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Ukrainian - Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Monday 6 March. [Ukrainian sources] Empty Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Monday 6 March. [Ukrainian sources]

Mon Mar 06, 2017 8:55 am
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Ukraine in The Hague recalled the militants shot down MN17.  Ukraine Tells Hague Court Russia Making It 'Impossible' For Citizens To Feel Safe.  US urged Ukraine to create an anti-corruption court.  The murder of the ambassador of Russia in Turkey: Russian woman arrested in Ankara.  Russian journalist complained to the European Court FSB.  Akhmetov ranking fell from 500 richest people in the world.

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Ukrainian - Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Monday 6 March. [Ukrainian sources] Empty Akhmetov ranking fell from 500 richest people in the world

Mon Mar 06, 2017 8:59 am
Akhmetov ranking fell from 500 richest people in the world

In Los Angeles family from Afghanistan was taken into custody shortly after arrival

It is reported by the BBC.

They were special immigrant visas issued to foreign citizens for dangerous work for the US Army.

A man placed in a special prison in California, and his wife and children are staying at a hotel in Los Angeles.

Lawyers International Project Aid to Refugees prepared a petition demanding their release. As emphasized in the petition, filed in US District Court in Santa Ana, family detained without any reason and in violation of the US Constitution.

One of the lawyers for the family said that such a case is extremely rare, if not unique to this type of visa holders.

Afghanistan is not a list of seven Muslim countries whose nationals temporarily banned issue visas in accordance with the presidential decree Donald Trump.

In addition, the action of the federal courts halted the US, although Trump administration is preparing new restrictions on entry into the country.

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Ukrainian - Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Monday 6 March. [Ukrainian sources] Empty Russian journalist complained to the European Court FSB

Mon Mar 06, 2017 9:07 am
Russian journalist complained to the European Court FSB

Chief editor Blogsochi.ru Alexander Gross, who was arrested in 2016 FSB, filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights

It is reported RBC , which has a copy of the appeal Gross.

Gross complained of violations of the right to liberty and security, the right to a fair trial, as well as violation of freedom of expression and freedom of association (art. 5, 6, 10 and 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms).

In June 2016 Gross was arrested in Sochi with journalists channel HBO Sport, who filmed the story of the empty houses built for the Olympics in 2014. Total FSB detained ten people. The next day, the court arrested Gross for five days because he, as stated in the resolution, "collecting unauthorized mass event in the form of video recordings." Other detainees were fined.

In his complaint to the ECHR Gross insists that his arrest and detention was "no legitimate reason and reasonable suspicion."

In preparation for the 2014 Olympics in Sochi at Blogsochi.ru published materials about the readiness of the Olympic venues.

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Ukrainian - Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Monday 6 March. [Ukrainian sources] Empty US urged Ukraine to create an anti-corruption court

Mon Mar 06, 2017 9:10 am
US urged Ukraine to create an anti-corruption court

The United States calls on Ukraine to create a court that specialize in anti-corruption cases

It is written on the official Twitter of the US Embassy in Ukraine.

"The need for an independent anti-corruption court is obvious and is becoming increasingly important," - said in a statement.

In the embassy added that Ukrainian actions calling for effective and transparent legal process, inspiring.

These messages appear when considering Solomyansky court case head of the State Fiscal Service Nasirova Roman, who was suspected of embezzling NABU 2 billion USD of public funds.

At the same time, last head of the State Fiscal Service in the US embassy reports mentioned.

-Recall that in February in Parliament registered a bill creating an anti-corruption court.
Head of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau Artem Sitnik said that Ukraine can a Supreme Anti-Corruption Court already in 2017 , when Parliament will approve the necessary bill.

-The head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine Hugues Mingarelli said that Ukraine should create an anti-corruption court as soon as possible to strengthen the work of other anti-corruption bodies.

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Ukrainian - Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Monday 6 March. [Ukrainian sources] Empty Ukraine Tells Hague Court Russia Making It 'Impossible' For Citizens To Feel Safe

Mon Mar 06, 2017 9:12 am
Ukraine Tells Hague Court Russia Making It 'Impossible' For Citizens To Feel Safe

Ukraine launched its case against Russia at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague on March 6, seeking an order to halt Moscow's support for separatists in eastern Ukraine and Crimea.

