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UKRAINE - Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Tuesday 23 August. [Ukrainian sources] Empty Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Tuesday 23 August. [Ukrainian sources]

Tue Aug 23, 2016 1:08 am
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Last night gunmen fired 54 times positions forces ATO.  The Ambassador said, when Canada may cancel visas for Ukrainian.  Kerry hopes to conclude negotiations with Russia on Syria soon.  In the US doubts that Russia stopped using air base in Iran.

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UKRAINE - Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Tuesday 23 August. [Ukrainian sources] Empty Last night gunmen fired 54 times positions forces ATO

Tue Aug 23, 2016 1:14 am
Last night gunmen fired 54 times positions forces ATO

The enemy continues to violate the Minsk agreements and using prohibited weapons

For the past day 54 confirmed cases opening fire, including 22 in Donetsk, Mariupol and 20 to 12 at the Lugansk areas, the press center ATO headquarters.

In Donetsk area under enemy fire heavy artillery hit Novobahmutovka. Near Verhnooretskoho enemy used a caliber of 120 mm mortars.

In Avdiyivka and Novoselivtsi Second enemy opened fire with mortars, grenade launchers and machine guns of large caliber in the sand, the Trinity and the heater with grenades of different systems, and involved the Luhansk BMP and heavy machine guns. Near Avdeevki intensified enemy sniper.

In Mariupol direction the enemy mortar caliber 120 mm opened fire on positions in Mar'yintsi and Krasnohorivtsi, in Shyrokynoho defenders repeatedly drove the fire from mortars caliber 82 mm grenade launchers and in Hnutovomu, water and Novotroickoe used grenade launchers and machine guns, and small arms in Granite . Sniper activity in this area fixed in Shyrokynomu, Hnutovomu and near Marinka.

In Luhansk after relative calm in the evening adversary violated the regime of silence, opened fire from grenade launchers and small arms in Lopaskynomu.

Mortars 120 mm caliber grenade launchers and applied in the Crimea, where besides proved sniper. For positions in the vicinity of Tripoli enemy has released 6 of artillery shells of 152 mm caliber.

Near Golden enemy fire was on automatic grenade launchers and heavy machine guns of large caliber. Hot was in the village Luhansk, where occupants in addition to mortars, grenade launchers and heavy machine guns, activated BMP, moreover, are recorded sniper activity.

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UKRAINE - Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Tuesday 23 August. [Ukrainian sources] Empty Kerry hopes to conclude negotiations with Russia on Syria soon

Tue Aug 23, 2016 1:20 am
Kerry hopes to conclude negotiations with Russia on Syria soon

John Kerry is ready to meet again to discuss the issue with Syrian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

US Secretary of State John Kerry expressed hope for a speedy end US-Russian talks on Syria, reports DW.

Speaking at a press conference in Nairobi, the head of the State Department noted that the discussion of details remained a week, and he is likely to meet again to discuss the issue with Syrian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
"I hope we will come to the negotiations in some way," - said Kerry.

He said, "Syria is absurd" delayed, and it is critical that Russia and Iran, which support the regime in Damascus, and the US and a number of Middle Eastern countries that appear on the side of the moderate opposition came together and stopped the confrontation.

Earlier, Kerry Washington and Moscow has offered to share intelligence to coordinate air strikes on positions of extremist groups such as "Al-Nusra Front," and to prevent the bombing of rebels moderate air forces in Syria.

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UKRAINE - Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Tuesday 23 August. [Ukrainian sources] Empty The Ambassador said, when Canada may cancel required visas for Ukrainian

Tue Aug 23, 2016 1:23 am
The Ambassador said, when Canada may cancel required visas for Ukrainian

In Canada, a complex approach to granting visa-free regime

Ukraine is just beginning the path to get visa-free regime with Canada. It said Ukrainian ambassador to that country Andriy Shevchenko, informs "Interfax-Ukraine".

"We are at the beginning of a long journey. The conversation for years, well not to for decades. But it just happens, "- said the ambassador.

The diplomat noted that Canada is very complex approach to granting visa free regime.

