Melkonyants was arrested in August 2023 in connection with the activities of the European Network of Election Monitoring Organizations (ENEMO), which was co-founded by Golos's legal predecessor, the Golos association.
Ukraine's underground storage facilities are currently using 19.4% of their capacity. Almost 32%, or 2.79 bcm, less gas is available in the storages than in the previous year, according to the estimates.
The majority of Ukrainians, 71%, do not support holding elections before a full peace deal, even in the case of a ceasefire and security guarantees, according to a poll published by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) on May 14.
"He'd like me to be there, and that's a possibility. ... I don't know that he would be there if I'm not there. We're going to find out," U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One while traveling to Qatar, Reuters reported.
Trump has long demanded that NATO allies increase their military spending, previously calling for the alliance to raise its benchmark from 2% to 5% of GDP.
More than 1,000 Russian government entities and 1,200 private companies are involved in the economy of occupied Mariupol, a major southeastern city occupied by Russia after it invaded Ukraine in 2022, according to a research paper published on May 14.
The measures target almost 200 ships of Russia's "shadow fleet," 30 companies involved in sanctions evasion, 75 sanctions on entities and individuals linked to the Russian military-industrial complex, and more.
The government has approved "reform roadmaps in the rule of law, public administration, and democratic institutions, as well as Ukraine’s negotiation position," Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said.
The statement did not name the ex-official by name, but details of the case indicate it relates to Oleh Hladkovsky, a former deputy secretary of Ukraine's top security body who has been wanted since mid-April.
Brazilian President Lula da Silva claimed that Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha had appealed to his Brazilian counterpart, Mauro Vieira, to ask Putin if he was willing to conclude a peace agreement.
Former president Mikheil Saakashvili's supporters hold portraits alongside Georgian, American, Ukrainian, and EU flags during a protest in the center of Tbilisi on Dec. 21, 2021. (Photo: Aziz Karimov/Getty Images)
The EU Ambassador to Georgia Pawel Herczynski said on Feb. 27 that he had submitted a statement of protest to Georgia calling for the release of imprisoned former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili so that he can receive medical treatment in Poland.
Saakashvili, who has Ukrainian citizenship, is currently serving a six-year prison sentence on charges of abuse of power. After several hunger strikes, his health has taken a drastic turn for the worse.
According to Poland's RFM 24, the statement of protest calling for Saakashvili to receive fair medical treatment was accepted by all EU member states except for Hungary. After pressure from Poland, Hungary backed down.
An EU diplomat and the Polish government voiced their fears to RFM 24 about Saakashvili's safety.
On Feb. 15, the European Parliament released a resolution calling for Saakashvili to receive the medical treatment he needs.
The statement added that if his health were to take a turn for the worse it would "damage Georgia’s reputation and hamper its European Union candidacy prospects."
Georgia applied for EU membership last year at the same time as Ukraine and Moldova but was not granted candidate status, unlike the latter two.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has also called on Georgia to release Saakashvili for medical treatment abroad. During a press conference on Feb. 1, Zelensky said that the Georgian government was "killing" Saakashvili.
On Feb. 1, the media published photos that show signs of his worsening health and rapid weight loss.
In January Saakashvili was transferred to the intensive care unit due to his deteriorating health, his press secretary Giorgi Chaladze said, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported.
In November Saakashvili's lawyer Shalva Khachapuridze said that doctors believe the ex-president had 36 diseases, including tuberculosis and dementia.
Georgia's human rights ombudsman Nino Lomjaria said in November that Saakashvili was not being given proper medical care and was being abused by fellow inmates.
The incumbent Georgian authorities have stripped Saakashvili of his Georgian citizenship and charged and convicted him in several cases that he says are political and fabricated.
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