “senseless and futile”, was the quote on Monday from Sergei Zheleznyak, a member of the state Duma’s international affairs committee. You have to hand it to Russia: it pursues some goals relentlessly.

Workiva

Workiva is an enterprise software company based in Ames, Iowa. Founded in 2008 as Webfilings, its main product is Wdesk, a cloud-based enterprise management and auditing software-as-a-service platform that enables companies to create and file financial and compliance reports and documents to the SEC and other federal and state regulatory agencies. The Wdesk platform integrates information from disparate content formats, including spreadsheets, presentation documents, emails and other unstructured data, into a single cloud-based report. The company employs approximately 1,200 people with offices in 16 cities in the United States, Canada and Europe.

Website: https://www.workiva.com/en-nl

New York Paid Family Leave Obligations for Manufacturers

Effective January 1, 2018, employees of manufacturers working in New York State may be eligible for paid family leave.  The NY Paid Family Leave Law (“PFLL”) is both broader than and more narrow than the federal Family and Medical Leave Act.  The PFLL applies to all employees employed by private manufacturers and working in New York State, even if the manufacturer is located outside the State of New York or the employee is working from home (for example, sales employees).

Australia’s Same-Sex Marriage Breakthrough

What same-sex marriage legislation in Australia could mean for LGBTQI Rights in Asia.

Why Economists Love Property Taxes and You Don't

When the value of land rises, it's generally not because of something the landowner has done. The resulting rents and other monetary gains, 1 Adam Smith wrote in 1776, "are a species of revenue which the owner, in many cases, enjoys without any care or attention of his own."

This made the landowner, Smith continued in "The Wealth of Nations," an excellent target for taxation:

Global crypto-currency crackdown sparks search for safe havens

NEW YORK (Reuters) - When U.S. entrepreneur Bharath Rao looked around for the best place to raise money for his crypto-currency derivatives trading business, the United States did not make his list. Instead he chose the East African island nation Seychelles to sell the trading platform’s tokens.

Deficit of Ukraine's state budget stands at UAH 13.6 bln in Oct 2017

The surplus of the national budget of Ukraine in January-October 2017 amounted to UAH 1.4 billion due to the surplus for the special fund of UAH 27.7 billion because of special confiscation in the amount of about UAH 30 billion in April this year, the State Treasury has stated.

Volker on recent meeting with Surkov on peacekeeping in Donbas: A "step back"

U.S. Ambassador Kurt Volker, the Trump administration's special envoy charged with ending the war in Ukraine, says that his recent meeting with Vladislav Surkov, an aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin, in Belgrade on November 13 on a UN peacekeeping mission in Donbas, was a "step back," according to the U.S. edition of the POLITICO magazine.

Payment services: Consumers to benefit from safer and more innovative electronic payments

The Commission has today adopted rules that will make electronic payments in shops and online safer. This will also allow consumers to access more convenient, cost-effective and innovative solutions offered by payment providers.

These rules implement the EU's recently-revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) which aims to modernise Europe's payment services so as to keep pace with this rapidly evolving market and allow the European e-commerce market to blossom. Today's rules allow consumers to use innovative services offered by third party providers, also known as FinTech companies, while maintaining rigorous data protection and security for EU consumers and businesses. These include payment solutions and tools for managing one's personal finances by aggregating information from various accounts.

Environmental lawsuits are the new normal

Hardly a day goes by that global warming isn’t in the news. And from what the scientists have learned, the news is not good: we can expect more extreme storms, scorching summer temperatures, and a rise in sea level over the coming decades measured in feet, not inches.

Youths suing for their environmental future

Government has approved mandatory application of the “one-stop” clearance procedure at all customs offices starting from February 1, 2018

The Government approved the mandatory application of the “one-stop” clearance procedures by allbusinesses and customs offices starting from February 1, 2018.

What’s it about?

After the launch of the “one-stop” clearance procedure on August 1, 2016, the Ministry of Financepermanently monitored its operation and incrementally extended options for business to use this simplifiedprocedure of customs clearance.

For the further development and operation of the “one-stop” information exchange system, the Ministryof Finance prepared amendments to the Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers “On Some Issues Related to theImplementation of the “One-Stop” Principle during Customs, Sanitary, Veterinary, Phyto-Sanitary, Ecological,Radiological Control and Other Types of State Control”.

The amendments include:

Odessa Governor posts bail for city brawler – Rule of law

Not 10 days ago an entry appeared relating to the brawls between local people and the police of Odessa over the very unwelcome shenanigans of Mayor Trukhanov and City Hall and proposed construction in one of the possibly two most loved parts of the historical city centre – Gorsad (City Garden).

The “Summer Theatre” has been leased to Soling (Cyprus) by City Hall – which is an entity very much within the orbit of one of Mayor Trukhanov’s longtime organised crime partners, Vladimir Galaternik.

Putin’s proposal for Ukraine is another trap for Trump

After playing into Russia’s hands on Syria, the Trump administration now risks repeating the error in Ukraine, where diplomatic discussions over a Russian initiative are heating up. Moscow’s plan is to legitimize its invasion and control over parts of two eastern provinces by drawing President Trump into another bad deal.