In an opening statement at the highest UN court, lawyers for Ukraine accused the Russian government of making it "impossible for Ukrainian citizens to feel safe anywhere in their country."

ICJ judges hear disputes between states, and cases can take years to pass through the court.

Although the court's rulings are final and binding, it has no means of enforcement.

Kyiv accuses Russia of violating UN conventions against terrorism and discrimination by supporting groups in eastern Ukraine and Crimea.

Moscow seized control of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula in March 2014 and has supported separatists in eastern Ukraine in fighting that has killed more than 9,750 people since April 2014.

The Kremlin has denied sending troops or military equipment to eastern Ukraine despite what Kyiv and Western countries say is incontrovertible evidence.

The United States and other Western powers have placed economic sanctions on Moscow because of its interference in Ukraine.

The Russian Foreign Ministry said it "intends to employ all possible means of legal defense" in the case.

A senior Russian official told state-run news agency TASS that the Russian delegation will consist of 35 people.

Included in the delegation will be Roman Kolodkin, director-general of the Department of Treaty and Law of the Russian Foreign Ministry, and Ilya Rogachev, director-general of the Department for New Challenges and Threats.

The Ukrainian delegation will be led by Deputy Foreign Minister Olena Zerkal, TASS reported.

Ukraine said in a court filing that since 2014, Russia has stepped up its interference in Ukraine's affairs, "intervening militarily…financing acts of terrorism and violating the human rights of millions of Ukraine's citizens, including, for all too many, their right to life."

It said Kyiv is seeking "full reparations for... acts of terrorism the Russian Federation has caused, facilitated, or supported," citing bombardments of residential areas and the July 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which killed all 298 passengers and crew.

Ukraine also accuses Russia of mistreating Crimea's Tatar and ethnic Ukrainian populations since it seized control of the peninsula...........

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Ukrainian - Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Monday 6 March. [Ukrainian sources] Empty Ukraine in The Hague recalled the militants shot down MN17: "We do not know who might be the next victim"

Mon Mar 06, 2017 9:14 am
Ukraine in The Hague recalled the militants shot down MN17: "We do not know who might be the next victim"

It is impossible to predict what will happen next and who will be the next victim of Russia supported terrorists in Donbas.

As the Tsenzor.NET referring to Ukrinform , this representative of Ukraine (the case against) the International Court of Justice Marne Cheek said during a hearing on Monday.

"Rocket" Beech ", which was destroyed flight MN17, was in Russia a day before the attack. If Russia does not monitors its border, there is nothing that can prevent another" Buka "cross that line tomorrow," - she said.

According to her, in January 2017 Ukraine appealed to the court, because of the Russian border flows continue to ship weapons and other support to militants.

"We do not know what happens next and who could be the next victim," - said the representative of Ukraine.

In this regard, she urged the court to introduce temporary measures, which asks Ukraine.

As reported, January 16, 2017 Ukraine filed a lawsuit in the International Court of Justice for bringing Russia accountable for acts of terrorism and illegal discrimination during its aggression against Ukraine. The lawsuit filed under the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.

The hearing in the International Court of Justice in The Hague (Netherlands) at the suit of Ukraine to bring to responsibility for acts of terrorism and discrimination during its aggression against Ukraine will be held on 6-9 March
Recall Malaysian aircraft "Boeing-777", which flew from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was shot down July 17, 2014 in the area Torez (Donetsk region). As a result, killing 298 people.

"Tsenzor.NET" repeatedly reported on the progress of investigation into the causes disaster "Boeing" Flight MN17 and published exclusive photos and pictures of items hangar destruction "Buk-M1-2" which appear in the criminal case. Prosecutor Netherlands and Australia have produced very convincing evidence base. In particular, it was found that the elements of destruction that hit the "Boeing" fully coincide with filling warhead modern Russian anti-aircraft missiles "Buk-M1-2". Complex "Buk-M1-2" developed in 1997, put into service of the Armed Forces in 1998 and has never supplied in Ukraine. Independent experts from Germany, England and Poland, studied fragments of the wreckage and said that it is part of a Russian rocket Beech. Modern chemical examination definitely established the composition of the metal particles found cladding material and glass liner, which penetrated elements of defeat before hit people.

September 28 to briefing members of the Joint Inquiry of the results of the investigation of the plane crash of flight MH17 said , that "Beech", which was shot down "Boeing", brought and from, and returned after the tragedy st back in.

