Ukraine News in brief. Sunday 3 September. [Ukrainian sources]

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Russia accused the USA of capturing its diplomatic institutions.  Russia demands from the USA to return "captured" diplomatic buildings. In Odesa, there were massive clashes of activists with the police with the use of gas.  Searches in the diplomatic missions of the Russian Federation to the US.  In Colombia, the rebels killed a Russian when trying to escape.  Putin is more and more afraid of the Ukrainian Army, as its strength grows.

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia considered Washington's actions "as an outright hostile act"

The Russian Foreign Ministry has accused the USA of capturing its buildings in the territory of this country. The relevant statement is posted on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

It refers to the building of the Consulate General of Russia in San Francisco and a sales office in Washington, as well as a branch office in New York. The Russian Foreign Ministry stated that the first two buildings are Russian-owned and have diplomatic immunity, while the third one is leased.

"This shocking move is in line with the actual expropriation of suburban diplomatic housing complexes near Washington and New York that belonged to Russia in December last year. In enthusiastic buildings, US intelligence services are now being run by the armed police, "the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

The Russian diplomatic mission also called on the American authorities to immediately return Russian diplomatic facilities. The very actions of Washington there called it outright hostile act, which is a violation of international law.

It should be noted that the Ukrainian diplomat Bohdan Yaremenko explained that "the immunity of [the above-mentioned] buildings was endowed until the Americans recognized their place of placement of diplomatic institutions."

"At that moment, as these premises ceased to be recognized by Americans as a Consulate General. the department of the embassy or the Consulate General, they were given the opportunity to go in for the same reasons as any other premises in the US, "he wrote in a post on Facebook .

Early US demanded that the Russian government close the Russian consulate in San Francisco, as well as reduce the diplomatic presence of Russia in Washington and New York. The United States stated that this requirement should be met before September 2.

'S media reported that the Russia trade in Washington began to conduct searches.

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has published video surveys at the Consulate General in San Francisco.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Moscow would be rigorous in responding to Washington's unfriendly moves, although it does not want to quarrel with the United States and is ready for constructive engagement.

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Russia calls on the US to return Russian diplomatic structures abandoned by diplomats.

For Russian representatives also have open access to the leased premises of the Trade Representation office in New York, Censor.NET reports . This is stated in a statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, in which US actions are called "openly an act of hostility".

"We call on the American authorities to think and immediately return Russian diplomatic objects, otherwise the United States will bear all responsibility for the constant degradation of relations between our countries, on which the state of global stability and international security depends to a large extent," the statement said.

The statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry states that "the entrenched buildings are now operated by US intelligence agencies with the support of armed police. We regard the incident as an outright hostile act, a flagrant violation by Washington of international law, including the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic and Consular Relations, the Bilateral Consular Convention."

The US administration has not yet responded to this statement.

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Today, in Odessa activists once again held an action near the wall-house in Vorontsovsky Lane.

This is reported by "Dumskaya".









At first, representatives of patriotic organizations peacefully collected signatures on the construction of a mansion near a monument of architecture, and then began to destroy the construction.

Also, at the scene of the protest there were about a hundred police officers. With fights and fights, during which tear gas and batons were used, about 50 activists were able to break through to the construction site.

The activists disassembled the fence and dismantled the second floor of the mansion, which was in the process of construction. Police did not prevent them, but they did not let other protesters into the facility.

One of the activists on his head fell a construction brick, after which he was taken to the hospital.

In turn, blogger Ruslan Farostyak reported on two affected activists.




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The US Department of State said that the appearance of FBI officers in Russian diplomatic missions in San Francisco and Washington was not searched.

This is reported by The Hill, referring to a senior correspondent in the US Foreign Office.

According to him, on Saturday, representatives of the American authorities and employees of the Russian embassy made a roundup of diplomatic missions that were supposed to go under US control.

"This was done in order to release their diplomats, to provide security and protection of buildings," the source said.

Thus, according to the results of the "bypass" the representative of the State Department confirmed that the Russian representatives agreed to vacate the building.

In turn, the Consul General of Russia in San Francisco Sergiy Petrov confirmed to the agency RIA Novosti that the diplomatic mission has already been closed.