"They do not work on the scheme of gradual liberalization. Here the question yes or no. To obtain a visa free regime, we need to go through the sieve 7 groups of criteria, including some of them very complex and exotic. We are not scared. We have passed this way to the EU. Now it is important to go through the first stage. This should be the assessment. We hope that the Canadian side will sit down with and for each group of criteria can accurately assess where we are. Perhaps the criteria on which we have no issues. And we need to make some incremental algorithm "- said Shevchenko.

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UKRAINE - Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Tuesday 23 August. [Ukrainian sources] Empty In the US doubts that Russia stopped using air base in Iran

Tue Aug 23, 2016 1:26 am
In the US doubts that Russia stopped using air base in Iran

US closely monitor the development of cooperation between Russia and Iran

The US State Department said it is unknown whether Russia cut military base used Hamadan in Iran. This ministry spokesman Mark Toner, writes Reuters.

He said the United States closely monitored the development of cooperation between Russia and Iran.
"For us it is not clear whether they stopped using the air base," - said Toner.

As reported previously told Iran to stop using Russian air force base Hamadan. Shortly Iranian Defense Minister Hossein Dehhan explained that the decision to expel Russia from the airbase taken for "lack of respect and a desire to show off."

"Of course, Russia wants to show that they - the superpower and influential country, they actively handle security in the region and the world", - he said.

Recall, August 16, Russia upset the strategic bombers at air base in Iran. Hmeymym base in the Syrian Latakia,

which houses Russian planes allegedly not suitable for massive Tu-22M3 - one of the largest in the world bombers.

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UKRAINE - Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Tuesday 23 August. [Ukrainian sources] Empty Putin offered a new document for the raising of troops in Donbas - Ambassador

Tue Aug 23, 2016 1:28 am
Putin offered a new document for the raising of troops in Donbas - Ambassador

The main issues in the negotiations with the aggressor left the problem of safety and conduct of elections in Donbas
As part of the "Normandy format" draft document on dilution of troops along the boundary line in the Donbas


This was announced by Ukraine's Ambassador to Germany Andrew Miller, reports "Public".

"The other day it was agreed the project. And now the question is that during a telephone conversation with Putin, to be held in the near future, this document somehow materialize, "- he said.

According to him, the main issues remain a problem of safety and conduct of elections in Donbas.
Recall, the chairman of the Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the United Nations, Vladimir Yelchenko said that Ukraine has prepared a draft decision to send UN peacekeepers to Donbas.

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UKRAINE - Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Tuesday 23 August. [Ukrainian sources] Empty Poland - the only country that fight for Ukraine to Putin's Russia - US expert

Tue Aug 23, 2016 1:31 am
Poland - the only country that fight for Ukraine to Putin's Russia - US expert

Political elites in the US and the EU are convinced that the conflict in Ukraine will not affect their interests directly, so if esklatsiyi voltage priori set up to negotiate with Moscow

No Western country, perhaps with the exception of Poland, is not ready to go to full-scale war with nuclear Russia through Ukraine
This opinion article in Online Analytical Center of Atlantic Council expressed the American political scientist Ariel Cohen, reports "Voice of America" ​​.

"No Western country, perhaps with the exception of Poland, is not ready to go to full-scale war with nuclear Russia through Ukraine", - says Cohen, who calls on the US and EU strengthen deterrence Moscow.

He believes that "the leaders of the US and the EU have to admit that one gram of containment - better and cheaper per kilo real war."

"Strengthening NATO, improve intelligence collection and strategic information, create real deterrent factor in Eastern Europe and to maintain the security and independence of Ukraine - a realistic program, which Washington, Berlin and Brussels can and should start", - says Cohen

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UKRAINE - Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Tuesday 23 August. [Ukrainian sources] Empty Ukraine will receive military aid from the US in the coming days - Ambassador

Tue Aug 23, 2016 1:33 am
Ukraine will receive military aid from the US in the coming days - Ambassador

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The ambassador also said that the United States is an understanding on the defense sector Ukraine

In the near future Ukraine will receive the next portion of military aid from the US. This was stated by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine in USA Valeriy Chaly.

"Today we have a good understanding of the situation in the United States on security and defense sector is" - he said.