It was learned that the tragedy is due to about 100 people . According to the researchers, it is not only those who launched the missile, but also those involved in the transport of "Buka". This remains to be seen whether the militants were ordered to launch if it was their voluntary decision.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has called "biased" evidence Joint investigation team about the involvement of the collapse of the Boeing-777 in Donbas.

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Ukrainian - Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Monday 6 March. [Ukrainian sources] Empty Russia affects all right-wing organization in Europe - Hollande

Mon Mar 06, 2017 9:16 am
Russia affects all right-wing organization in Europe - Hollande

All the right-wing organizations in Europe are more or less susceptible to RF.

As the Tsenzor.NET referring to Ukrinform, in an interview with Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza, said French President Francois Hollande.

"Russia is trying to restore the influence of the former Soviet Union, and therefore attacked the Ukraine. It is involved in conflict resolution in the world to have this benefit. This is evident in Syria. Russia wants to be considered strong, and constantly checking our (the West. - Ed .) strength and ability to counter "- said Hollande.

The French President said that the Russian ideology is a "very conservative." "Russia claims that protecting Christianity from Islam, but the technique, strategy and methods of influence similar to that operated in Soviet times", - said Hollande.

He said that contacts with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but that does not mean you have to agree with the Russian "policy of fait accompli."

"We, Europe, pinned to the wall. If we are strong and united, then Russia will have set us long and equal relations", - said Hollande.

Speaking of ideological propaganda operation in Moscow, he hinted that all right-wing organizations in Europe are more or less associated with.

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Ukrainian - Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Monday 6 March. [Ukrainian sources] Empty The murder of the ambassador of Russia in Turkey: Russian woman arrested in Ankara

Mon Mar 06, 2017 9:18 am
The murder of the ambassador of Russia in Turkey: Russian woman arrested in Ankara

Russian woman arrested in Ankara, which may be associated with a killer Russian Ambassador Andrei Karlov Mevlut Altyntashem.

It informs Tsenzor.NET referring to the rain , reported Daily Sabah .

According to a source publication in the police, the girl called Catherine B., she was 33 years old. Investigators believe that in November 2016 she contacted the phone with Altyntashem and talked with him in the messenger WhatsApp.

The newspaper claims that the Russian woman engaged in prostitution in five-star hotels in Ankara.

Recall Ambassador of Turkey Andrew Charles was killed on December 19 at the opening of the exhibition "Russia through the eyes of the Turks" in Ankara. Attacker was 22-year-old suspended from the police service Mevlut Altynash. He shot Russian ambassador several times. Charles died of his wounds.

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Ukrainian - Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Monday 6 March. [Ukrainian sources] Empty Vladimir Putin’s party signs deal with Italy’s far-right Lega Nord (Financial Times)

Mon Mar 06, 2017 12:03 pm
Vladimir Putin’s party signs deal with Italy’s far-right Lega Nord (Financial Times)

Move marks latest attempt by Kremlin to develop formal links with European populists

President Vladimir Putin’s ruling party has signed a co-operation deal with Italy’s far-right Lega Nord, deepening Russia’s ties with Europe’s populist movements.

The deal marks the Kremlin’s latest attempt to develop formal links with populist groups ahead of elections this year in which the right is set to make gains.

United Russia, the main pro-Kremlin party, signed a similar agreement late last year with the far-right Freedom party of Austria, whose leader Heinz-Christian Strache was narrowly defeated in December’s presidential election. The leader of Germany’s anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, Frauke Petry, also held talks with United Russia’s Viacheslav Volodin, speaker of the Duma, the lower house of parliament, during a visit to Russia last month.

Moscow officials have hailed the rise of anti-establishment populist parties in Europe and Donald Trump’s victory in the US as signs that western governments will fail in their attempts to isolate Mr Putin’s regime following the 2014 annexation of Crimea.

Common cause in a conservative backlash against liberal values and criticism of the EU’s handling of the migrant crisis have allowed Moscow to build good relationships with European far-right parties including France’s National Front, Hungary’s Jobbik and Italy’s Lega Nord, or Northern League....................