According to him, the building was transferred to the American authorities, but the diplomats who live there, allowed to remain in it until October 1.

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In Colombia, militants from the National Liberation Army (ELN) confessed to the murder of a Russian citizen, Arsen Voskanyan, whom they held hostage.

One of the field commanders Yerson reported this, according to Reuters.

Russian was in captivity since November 2016.

According to the militant, Voskanyan was killed in an attempt to escape: a Russian captured a hand grenade and blew it, which resulted in the deaths of five people. Then the victim tried to escape and killed him. Yerson noted that this happened in April.

Also, the fact of the death of Voskanyan was confirmed by another source of the agency.

Voskanyan was taken hostage when he came to Colombia as a tourist. The rebels accused him of collecting poisonous frogs for smuggling abroad.

Earlier, the rebels claimed that the Russian hostage escaped when the army tried to deliver it to a local representation of the Red Cross. It was also reported that during the flight Voskanyan killed several ELN fighters.

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Russia during the exercises "West-2017" may decide on various kinds of actions to weaken the Ukrainian army, including aggression against Ukraine.

According to Tsensor.NET , the former commander of the Land Forces of Poland, former deputy minister of national defense of the Republic of Poland Waldemar Skhpchak , expressed the opinion in a commentary to Ukrinforma .

"Ukraine may be afraid of some actions (during the" West-2017 "- Ed.), Which will greatly weaken the Ukrainian army. In my opinion, Putin is increasingly afraid of the Ukrainian Army, as its strength is growing and it is now in a state of the time of fighting to repel separatists Lugansk and Donetsk," - said the Polish military expert.

In his view, the United States and other Western countries do not give Ukraine security guarantees that could stimulate Putin's president to engage in aggressive actions, in particular, during the exercise "West-2017".

"The transfer of the first tank army of Russia to Belarus is dangerous for the center of Ukraine. In the event of an aggravation of the situation, the Russians can strike from the north, splitting Ukraine into two parts, breaking through the corridor in Transnistria and trying to create in Kiev, a separatist government ", - said Skshipchak.

According to the expert, it is not so important whether a part of the Russian troops in Belarus will remain after exercises, since the Belarusian army is de facto part of Russia, and the border between the RB and Russia is formal.

"It's not a problem if the Russian tank will remain in Brest, but the problem if it will accumulate fuel, ammunition, or reserve reservists will be mobilized. If someone wants a war, then these stocks and ammunition are already there, and if they are not there, then the troops will come and go ", - noted the former commander of the Land Forces of Poland, adding that fear should be detected in the event of the discovery of such signs.

Skhpchak drew attention to the fact that the scenario of exercises "West" for many years is typical: on paper - defensive, and in practice - offensive.

"The scenario of the exercises is always the same: initially, NATO's aggression is supposed to be nonsense, and then they are defending themselves, reflecting our (Western-Ed.) Attacks, then they counterattack and set the world. Of course defense in the initial phase of the exercises It is not even worked out, it's only written on paper, they train aggression and counter-offensive, "said a Polish expert.

Commenting on the recent visit of Polish Chief of Staff, Lesheka Suravsky to Lviv and his meeting with Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Mugenkov, he noted that this is an "important gesture" and that the parties have many questions for discussion - high-level cooperation, joint training, cooperation in the field of defense etc.

"Ukraine has rebuilt its defense capability, has excellent solutions to armaments and military equipment, and therefore the Polish side should use it," - said Skshipchak. He added, for example, about tanks, electronics and technical intelligence.

Russian-Belarussian studies "West-2017" will be held from September 14 to 20.

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FBI searches at the Russian trade office in Washington cause complete rejection and lead to further degradation of relations between Russia and the United States.

This was stated by the press - secretary of the president of Russia Dmitry Peskov , transfers Tsenzor.NET with reference to Interfax.

"We can express our deepest condolences in view of the fact that there is an act of violation of international law. There is indeed a violation of international law, there are actions that obviously contradict the convention on diplomatic relations, this is not may not provoke a complete rejection, steps are being taken that lead to further degradation of Russian-American relations," Peskov told reporters on Sunday.

