Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Monday 17 April. [Ukrainian sources]

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Russia has voiced a new outlook on large-scale invasion of Putin in Ukraine. Hague Court To Issue Ruling On Ukraine Case Against Russia  Lavrov: The aggressive actions of the US aviation in Syria hampered the search for a political settlement.  Russian citizen wanted by Interpol for terrorism, was detained in the "Boryspil".  Russian FM Lavrov blames Ukraine’s NSDC secretary for disrupting Minsk accords.  There are four reasons why the United States should be worried because of the war in Ukraine.  One third of Russians allows for the possibility of war between Russia and the US - poll. There was a video on the fights against Le Pen rally in Paris. Polls showed a sharp drop Russians love to Trump.

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Residents in were treated much worse for US president Donald Trump after the US attacked Syria.

This is according to VTsIOM poll, Russian agency "Interfax".

The number of Russians who opposes Trump March increased from 7% to 39%. The share of those who assess positively the US president, fell from 38% to 13%. Most respondents feel towards Trump distrust (31%), frustration (19%) or indifferent (29%). Mom, respect, sympathy and hope residents Russian feel to it much less often.

According to the poll, Russians believe that the US and Russia relations have deteriorated significantly "in March if the respective index is -45 n., In April -68 n." VTsIOM said. 42% think relations between Russia and the United States strained 28% - a cool 12% - hostile.

Most people in Russia (63%) still prefer US-Russian war impossible or extremely unlikely, but about a third of Russians (30%) believes that it is already possible in the future (14%).

As reported by "Apostrophe" in social networks laugh insult entrepreneur to Donald Trump.

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The network posted a video of collisions in Paris during the protests against the presidential candidate of the French ultra-right party "National Front" Marine Le Pen.



In protest against Le Pen was attended by about 400 people. The protesters, which were black masks, police threw smoke bombs, they, in turn, responded with tear gas.

Recall recently in Paris at the headquarters of Marine Le Pen fire. As a result of the incident no one was hurt.

According to recent opinion polls, the race leaders in France Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel macron (24%).

More information about the candidates for president of France , see the article "apostrophe".

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Saturday that the statement on the advance of the Ukrainian troops in the country’s east made by Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov indicates Kyiv's reluctance to fulfill the key entries of the Minsk agreements.

Censor.NET reports citing Russian TASS news agency.

Turchynov earlier said in an interview with the BBC that "our task is to move east, meter by meter, kilometer by kilometer, minimizing our losses."

"This is not the first such statement. Before Mr. Turchynov, the same threatening, belligerent rhetoric was constantly coming from President Poroshenko, Parubii, and other public figures. This means that the Ukrainian leadership is reluctant to implement the Minsk agreements even in the part concerning security issues. It's the security issues that Poroshenko officially calls the crucial part of the Minsk agreements and refuses discussing the political process before the security issues are tackled," Lavrov said.

"Turchynov's statements mean that Kyiv refuses to comply with that very part of the Minsk agreements that regards to security which it considers a priority and completely binding for the rest of the agreements' provisions to be also implemented later," Russian FM said.

"I think everyone has long realized that the Ukrainian authorities are consciously promoting this narrative. This also means that Kyiv has a brazen disregard for its European backers," the Russian diplomat said.

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On Monday, April 17, at the airport "Borispol" at the time of the flight passengers, "Amman-Kyiv" guards separate checkpoint "Kiev" have detained a Russian citizen who is wanted internationally.

As the Tsenzor.NET , it said in a statement the press center of the State Border Service,

"30-year-old Russian citizen wanted in the framework of the activities to search for criminals through Interpol Article 205.5 Part 2" Organization of a terrorist organization and participation in the activities of the organization "Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and Ukraine arrived in Jordan with four minor children in order to obtain refugee status," - said in a statement.

Civilian were explained to the requirements of current legislation of Ukraine and presented memo "Information for persons who have arrived legally in Ukraine to be recognized as refugees or persons who need complementary protection in Ukraine."

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US strike on an air base in Syria complicate the search for a political solution, perhaps intentionally.

As reported Tsenzor.NET citing TASS , this was announced by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov after talks with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Senegal Mankorom Ndiaye.