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Ukrainian - Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Monday 6 March. [Ukrainian sources] Empty Russia in the Hague accused of terror & discrimination in Crimea & funding terrorism in Donbas

Mon Mar 06, 2017 1:32 pm
Russia in the Hague accused of terror & discrimination in Crimea & funding terrorism in Donbas

On the first day of hearings into its case against Russia at the International Court of Justice, Ukraine presented a weight of arguments and examples to back its accusations against Russia over its annexation of Crimea and gross violations of human rights under occupation, and for its financing of terrorism in Donbas. While Russia denies all charges, Ukraine’s case is backed by documents from the UN, OSCE, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, international human rights organizations, as well as NATO satellite imagery.

Russia is likely to argue that the court does not have jurisdiction, hoping to achieve the same verdict from the ICJ as that passed in 2011 over the war between Georgia and Russia. It is for the Court to decide, but the weight of evidence of rights violations in this case certainly seems overwhelming.

If the Court does agree that there is a case to answer, examination of all the evidence could take several years, and both the military conflict in Donbas, and the discrimination and political persecution in Crimea are ongoing. For this reason, Ukraine’s lawyers on Monday stressed the need for specific provisional measures now to prevent still further irreparable damage.

In a 45-page document, Ukraine presents its reasons for accusing Russia of violating two UN conventions, namely the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.

Although the International Court of Justice has no instruments to enforce its judgements, the very fact of it finding against Russia would have enormous weight. ICJ is the official judicial organ of the United Nations, which Russia has been a member of from 1945. It cannot now turn around and say that it won’t accept its authority. This was precisely what Russian President Vladimir Putin tried to do with the International Criminal Court a day after its Chief Prosecutor published her preliminary conclusion that Russia’s annexation of Crimea constituted an international military conflict between the Russian Federation and Ukraine. Putin’s instruction made headlines, but in fact had little legal meaning. Neither Russia nor Ukraine have yet ratified the Rome Statute, which would make them members of the International Criminal Court, however Ukraine has accepted its full jurisdiction over the events in Donbas and Crimea. Russia can petulantly refuse to ‘play’, but this does not remove its accountability.

A judgement against Russia may not force the latter to stop its aggression and its rights violations, but it would be another strong argument against those politicians in other countries who have expressed willingness to make deals with Russia involving at least Ukraine’s tacit acceptance of Russian rule in Crimea. Just the outline of repression and terror tactics in Crimea given on March 6 make it clear why that cannot be accepted.

The arguments

Ukraine maintains that the Russian Federation’s interference in Ukraine’s affairs escalated massively in 2014. Since that time, “Russia’s military intervention and financing of acts of terrorism have violated the rights of millions of Ukrainian citizens, including, for all too many, their right to life”.

In eastern Ukraine, it is accused of systematically supplying militants of the so-called ‘Donetsk and Luhansk people’s republics’ [DNR, LNR] with “heavy weaponry, money, personnel, training, and other support”.

All of this has resulted in civilian, as well as military casualties. Nor were the victims only Ukrainian. On July 17, 2017 Malaysian airliner MH17 was downed over militant-controlled Donbas with 298 people killed. The militants immediately contacted Russian media, boasting of shooting down a Ukrainian military plane. Later that evening, Russian state-controlled media tried to remove the incriminating video footage and Russia has since denied any involvement. This was not the finding of an international team of experts.

Russia has not declared war against Ukraine, yet its military personnel are known to be deployed in Ukraine, as well as very large contingents of mercenaries. Ukraine states that it has “made repeated requests to the Russian Federation, under the framework of the Terrorism Financing Convention, to halt all forms of support for terrorism, including the supply of weapons, money, and other materials across its border; to stop the fundraising efforts for Russian-backed illegal armed groups routed through Russian banks; and to help bring public and private individuals to justice for financing terrorism.”

Worth noting that while Britain, Latvia, and now, seemingly, Spain are prosecuting their own citizens who have fought on the side of the Russian-backed militants, Russia’s only prosecution has been of a Russian fighting alongside the Ukrainian Army. Mercenaries like Arseny Pavlov or Motorola, who had been wanted for war crimes in Ukraine is hailed as a ‘slain hero’ in Russia.

Crimea

A large part of the lawyers’ presentation on Monday focused on Russia’s annexation of Crimea and the repressive and discriminatory measures used against Crimean Tatars, ethnic Ukrainians and others. ICJ is asked to find that the Russian Federation has violated its obligations under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination [CERD]..................

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