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Jewish Ledger World War II hero Sergey Dratva celebrates 100th birthday By Stacey Dresner WEST HARTFORD – Sergey Dratva has seen and experienced many things in his life-time – from fighting on the frontlines as a Russian soldier during World War II and watching the collapse of the former Soviet Union, to arriving in the United States in the 1990s and becoming an American citizen. Dratva celebrated his 100th birthday on April 15 with his family and a few close friends at his home in West Hartford. At the celebration he was presented with a proclamation from the mayor...

Ukrainian Dependency on Belarusian Fuels in Light of the Belarus Sanctions Debate Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 18 Issue: 53 Oil-refining plant in Mozyr, Belarus (Source: AP) As Russia appears to be escalating the war in eastern Ukraine (see EDM, March 11), the debate in the West on possible sanctions against Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s regime goes on. One of the potential actions presumably under consideration may be the imposition of an embargo on Belarusian oil product exports to Europe. Such a policy, however, would only be partially effective without Ukrai...

Moscow 1980 men's shot put gold medallist dies at age of 65 Thursday, 7 January 2021 The 1980 Olympic shot put champion Vladimir Kiselyov has died at the age of 65 in Ukraine, it has been announced. The death of Kiselyov, who represented the Soviet Union at those Games in Moscow, was announced by Ruslan Protsenko, the Deputy Mayor of the city of Kremenchug in the Poltava region. “Today the Olympic champion, honorary citizen of Kremenchug, Vladimir Kiselev, has passed away,” Protsenko wrote on his Facebook page, Russia’s official state news agency TASS reported. Kiselyov had been born...

Ferrexpo Belanovo Mining purchased a mammograph for the Kremenchug Oncology Dispensary 2 min read The Kremenchug Regional Oncological Dispensary received charitable assistance from Ferrexpo Belanovo Mining (FBM, part of the Ferrexpo Group). This time the company donated to the medical institution a high-precision mammography machine manufactured by Siemens. According to Yuriy Khimich, General Director of FBM, the cost of this equipment is about UAH 3.5 million. “This year, we have already donated more than UAH 12 million to hospitals in Kremenchuk, and we plan for another UAH 3 mill...