"Of course, We also discussed the scourge of the growth of the terrorist threat, and on the African continent and the world at large. We again noted the need to consolidate the efforts of the international community in combating this universal evil, as it is formulated and a half years ago, the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, speaking at the UN General Assembly, - he said -. of course, it is necessary in this area to act solely on the firm basis of international law and the UN Charter. "

"In this context, we have discussed the illegal and aggressive actions of the US aviation when strikes at the air base in Syria have been applied, which only exacerbated the situation and made it difficult, perhaps intentionally, the search for a political settlement, "- said the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

recalled about 50 US "Tomahawk" was released with warships in the Mediterranean Sea at targets on the Syrian military base.

Trump has not announced in advance of the attack, although he and other officials during the day sounded a stark warning to the Syrian government.

Note also previously the Secretary of State of the United States Rex Tillerson said that Russia must choose between partnership with the United States its allies, either accept the Syrian regime policy Bashar al-Assad, Iran and "Hezbollah".

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One third of Russians admit the possibility of a war between Russia and the United States, it follows from the results of the survey of All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VTsIOM).

As reported Tsenzor.NET , it is reported RIA "Novosti" .

"The armed clash between Russia and the United States, NATO, the majority of Russians (63%) still seems impossible or highly unlikely, but the proportion of those who believe war possible or already in progress reached 30%", - stated in the materials research.

Thus, 16% of respondents believe such an impact today is absolutely incredible, 47% - unlikely, another 16% say that the war is highly probable and can start, 14% believe that it is already in progress.

All-Russian poll" VCIOM-Sputnik "was conducted on 11-12 April 2017 among 1.2 thousand respondents by telephone interview. The statistical error does not exceed 3.5%.

Sociologists say that the war was considered an incredible quarter of respondents (25%) in March 2014, more than half (51%) said that it is unlikely, 16% considered it very likely and only 4% expressed the view that such a war is already underway.

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The world must make it clear to Vladimiru Putinu that the continued use of brute force will not make Russia great.

As the Tsenzor.NET citing ZN.UA , about it on the pages of USA Today writes President Council on Foreign Relations Richard Haass.

"Why do the taxpayers of the USA should be interested in Ukraine? This question voiced by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson at a meeting with some European partners in Italy, then French Minister of Foreign Affairs said Tillerson, in the interests of the United States -. A strong Europe and that is true, but there are many other reasons.. why Americans should think about Ukraine, "- says Haas.

First, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which includes the occupation of the Crimea and warmongering in the Donbas, violates the basic principle of international relations: the borders must not be changed by the use of military force. This is what Saddam Hussein tried to do in Kuwait in 1990, and this is what Germany Adolf Hitler tried to do during the Second World War. From this requirement it depends on whether the peace and order in the world.

The second reason, according to the author, it refers exclusively to Russia. During Vladimir Putin's rule, it became a one-dimensional force. Its effect is based on the ability to dominate others through the use of military, cyber and energy force. It is important that Putin understand that the continuation of the use of force will not make Russia a "great again". If he succeeds, he will continue to win, to undermine and interfere.

History of Ukrainian nuclear arsenal - another reason why Americans should not be indifferent. During Soviet times, most of the nuclear warheads were placed precisely on the Ukrainian territory. After the collapse of the Soviet Union fears arose that the newly independent States may become nuclear. There is a danger that nuclear warheads could fall into the hands of terrorists. Ukraine voluntarily gave up its arsenal in 1994 under an agreement with the United States, Great Britain and Russia. But the Russian annexation of Crimea sends a bad signal to other leaders: it turns out, the renunciation of nuclear weapons dangerous to the health of the political and territorial integrity. The fact that Iraq and Libya experienced invasion following the abandonment of nuclear programs and North Korea armed with nuclear warheads still not been attacked - it is a serious lesson.

And this leads to the fourth reason why Americans should worry about Ukraine. In 1994, under the terms of the Budapest Memorandum, Ukraine received a variety of security safeguards. True, they were not defensive agreement. Ukraine will not become a NATO member, for example. But these guarantees was clearly stated that Ukraine may abandon its nuclear weapons and still be safe. These guarantees appear to have been empty.