"Recently there were the party of defense equipment. I can tell you is without mentioning the exact day, but literally the coming days will have another batch of the equipment - that will save the life of our guys on the front lines, "- said the ambassador.

Earlier, US Ambassador to Ukraine reported that new supplies of military assistance to Ukraine from the United States arrive in the coming days.

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UKRAINE - Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Tuesday 23 August. [Ukrainian sources] Empty Ambassador: The United States is not a closed issue of lethal weapons Ukraine

Tue Aug 23, 2016 1:41 am
Ambassador: The United States is not a closed issue of lethal weapons Ukraine

All political and financial decisions are, but the question is not supported by the White House

The issue of granting Ukraine lethal weapons still be seen in the United States. This is in the air "on Channel 5," said Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine in USA Valeriy Chaly.

"The decision of all political, financial is. Frankly to say, this position is not supported by the White House. And a big impact here, "- he said.

"I explain it in America, so that you do not just give us weapons, you give us a signal that you are with us, and we commend you also for life. And so I think it (the issue of lethal weapons - ed.) May still be considered. What I can say for sure that it will not be seen until November 8 - before the date of elections. Now America is focused on other issues, "- said Chaly.

According to the Ambassador, we know one thing: the issue of lethal weapons Ukraine is not closed.

"Will then be seen? ... Frankly I would say it is sometimes appropriate dissatisfaction, but I will do it (raise the issue of lethal weapons - Ed.). Because I think if there is a political decision of the Congress, we must act and take the next step. Will do it or not, time will tell. But it is not closed, "- said Chaly.

Recall Chaly said that shortly Ukraine will receive the next portion of military aid from the US.

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UKRAINE - Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Tuesday 23 August. [Ukrainian sources] Empty Exploration has identified Russian intelligence, fighting in Donbas (LIST)

Tue Aug 23, 2016 1:44 am
Exploration has identified Russian intelligence, fighting in Donbas (LIST)

UKRAINE - Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Tuesday 23 August. [Ukrainian sources] 35_main

Members of the reconnaissance company 5 separate motorized rifle brigade guilty of deliberate destruction of civilian infrastructure of Donbass and the death of civilians

Main Intelligence Defense Ukraine identified personnel reconnaissance company 5 separate motorized rifle brigade (in / h 08805, m. Makiivka) 1 AC (Donetsk) Center of territorial troops (Novocherkassk) Southern Military District (Rostov-on-Don) RF Armed Forces, performing criminal orders of the military and political leadership of Russia and is guilty of deliberate destruction of civilian infrastructure of Donbass and the death of civilians and is directly involved in subversive activities in areas inhabited Novotroickoe, Starohnativka, Bogdanivka (Donetsk region)., Including the intersection of the contact line, makes mining the movement of the civilian population and civilian objects, provocative attacks on vehicles and premises civilians in the so-called "Gray zone" for further prosecution forces ATO. The press service of the Defence.

"It is known that this subversive group 5 omsbr reconnaissance company in the night of 27 April near the checkpoint "Novotroickoe" in the so-called "Gray zone" undermining made two civilian cars, killing four and wounding seven civilians, "- said in a statement.

Another attempt to sabotage and infiltration of intelligence reconnaissance company 5 omsbr the territory controlled by ATU forces for sabotage was recorded on August 16 this year near towns Bogdanivka but Ukrainian soldiers gave worthy repulse invaders, according to Ukrainian intelligence.

Muster reconnaissance company 5 separate motorized rifle brigade (available in Russian):
Management rotы

deputy commander rotы Bernyakovych Andrew Evhenevych, 03/24/1976 h.r .;
Sergeant Fursov Valery Vladimirovich, 05.11.1973 h.r .;
sanytarnыy instructor Karen Malina Arkadevna, 09/17/1986 h.r .;
operator - razvedchyk Эhamovva Daria Valerevna, 11/05/1989 h.r .;

1 platoon razvedыvatelnыy

The platoon commander Oleg O. Litvinov, 07.20.1987 h.r .;

