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Presenters from the TV channel 1+1 have asked the Kyiv Court of Appeal, where businessman Ihor Kolomoiskyi's pre-trial restriction is being challenged on 25 September, to release the oligarch on bail. [1+1 is part of the 1+1 Media Group, one of the largest media conglomerates in Ukraine and one of Kolomoiskyi's most significant assets - ed.
The president's staff is discussing the possibility of two new appointments to the Cabinet of Ministers next week, including the Minister of Defence and the Minister of Culture. Source: sources of Ukrainska Pravda (UP) in the government Details: According to UP sources, the president is expected to submit a proposal to the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament) that Ukraine's Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov be removed from his post soon and be replaced by Rustem Umerov, the current Head of the
Ukraine’s acting Culture Minister Rostislav Karandeev was involved in a drunk driving accident, driving a car he failed to disclose, investigative journalism outlet Slidstvo.info reported on Aug. 31.
The Ukrainian Ministry of Culture and Information Policy has equated students and teachers of Kiev Theological Schools with visitors to the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra and banned access to the territory of the monastery and the buildings of the Kiev Theological Academy and Seminary, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) said.