He noted that a month ago, further degradation in relations between the two countries seemed impossible, however, he said, the American side demonstrates that "they are able to go even further and farther."

Answering a question about the possibility of measures in response to these searches, Peskov said: "Let's wait for the point of view of the head of the Russian state in relation to this."

He also answered the question about whether the president of Russia was informed about these events. "And what do you think? When one of the largest countries in the world trample on international law, the president of another major country in the world will immediately be informed about this," Peskov said.

Earlier Thursday, the US decided to close the Russian Consulate in San Francisco and a number of consular facilities in Washington and New York in response to a reduction in US diplomatic presence in Russia. "Following the principle of parity mentioned by the Russian side, we ask the Russian authorities to close the Consulate General in San Francisco, as well as a Washington- based consulate building and another building belonging to the Consulate in New York. Close these" It is necessary to do this till September 2" , - said in a statement by the representative of the State Department Heather Noyert.

On August 28, the US embassy in Russia announced that "in connection with the measures taken by the Russian Federation to limit the number of employees of the US diplomatic mission to the Russian Federation, starting from August 23, 2017, the procedure for issuing nonimmigrant visas throughout Russia will be suspended." At the same time, as it is noted, from September 1, "the procedure for issuing nonimmigrant visas will be restored, but in a considerably reduced volume." In addition, as stated at the embassy, ​​"changes in the number of employees of the US diplomatic mission will also affect the timetable for the issuance of a number of immigrant visas."

Recall that last December, the former US government decided to send 35 Russian diplomats, as well as members of their families from the country. In addition,

On July 28, the Foreign Ministry of Russia demanded to reduce the number of diplomatic and technical staff of the US Embassy in Moscow and the Consulate General in St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg and Vladivostok to 455 people by September 1. In addition, since August 1, the US Embassy in Moscow is forbidden to use a summer residence in the Silver Bor and warehouse premises on Road Street in Moscow.

The US State Department has not specified how many diplomats will have to leave the Russian Federation, but, according to The Washington Post, it is about a few hundred people.

Moscow's decision came after the US Senate voted overwhelmingly for an updated package of restrictive fines against Russia, Iran and North Korea.

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An inconsistent action of Muslims took place in the center of Moscow near the Myanmar embassy. The purpose of the rally was to protest against the persecution of local Myanmar by the government of Myanmar.

The action, which began around 12:00, was attended by about 500 protesters, Varlamov.ru reports.

Это тоже Москва. Митинг против убийства мусульман в Мьянме буддистами. Вы тоже про это не расскажете pic.twitter.com/CaNwa7BbWL

— Дмитрий Д. (@BigDtasty) September 3, 2017

TRANSLATION:
This is also Moscow. A rally against the killing of Muslims in Myanmar by Buddhists. You too will not tell about it

At the place where the action took place, there was also a large number of OMON fighters and police officers who blocked the traffic on several streets.

Это первый массовый несанкционированный митинг в центре Москвы, где сотни протестующих перекрывают улицу, #москва pic.twitter.com/q4E9nQcfV6

— Алексей Кириленко (@Kirilenko_a) September 3, 2017

TRANSLATION:
This is the first mass unauthorized rally in the center of Moscow, where hundreds of protesters block the street

The main requirement of the protesters was the call for the top government to protect the Muslims of Myanmar. The action was held without clashes and detentions. At the moment, the protesters diverge.

Officials at the rally were attended by only representatives of the State Duma deputy Adam Delimkhanov - the cousin of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov.

Kadirov himself recently unveiled his next appeal, accusing the United Nations of inaction and calling for "sending a protest message to the UN and the Myanmar embassy."

Earlier, Turkish President Recep Erdogan and Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif also appealed to the UN to intervene in the situation in Myanmar. Erdogan called the conflict in Myanmar a "genocide of Muslims."

The escalation of the conflict in Myanmar occurred on August 25 after members of the Army of Salvation Rohingya Arakan attacked the police stations and the base of the Army of Myanmar. The government of the country recognized the organization as terrorist.

In response to the invasion of the troops of the country began an anti-terrorist operation . After her, about thirty thousand Muslims rochinja fled with Myanmar in Bangladesh.

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