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Yanukovych going to Moscow for another round of meetings with Medvedev; Trial date set for officers charged in student death; Outdoor ice skating rink to open soon on Independence Square; Organization to honor those who fight human trafficking in Ukraine.

Yanukovych going to Moscow for another round of meetings with Medvedev: NOV.26

President Viktor Yanukovych will visit Moscow on Nov. 26 to attend the fourth meeting of the Ukrainian-Russian interstate commission, the presidential press service has reported, quoting Presidential Administration head Serhiy Lyovochkin.

Lyovochkin said that talks will center on the development of bilateral political relations, the implementation of joint high technology projects, as well as humanitarian matters.

The statement said particular attention will be paid to introducing comfortable border crossing conditions for their country’s citizens as part of the agreements reached by the heads of states in Hlukhiv [a town in Sumy Oblast] on Sept.17.

The Russo-Ukrainian commission last met in Kyiv on May 17 during Medvedev’s official visit to Ukraine.

Both presidents will also hold a separate meeting outside the commission talks.

Trial date set for officers charged in student death: DEC.1

Demonstrators shout slogans in front of police officers during a protest in front of a police station on June 10 in Kyiv. The demonstration was sparked by the violent death of a Kyiv student on May 18 shortly after being detained by police. (Ukrainian photo)

The first judicial hearing in the May 18 police-custody death of university student Ihor Indylo starts on Dec. 1 in Kyiv’s Desnyansky District Court, according to Kyiv’s prosecutor’s office.

A Shevchenko District police inspector and an on-duty officer are being charged with excessive force and gross dereliction of duty, actions which allegedly lead to the death of Indylo in their custody.

Human rights activists and the victim’s mother, Liudmyla Indylo, allege police viciously beat the student and let him die without seeking medical assistance in time.

Kyiv police are sticking to their original version: They allege that Indylo wasn’t beaten by anyone and that he fell twice to the ground on his own, once in the dormitory where police apprehended him, and a second time at the police station while in an inebriated state.

Organization to honor those who fight human trafficking in Ukraine: DEC.2

The International Organization for Migration Mission in Ukraine will honor individuals and organizations that have made outstanding efforts to combat human trafficking in Ukraine on International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, Dec 2.

This will be the international organization’s fifth combating human trafficking awards ceremony and will take place at the Kyiv Academic Puppet Theater.
Interior Minister Anatoliy Mohyliov, Minister for Family, Youth and Sports Ravil Safiullin, U.S. Ambassador John F. Tefft and other European Union delegation officials and ambassadors will take part in the awards ceremony.

Awards will be given to Ukrainian law-enforcement and government officials, civil-society organizations and private enterprises that have shown particular dedication in fighting human trafficking in the past year.

Outdoor ice skating rink to open soon on Independence Square: DEC. 3

Ice skaters could join tax protesters on Independence Square when the rink opens on Dec. 3. (Oleksiy Boyko)

Kyiv’s outdoor ice rink will open for the winter season on Dec. 3 on the south end of Independence Square, according to WM-Ukraina, the company hired by the city to install and operate the ice rinks.

The 90-person capacity 20×30-meter rink will be open daily to the public from 8 a.m. until 11 p.m. The combined fee for admission and skate rental will cost between Hr 10 to Hr 35 depending on the time and day for a 45-minute skating session.

Admission and skate rental will be free for orphaned children, children residing in state-run boarding homes and schools and children from low-income families, the company announced.

There will also be a concession stand selling tea and mulled wine, a changing area, car parking as well as other amenities.

This is the third year in a row that WM-Ukraina has won a bid to install an ice rink in Kyiv. It will also operate one in the courtyard of Arena City but didn’t provide a date when it will open.