The Soviet habit of celebrating the season with Olivier and Shuba salads must be abandoned, the Dnepr city head insists Popular Olivier and Shuba salads, which are traditionally enjoyed during New Year celebrations in many former Soviet countries, should disappear from the tables of Ukrainians, Mayor of Dnepr Boris Filatov has said.

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The European Commission had previously laid out a number of prerequisites before accession talks could begin Kiev has fulfilled every requirement the EU has set out for it, and is ready to begin accession talks, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky stated in a video address on Sunday, demanding that the bloc now follows through.