"Word of the country - is its obligation and every time the US does not adhere to his words, it encourages enemies to challenge the Americans and their allies So the world is becoming less stable, and US influence is declining.." - the article says.

Haas said that is good news for American taxpayers that their country can afford the interest of Ukraine and various other international issues. The US spends $ 600 billion a year on defense. And this is only 3% of US GDP. This level of spending is much less than during the Cold War. In addition, important is the fact that such waste abroad is not in vain. As experience has shown, after the September 11 attacks, outbreaks due to viruses Zeke and Ebola, as well as cyber attacks after Russia against the United States during the elections, no issue is local in a closely integrated world today.

The expert recalled that the President of the Donald Trump kept his presidential campaign under the slogan "America first". And it's true that the US has a lot of internal problems that must be solved. But the education and health system can not improve what Washington would do less for the world. Americans already spend more than any other people, schools and hospitals. The problem is, how they spend the money. And this, in turn, decide the leaders of their choice.

. "Ignoring what is happening in Ukraine or anywhere else in the world will not make you smarter, healthier or wealthier This will only make us less safe," - says the article.

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Russian political scientist Dmitry Oreshkin believes that Russian President Vladimir Putin will go for a direct military clash with Ukraine.

This opinion was expressed Oreshkin Online.ua .

In his opinion, Putin will take this step, because it bring down Russia's relations with Europe, which is totally inappropriate to the economic crisis in Russia.

However Oreshkin admits that in the area ATO possible aggravation of local fights, provocations and shelling.

The political scientist believes that America will lead the Kremlin to a situation where strategic decisions will take America a design problem lies in Putin.

Also Oreshkin notes that this is not necessarily clean up Washington Assad, it can keep control of the country and Putin can drive a ship to Syria, but the West understands the game and is not afraid of it.

As reported by "Apostrophe", previously forecast to exacerbate fighting in the Donbass gave Major General and former Military Representative Mission of Ukraine to NATO Peter Garashchuk.

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The International Court of Justice (ICJ) says it will issue a ruling on April 19 on Kyiv’s bid to block Russia from sending money, weapons, and troops to eastern Ukraine.

The ruling will take place at the Peace Palace in The Hague in the Netherlands, the ICJ said. The event will be streamed live on the court's website.

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.

Kyiv is also calling on the ICJ to order Russia to stop what it says is "racial discrimination" against minority groups in Crimea, particularly against the Tatar population.

The ICJ was established by the United Nations in 1945 to hear disputes between states.

Cases can take years to pass through the court and Ukraine has also filed to seek interim protection measures.

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 rejects the allegations.........................

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On Monday, April 17, an internationally wanted female citizen of Russia was detained while passing passport control at the Kyiv Boryspil Airport after she arrived from Amman.

Censor.NET reports citing the State Border Guard Service press office.

"A 30-year-old citizen of the Russian Federation, wanted by Interpol and charged under part 2 of article 205.5 (organization of activities of a terrorist organization and participation in such activities) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, arrived in Ukraine from Jordan with four underage children with an aim to apply for refugee status," the message says.

The fact was reported to the Ukrainian Bureau of Interpol in Kyiv and the Security Service of Ukraine.

The woman and the children were handed over to the National Police.

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Over the past month, the attitude of Russian citizens to U.S. President Donald Trump and the United States in general has significantly deteriorated.

Censor.NET reports citing the results of a poll by Russia's Public Opinion Research Center.

"Russians' attitude to U.S. President Donald Trump is worse now than it was a month ago: negative replies have increased from 7 to 39 percent, positive replies, on the contrary, have decreased from 38 to 13 percent. As far as emotional perception is concerned, mistrust (31 percent), disappointment (19 percent) or indifference (29 percent) toward the American president prevail," the report says.

The majority of respondents give negative assessments of relations between Russia and the United States: 42 percent see them as tense, 28 percent - chilly and 12 percent - hostile.

Most Russians (63 percent) still believe an armed conflict between Russia and the United States, NATO is impossible or extremely unlikely, but the number of those who consider the war plausible (or already waged) has reached 30 percent. Optimistic views of the future Moscow-Washington ties has noticeably decreased: 34 percent against 58 percent in March. 15 percent feel pessimistic while 38 percent believe that the situation will stay as is.

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