Germany’s Network Enforcement Act and What It Means for EU Social Media

It was in summer 2017, only a few months before the federal elections, when the German Department of Justice (DoJ) finally got the upper hand in an internal struggle within the German government over how to deal with “hate speech” and “fake news” online. There had been fears rising within political Berlin that foreign forces, such as Russia, could spread “fake news” via social media to meddle in the upcoming elections.

#MeToo And The Marijuana Industry: Ignore Harassment Policies At Your Own Peril

Over the past few weeks, story after story has come to light of sexual assault and sexual harassment in the entertainment industry. But though high-profile actors, directors, and producers are getting most of the press attention right now, the vast majority of workplace sexual harassment is experienced by low-wage hourly employees, often in small businesses.

Searching for Motives in Mass Shootings

By all accounts, mass shootings are now claiming more American lives than at any other point in the past thirty-five years. The most recent, on the morning of November 14th, in Rancho Tehama, California, left five victims and the shooter dead and twelve wounded, including six children.

UN Peacekeeping Mission in Ukraine: How It Can Help Settle, Not Freeze, the Conflict in Donbas

Russia’s proposal to have a UN peacekeeping operation on the contact line in eastern Ukraine has accelerated the international negotiating process regarding settling the conflict in the Donbas. The use of peacekeepers has already been discussed at recent meetings in Belgrade between the newly appointed U.S. special envoy, Kurt Volker, and Russian presidential aide Vladislav Surkov. Ukrainian political circles and the public have also been intensely discussing the possibility of UN peacekeepers in this war-torn region.

Cybersecurity: What to Know About the 'Vulnerabilities Equities Process'

SAN FRANCISCO — They may not realize it, but any company hit by the WannaCry ransomware attack over the past several months was impacted firsthand by a secretive U.S. government policy mechanism known as the VEP.

Short for the “Vulnerabilities Equities Process,” the VEP is the procedure through which the government decides whether to hang on to knowledge of computer security flaws for offensive uses (i.e., hacking), or disclose them to ensure they get patched. In the case of WannaCry, news reports and comments by Microsoft’s chief legal officer indicated that the NSA knew about the vulnerability at the root of the worm, but only told Microsoft after losing control of it.

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А ТЫ что сделал для страны?! Ксения Собчак спрашивает, отвечаю

Карина Орлова

Кандидат в президенты Ксения Собчак выступила в политическом клубе у Михаила Ходорковского в Лондоне. Мой друг Андрей Сидельников, лидер движения Говорите Громче!, задал Ксении от меня вопрос, на который она ответила, и задала встречный вопрос «а что сделала Карина Орлова, чтобы изменить эту страну?» (видео в ссылке в конце)

Изначально я спросила: Ксения, вы и знаете, и даже не скрываете, что ваши шансы на победу в выборах равны нулю. Но если вы действительно кандидат против всех с нулевым шансом на победу и терять вам в таком случае нечего, то с какой целью вы играете в серьезную политику? С какой целью вы подыгрываете кандидатам со стопроцентным шансом на успех? Вы же не можете не понимать, что Собчак, выступающая про политзаключенных, никакого действия на избирателей не возымеет, а только подыграет власти, создав видимость оппозиции. 

Наші гроші: Маєтки під грифом «таємно» за 17.11.15

The 6 Laws of Technology Everyone Should Know

Professor who summarized the impact of technology on society 30 years ago seems prescient now, in the age of smartphones and social media

I'll resign if CHP proves my dime abroad: Erdoğan

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has challenged the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader to reveal any documents proving allegations that he and his family have money stashed away in offshore tax-havens.

“If Tayyip Erdoğan has a single penny abroad, he should prove it. If proven, I will not stay in this presidential post for even one minute,” Erdoğan said on Nov. 26.

“In which off-shore bank does Tayyip Erdoğan have an account? Prove it. If you cannot prove it, you yourself will have to quit politics. If you do, I will quit politics and my post in the presidency,” he added.

Poroshenko accused of following in Yanukovych’s tracks over retrograde law

A law recently passed and signed by the President in blitzkrieg fashion strips the heads and deputy heads of local state administrations of their civil servant status, with this removing any requirements for their appointment on a competitive basis, and restrictions on political party affiliation. The bill was criticized by the opposition as allowing the President dangerous freedom to appoint who he wants, and the Head of the authoritative Centre for Political and Legal Reform [CPLR] has specifically accused President Petro Poroshenko of following a path first taken by his predecessor, Viktor Yanukovych.  

Explaining the coup in Luhansk

This week, armed men occupied administrative buildings in the “Luhansk People’s Republic” and the territory’s separatist leader fled to Moscow. What does this herald for the conflict in eastern Ukraine?

Rise of Polish far-right sparks alarm

The growing far-right presence at Warsaw’s independence day march has long been a source of concern in Poland. This year, the concern went global.Within hours of the march through the Polish capital on November 11, images of black-clad marchers carrying xenophobic, white supremacist banners flashed around the world, setting off an international wave of criticism.