1 razvedыvatelnoe otdelenie

Commander Dmitry otdelenie Polukhina Stanyslavovych;
Senior razvedchyk Kuryanov Daniel Yhorevych;
razvedchyk Bozhkov Alexander Nikolayevich;
razvedchyk Rumyantsev Vladimir Viktorovich;
razvedchyk-engineer Sergey Drybynskyy Yurevych;
razvedchyk-pulemetchyk Zabyyaka Vyacheslav Vladimirovich;
razvedchyk sniper Nikita Loboda Aleksandrovych;

2 razvedыvatelnoe otdelenie

Commander Andrey Kazakov otdelenie Yhorevych, 02/20/1985 h.r .;
Senior razvedchyk Kapynosov Gregory M.;
razvedchyk Nemodruk Igor Vladimirovich, 08.14.1965 h.r .;
razvedchyk Sidorov Aleksandr Vladimirovich, 09.04.1988 h.r .;
razvedchyk-engineer Natalia Vyacheslavovna Gorbachev, 09/15/1984 h.r .;
razvedchyk-pulemetchyk Terekhov Vadim Viktorovich;
razvedchyk sniper Vladimir Andreev Serheevych;
vodytel-radyotelefonyst Kapynosov Mikhail Vladimirovich;

3 razvedыvatelnoe otdelenie

otdelenie Enhalыchev commander Vladimir Aleksandrovich;
Senior razvedchyk Hunkyn Igor Serheevych, 08/31/1994 h.r .;
razvedchyk Beloded Sergey Hryhorevych, 07/22/1988 h.r .;
razvedchyk Beseda Dmitry Serheevych, 02/13/1996 h.r .;
razvedchyk-sapper Kolodchenko Artem Nikolayevich, 03/13/1984 h.r .;
razvedchyk-pulemetchyk Tsыhanok Vladimir Viktorovich;
razvedchyk sniper Ivanov Mark Evhenevych, 07/09/1996 h.r .;
vodytel-radyotelefonyst Marchenko Victoria Borisovna, 01/29/1986 h.r .;

2 razvedыvatelnыy platoon

The platoon commander Alexander Belozerov Yurevych, 04/08/1980 h.r .;

1 razvedыvatelnoe otdelenie

Senior razvedchyk Watermelon Eduard Viktorovich;
razvedchyk Zhuk Vadim Vladimirovich;
razvedchyk Zherdytskyy Viktor Nikolayevich;
razvedchyk-sapper Mashchenko Oleksiy Serheevych;
razvedchyk-pulemetchyk shake Egor Nikolayevich, 05/09/1993 h.r .;
razvedchyk sniper Prylutskyy Vladimir Vladimirovich, 11.09.1978 h.r .;
vodytel-radyotelefonyst Kochkarev Sergey Stanyslavovych, 20.05.1961h.r .;

2 razvedыvatelnoe otdelenie

otdelenie commander Alexander Potapov Aleksandrovych;
Senior razvedchyk Kulik Aleksandr Pavlovich;
razvedchyk bald Vitaly Hennadevych;
razvedchyk Bedryk Ruslan Valerevych, 03/09/1980 h.r .;
razvedchyk-sapper Muhamathareev Bulat Valerevych, 20/09/1984 h.r .;
razvedchyk-pulemetchyk Prypyhaylo Dmitry Nikolayevich;
razvedchyk sniper Shkandala Jan Alekseevych;
vodytel-radyotelefonyst Yuri Petrov Alekseevych, 26/03/1973 h.r .;

3 razvedыvatelnoe otdelenie

Commander otdelenie Klimenko Vladimir Aleksandrovich, 07/22/1980 h.r .;
Senior razvedchyk Kurochenko Ilya Serheevych;
razvedchyk Frolov Maksim Vladimirovich, 11.20.1983 h.r .;
razvedchyk hornostaev Anatoly Evhenevych;
razvedchyk-engineer Vadim Zagorodniuk Anatolevych, 06/10/1968 h.r .;
razvedchyk-pulemetchyk Fesenko Dmitry Aleksandrovich, 01/09/1980 h.r .;
razvedchyk sniper Kurynnыy Valery Nikolayevich, 18/03/1997 h.r .;
vodytel-radyotelefonyst Konare Vadim Viktorovich, 09.12.1971 h.r .;

