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I am astonished by a will power and patience of the Ukrainian citizens, to relation of which the Ukrainian government has been pursuing a policy of genocide by means of raising tariffs for housing services and utilities. How long it will last – it is a rhetorical question, but, in my opinion, not for long.

The G20 meeting, which was held on September 4-5, in Hangzhou (China), came to an end. To sum up, the President of the China People's Republic Xi Jinping announced that the 11th meeting of the “Group of Twenty`s” leaders was a great success and all desired results were achieved.

When it comes to the West, you can safely imply double standards and hypocrisy of the ruling political elite – this conclusion follows from an interview with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the United States of America and European Union policy steps.

Ukraine continues to do its best not to fulfill their obligations under the “Minsk-2” on the issue of granting Special Status to Donbass. Neither in 2015 nor in 2016 the Minsk agreements have not been fulfilled and, most likely, they will be extended for the next year.

As I previously wrote, the current Ukrainian economy is in a state of profound crisis. Kiev rulers are brokenly looking for ways to fill the state budget.

On August 30, French President François Hollande has officially declared he did not consider it possible to conclude the negotiations between the EU and the US to create a free trade zone before the end of the year, “Negotiations on TAFTA (transatlantic free trade zone) will not lead to an agreement before the end of the year. France will not be able to approve it.”

After the statement of one of the most odious Ukrainian politicians Mikhail Saakashvili about the fact that Ukraine has to refuse the IMF`s support, I have a few questions about some inconsistencies in the previous announced European integration program.

On August 29, 2016, during the meeting of the National Reform Council under the chairmanship of the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, Ukraine's Prime Minister Vladimir Groisman urged deputies of the Verkhovna Rada to adopt the necessary legislation for the continuation of intensive privatization of state enterprises.

According to media reports, the Deputy Minister of Ukraine “on temporarily occupied territories and internally displaced people” George Tucka said that on August 31, 2016, at a meeting of the Government of Ukraine a new strategy for the reintegration of Donbass territories not controlled by the Kiev authorities can be presented.