WEF Organised Crime Index – Ukraine 113th

Ukraine, according to the most recent World Economic Forum Index, ranks at 113th with a score of 3.9 with regard to its Organsied Crime Index.

Of it’s immediate neighbours, Bulgaria is the only nation ranking worse at 119th with a score of 3.7.  Of the continental European nations only Bulgaria and Italy rank worse –  Italy ranked at 123rd with a score of 3.5.

This Index is based upon the results of 2016, and thus does not necessarily provide an accurate picture of how things are in 2017.

Week’s balance: criticism in EU, new foreigners for Naftogaz and timid growth of industrial output

EU leaders expressed dissatisfaction with the slowdown of certain reforms in Ukraine, the Cabinet approved the new supervisory board of the state energy holding Naftogaz, the State Statistics Service reported on the timid growth of industrial output in October, while Ukrainian farmers completed the active phase of their autumn field work - these are the main economic news of the outgoing week.

Organized crime: Competitiveness ranking

Organized crime: Competitiveness ranking

Turchynov: Ukraine to start serial production of multiple rocket launcher systems

Ukraine plans to start the serial production of multiple rocket launcher systems in 2018, as stated by the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC), Oleksandr Turchynov, 112 Ukraine reports.

"We have already resolved the deficit that arose in the armed forces after 2014 concerning the provision of rocket launcher systems. This is very important for us, because this problem worsened when we lost a significant part of our ammunition in the arsenals. We hope that mass production will begin next year," he said.

Russia’s Other Dirty Trick: Tarnishing Olympic Gold

Japan’s Pyrrhic Victory Over ‘Comfort Women’ Commemoration

Blocking comfort women documents from UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register could do Japan more harm than good.

China's new rules may bring sea change for millions of small investors

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Retired Shanghai truck driver Shen Xipei shunned risky stocks and low-yielding deposits and instead put his life savings into a wealth management product (WMP) sold - and guaranteed - by a bank.

Soon, however, investors like Shen may start switching into other assets after Beijing published draft guidelines on Nov. 17 to ban financial institutions from guaranteeing investors against losses, tightening supervision of what the central bank says is a $9 trillion asset management industry.

What Armenia's new agreement with the EU means

At the fifth Eastern Partnership summit in Brussels on Friday (24 November), Armenia and the European Union signed a new framework agreement, dubbed the Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement (Cepa).

The Cepa came in to replace the old Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) from 1999 - long overdue, since Yerevan wasn't able to sign its earlier negotiated Association Agreement, including a 'deep and comprehensive free trade agreement' (DCFTA), back in 2013, due to a Russian blackmail to join the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).

Florence court puts foot down over Michelangelo's David

His are the most famous curves in Florence and adorn everything from aprons to fridge magnets, but images of Michelangelo’s David can now only be used with official authorisation, a court in Italy has ruled.

The 16th-century marble statue is the star attraction at the Galleria dell’Accademia, which took legal action against a tour company that used an image of the Biblical nude in marketing for €45 (£40) tours of the art museum, which normally costs €8 to enter.

Ukrainian President: Not recognizing the Holodomor is as immoral as denying the Holocaust

On the Day of Remembrance of the Holodomor Victims in Ukraine of 1932-1933, President Petro Poroshenko took part in the measures on commemoration of the innocent casualties of those dreadful years.

In the course of the ceremony of honoring the victims of the Holodomor of 1932-1933 in Ukraine, President Petro Poroshenko stressed the importance for our descendants “to always know that it wasn’t just an artificial famine, but a thoroughly planned Holodomor”.

“It is a genocide by all indications as defined in the UN Convention of December 9, 1948. To make it clear for all continents that not recognizing the Holodomor is as immoral as denying the Holocaust,” Petro Poroshenko said, adding: “I think it is time for ourselves to pass a law on the responsibility for not recognizing these two unprecedentedly horrible tragedies”.

The president reminded that 14 countries at the parliamentary level also recognized the Holodomor as a genocide, and Ukrainian diplomacy continues to tell the truth to the peoples of the world. He said that in March 2017, the Portuguese Assembly identified the Holodomor as a genocide, and in early November the US Congress also presented a draft resolution.

“We thank our American friends and expect an effective vote in the Capitol Hill, where a memorial to the victims of the Holodomor Genocide has been established. And such monuments or memorials exist in fifteen countries of the world,” Petro Poroshenko stressed.

The ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman, First Deputy Head of the Verkhovna Rada Iryna Gerashchenko, Head of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis Refat Chubarov, clergy, public figures, diplomats, government officials and people’s deputies.

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Memorial Day of Holodomor Victims

Memorial Day of Holodomor victims is an annual national commemorative day in Ukraine, which falls on the fourth Saturday of November.

Traditionally, on this day, citizens attend the memorial service and place symbolic pots with grain and candles to the monuments to the Holodomor victims in Ukraine. In the ceremonial events near the Memorial sign "Candle of Memory" in Kiev also take part the first persons of the state, heads of foreign countries, parliaments and international organizations, government officials from different countries, diplomats, representatives of religious denominations, regional delegations, public and cultural figures, witnesses Great Famine.