3 razvedыvatelnыy platoon

platoon leader Grigory Filonov Anatolevych;

1 razvedыvatelnoe otdelenie

Commander Andrew otdelenie Krynychnыy Yurevych;
razvedchyk Alexander V. Margelov;
razvedchyk Nemodruk Artem Yhorevych;
razvedchyk-engineer Anatoly Zasыpka Anatolevych, 09/26/1989 h.r .;
razvedchyk-pulemetchyk Syhvardt Yuri Vladimirovich;
razvedchyk sniper Fomyntsev Nikolay Vladimirovich, 06.24.1994 h.r .;
vodytel-radyotelefonyst Yvlev Aleksandr Aleksandrovich, 05/07/1973 h.r .;

2 razvedыvatelnoe otdelenie

Commander otdelenie Castel Эrvan Jean Francois, 06/06/1963 h.r .;
Senior razvedchyk Titov Vasily Aleksandrovich, 02/07/1987 h.r .;
Alexander O. razvedchyk anthrax;
razvedchyk Sydlovskyy Eugene O., 08/07/1989 h.r .;
razvedchyk-engineer Nicolas Perro, 07/12/1975 h.r .;
razvedchyk-pulemetchyk Boulogne Jean-Michel, 01/01/1983 h.r .;
razvedchyk sniper Yanychkyn Vladimir Evheneych, 29/12/1986 h.r .;

3 razvedыvatelnoe otdelenie

otdelenie Rahmatulyn commander Ahmed Ylhyzovych;
Senior razvedchyk Nabyev Alexander Ravylevych, 11/17/1978 h.r .;
razvedchyk Pluzhnikov Oleg Vladimirovich;
razvedchyk Verhoturov Dmitry Ynnokentevych, 11/23/1982 h.r .;
razvedchyk-sapper Barbas Rodriguez Francisco 09/11/1971 h.r .;
razvedchyk-pulemetchyk Dorshyn Gabriel Evhenevych, 14.10.1996 h.r .;
razvedchyk sniper Antonio De Pedro, 05/22/1966 h.r .;
vodytel-radyotelefonyst Halchenko Vasily Hryhorevych, 06.18.1956 GR

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UKRAINE - Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Tuesday 23 August. [Ukrainian sources] Empty Two police officers killed, one wounded while apprehending man who killed his wife in Ternopil region

Tue Aug 23, 2016 9:03 am
Two police officers killed, one wounded while apprehending man who killed his wife in Ternopil region
Two police officers died of gunshot wounds, one was injured while detaining a criminal in Babyntsi village in the Ternopil region Aug. 22.

As reported by Censor.NET, this was announced by press service of the National Police in the Ternopil region.

The tragedy occurred in Babyntsi village of Borshchiv district. A group of police officers who arrived to the scene on-call were attacked by a 45-year-old local resident with firearms.

The police reacted to a phone call by a neighbor who reported the man firing from a shot gun on his yard in the evening of Aug. 22.

When the police arrived, the man continued shooting. He shot one police officer dead and wounded another one. The officer subsequently died from the injuries. Another law enforcer was wounded upon detainment, the police reported.

The criminal was killed on spot.

Later, prosecutor's office of the Ternopil region said the criminal earlier killed his wife with a shot gun shot.

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UKRAINE - Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Tuesday 23 August. [Ukrainian sources] Empty Putin unlikely to launch new offensive in Ukraine – Mikheil Saakashvili

Tue Aug 23, 2016 9:23 am
Putin unlikely to launch new offensive in Ukraine – Mikheil Saakashvili

The head of Odesa state administration, ex-Georgia Pres. Mikheil Saakashvili, says Russian President Putin is unlikely to risk a new intervention in Ukraine soon, Saakashvili told Radio Svoboda Aug. 22.

“I think, Putin is bluffing flexing his muscle in Crimea. He won’t dare to attack,” Saakashvili said.

“However, Ukrainians must be very cautious not to give Putin any excuse to stage new provocations. Ukrai

ne must continue its mobilization to show it is ready to repulse any attack.

