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01.07.2008
«Within the framework of SBU special operation Tsunami on counteraction to contraband in the Cherkassk area, illegal import to the territory of Ukraine of meat products of American manufacture has been prevented. Six trucks with refrigerators have been detained by the security service on the Kiev-Odessa highway in the area of Umany of Cherkassk area», - Ostapenko expanded.
She also said that the specified goods, 74.5 tons of chicken meat, were smuggled into the territory of Ukraine from the Republic Moldova.
According to the chief of the ministry’s medical department, Alexander Dontsu, "applications of militaries and employees of the state security agencies with the request to organize delivery of blood for victims in South Ossetia began to act in the evening on August 8, and on Monday, August 11, the departmental polyclinic begun reception of donors-volunteers".
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"Except for the initiative on delivery of blood the State Security Ministry has decided to render material aid.
Drinks that bear this name must be made in certain areas around the town of Cognac and must be made according to strictly-defined regulations in order to be granted the name Cognac.
Moldovan Foreign Minister Andrei Stratan demanded Russia on Friday to withdraw «unconditionally» all its troops from the pro-Russian separatist region of Transdniester. The call was made during the OSCE (European Organization for Cooperation and Security) meeting, AFP informs.
«the withdrawal of the Russian military forces, weaponry and ammunition must take place fully, unconditionally and transparently», said the Foreign Minister in front of his OSCE homologues.
Stratan also asked for the replacement of Russian troops, controlling the border between the self-proclaimed republic of Transdniester and Moldova, with a civilian mission.
The US chief of delegation and OSCE appreciated the Russian military presence in Moldova as a «major problem» for Europe.