Second, we must inform the world about the possible threats.

Third, we must go ahead with reforms, the only way to keep Russia at bay. The aim of the reform must be the replacement of the old political clan,” Saakashvili said.

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UKRAINE - Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Tuesday 23 August. [Ukrainian sources] Empty Kremlin mafia openly proposing West umbrella against ISIS terrorism

Tue Aug 23, 2016 9:28 am
Kremlin mafia openly proposing West umbrella against ISIS terrorism

Putin opted for blowing up apartment buildings in Moscow to come to power. Putin sent Tsarnayev brothers to America to persuade Trump to cooperate with Kremlin, says Russia-based expert Andrei Piontkovsky, “I” reports Aug. 22.

Putin is one step short of a geopolitical victory, and he won’t miss a chance to win the 3rd World War on a foreign turf with minimum casualties, he says.

There is a growing amount of evidence pointing to Kremlin’s strategic cooperation with ISIS and the use of ISIS as a steamroller to weaken and ruin the West, Piontkovsky says.

Thousands of Russians and former Soviet citizens have joined ISIS, he says.

Russia is blackmailing the West following every ISIS attack on Europe, demanding the lift of sanctions and cooperation with Putin – or the attacks will continue. Putin is offering the West an umbrella against ISIS terrorism – on his own terms, Piontkovsky says.

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UKRAINE - Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Tuesday 23 August. [Ukrainian sources] Empty Report: Judge In Savchenko Case Resigns

Tue Aug 23, 2016 10:03 am
Report: Judge In Savchenko Case Resigns

The Donetsk City Court in Russia's Rostov region told RIA Novosti news agency on August 22 that the judge, Leonid Stepanenko, had resigned on July 29 due to a decision of the regional bar association.

No details were provided.

Meanwhile, the Interfax news agency quoted the Donetsk City Court as saying that Stepanenko resigned on his own free will and the bar association had accepted his resignation letter merely as a formality.

Stepanenko was appointed as a judge to the court in 2008.

According to the court's website, Stepanenko did not issue any acquittals in the 187 cases he presided over since his appointment.............

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UKRAINE - Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Tuesday 23 August. [Ukrainian sources] Empty SBU nabs State Fiscal Service official Pidhorodynskyi accepting 700,000 hryvnia in bribe. PHOTOS

Tue Aug 23, 2016 3:05 pm
SBU nabs State Fiscal Service official Pidhorodynskyi accepting 700,000 hryvnia in bribe. PHOTOS
Officers of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) in conjunction with the Military Prosecutor's Office have caught one of the deputy heads of the State Fiscal Service Directorate in the Mykolaiv region receiving a large-scale bribe.
Censor.NET reports citing the statement by the SBU press-center.

"The law enforcers established that the official was systematically extorting and receiving money from a local businessman through an intermediary. The entrepreneur was paying a "tribute" for unobstructed business operations and abandonment of criminal proceedings initiated into tax evasion. The Security Service members detained the intermediary receiving the third part of a bribe in the amount of 250,000 hryvnia (about $9,600) in downtown Mykolaiv. The total amount of graft received by the senior official was nearly 700,000 hryvnia (almost $27,000)," the law enforcement agency informed.

Later, Prosecutor General Yurii Lutsenko unveiled the official's name. Turns out it was First Deputy Head of the Main Directorate of the State Fiscal Service in the Mykolaiv region Roman Pidhorodynskyi.

"Military Prosecutor's Office in conjunction with the SBU has nabbed First Deputy Head of the Main Directorate of the State Fiscal Service in the Mykolaiv region Pidhorodynskyi, who received 700,000 hryvnia in bribe for protection racketeering and ceased criminal proceedings. We are drafting documents for his arrest," he said.

The searches are being performed at the office and home of the civil servant as well as at his mediator's place of residence. The criminal proceedings into this offence have been initiated under part 4 of the article 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

The investigative activities into this case are underway.

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UKRAINE - Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Tuesday 23 August. [Ukrainian sources] Empty Poroshenko praises West’s military assistance

Tue Aug 23, 2016 3:33 pm
Poroshenko praises West’s military assistance

Addressing a ceremony to transfer of foreign and domestic military assistance to Ukraine army Aug. 23, Pres Poroshenko said,

“Let me stress that a large part of the present batch was supplied by Western governments – over 700 items of military and special equipment.

Western aid includes radars, counter-battery radars, drones, heat vision devices, communications equipment and many other things.

Poroshenko stressed that about 1,000 items of military equipment have been made by domestic plants.

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UKRAINE - Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Tuesday 23 August. [Ukrainian sources] Empty Leaders Of Germany, Russia, France To Discuss Situation In Eastern Ukraine

Tue Aug 23, 2016 3:36 pm
Leaders Of Germany, Russia, France To Discuss Situation In Eastern Ukraine

A recent upsurge in fighting in eastern Ukraine, where government forces are fighting Russia-backed separatists, plus fresh tensions in Crimea are raising concerns that a fragile cease-fire agreed in Minsk in February 2015 could collapse.

The Kremlin said Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the situation in eastern Ukraine during a phone call with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande on August 23.

The Kremlin said the three will meet on the sidelines of a summit for the Group of 20 (G20) group of major economies, which is being held in China on September 4-5.

A German government spokesman said the three leaders shared concern about cease-fire breaches in eastern Ukraine and that Merkel and Hollande had urged Putin to do what he could to calm the situation.....

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UKRAINE - Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Tuesday 23 August. [Ukrainian sources] Empty Rio Paralympics 2016: Russia banned after losing appeal

Tue Aug 23, 2016 3:40 pm
Rio Paralympics 2016: Russia banned after losing appeal

Announcing the original ban, IPC president Sir Philip Craven described Russia's anti-doping system as "broken, corrupted and entirely compromised", saying it put "medals over morals".

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) upheld the International Paralympic Committee's (IPC) ban on all Russian competitors.....

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UKRAINE - Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Tuesday 23 August. [Ukrainian sources] Empty Experts lower Ukraine economic outlook for 2016, forecast higher growth in subsequent

Tue Aug 23, 2016 3:53 pm
Experts lower Ukraine economic outlook for 2016, forecast higher growth in subsequent years

Economists have downgraded the growth projection for Ukraine's economy in 2016 by 0.1 percentage points to 1%, but improved projections of the economic growth in 2017 and 2018 to 2.9% and 3.6%, respectively, according to an updated expert consensus forecast compiled by Ukraine's Ministry of Economic Development and Trade.

Experts have also improved inflation expectations for the current year and estimated that consumer prices in Ukraine will grow on average by 14% per year. Inflation is projected at 10.9% next year and at 6.9% in 2018, experts said. The deficit of Ukraine's consolidated budget in 2016, 2017 and 2018 is projected at UAH 60.1 billion, UAH 56.9 billion and UAH 74.4 billion, respectively, while public and state guaranteed debt are capped at UAH 1.812 trillion, UAH 1,930 trillion and UAH 2.063 trillion, respectively. The inadequate pace of reforms implementation, low solvency of the real estate sector and weak lending activity by banks have been named as key domestic risks to the country's economy this year. Among the external risks identified by the experts are non-disbursement of the next loan tranche from the International Monetary Fund, external financing gap and restriction on access to international capital markets.....................

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UKRAINE - Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Tuesday 23 August. [Ukrainian sources] Empty In the US State Department confirmed the receipt of the request for extradition Gulen

Tue Aug 23, 2016 10:36 pm
In the US State Department confirmed the receipt of the request for extradition Gulen

The request is not about Gulen participated in a recent coup attempt and other crimes theologian, according to Ankara, committed

The United States received from the Turkish request for extradition theologian Fethullah Gulen.
This was said Tuesday State Department spokesman Mark Toner.

"We can now confirm that Turkey demanded the extradition of Gulen," - he said at a briefing.

Toner said that the request is not about Gulen participated in a recent coup attempt and other crimes theologian, according to Ankara, committed.

According to the State Department, the US side now examine documents submitted by the Turkish side to find out whether there are grounds for issuing theologian.

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