Ukraine News in brief. Saturday 27 January. [Ukrainian sources]

SATURDAY HEADLINES:
The reason Trump did not meet Poroshenko in Davos.  Russia can go to a military exacerbation in relations with the West: Putin was warned about the consequences.  New US sanctions against Russia: it became known about Putin's serious problem with his entourage.  Russian Foreign Ministry says that the United States has imposed new sanctions due to Russia's "fake" Russian invasion of Ukraine.  Twitter told how the Russian bots "helped" Trump in the US presidential election.  Britain will install a radar to protect airspace from Russian aggression.  The pro-Kremlin oligarchs are desperately trying to remove themselves from the public list that will soon be introduced in the US.  Tillerson also discussed the conflict Duda in Ukraine and sanctions against Russia.  "We are not there" for Volker is not an argument: Ukraine explained the tricky idea of ​​the Kremlin in a position on the Donbas. The Kremlin called the "constructive" US proposal for peacekeepers in the Donbas. United States imposed sanctions against the Polish coal trade company from the Donbas.

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The meeting between President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko and US leader Donald Trump at the fields of the world forum in Davos did not take place due to the hard work schedule of the latter.

A blogger from the CBS television channel, Margaret Brennan, told Twitter on this.

"Secretary Tillerson remains in Davos and has met Poroshenko with President of Ukraine Tillerson told him that Trump was also willing to meet with him, but did not have time." Trump is already returning to Washington, "she wrote.

Secretary Tillerson remains in Davos & just met with Ukraine’s @poroshenko. Tillerson told him that @POTUS wanted to meet with him too but did not have time. @POTUS is already wheels up to Washington. #wef2018

— margaret brennan (@margbrennan) January 26, 2018

It is also known that Trump managed to meet with President Rwanda, Paul Kagame.

It should be noted that the meeting on the forum of US and Ukrainian presidents January 19 announced the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin.

"Of course, the president will talk with Trump..." - he said.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin can go on aggravation in Ukraine, but this will mean transforming Russia into an analogue of the USSR or the DPRK.

This was reported by Russian political scientist Dmitry Oreshkin in the column on "Apostrophe".

"If Putin intensifies the actions against Ukraine, then it will break into the next cycle of sanctions and the consolidated resistance of the West, and if he is rational in the European sense of the word, he should not go that. But, on the other hand, there is the opposite logic - irrational from the point of view of Europe, but very even rational from the point of view of Asia: to create even more dangerous situation to form the basis for negotiations, to scare. Kim Chen Ying did so when he launched a number of missiles to count with him. exclusion yourself from the group damned, revered or supposed states and the transition is already purely to the Soviet technology of interaction with the West, when no contracts are executed - only forced by force methods and steps are realized. Roughly speaking, this means that we sharply exacerbate the situation in Ukraine and then declare America:

Oreshkin believes that Putin's elites can take such a step, although it will mean certain sacrifices for them.

"It completely excludes Russia from the world community at the level of the countries that have the ability to negotiate and bring it to the level of the DPRK or the Soviet Union, but for Putin's elites this is a very realistic option. I do not know if they will be honored because half the elites understand, that after that they will have to sit idle in Russia and say goodbye to their western holdings, why they will most likely not be glad. But if the power bloc overwhelms, then it is quite possible to imagine an attempt to throw firewood into a fire in the East of Ukraine - in order to Scare the West and the streets telling yourself more winning tactical conditions for negotiations, "- says a political scientist.

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In connection with the forthcoming publication in the United States of oligarchs close to the Kremlin , Russian President Vladimir Putin will face some difficulties.

The Russian political scientist Dmitry Oreshkin told this "Apostrophe".

"If we talk about the space of practical steps, Putin's problems are rather serious. Until now, he has always been able to compensate for the groups on which he relies the economic losses through sanctions through the resources he has in his hands. The last few years of resources are still less. Formerly, the [Arkadiy] Rotenberg group, which was hit by sanctions and lost significant financial assets, could make a compensation in the form of a large government order of 250 billion rubles, easily turning into 4 billion dollars In, on the construction of the Crimean bridge. But on all the Crimean bridges do not attack,"- said Oreshkin.

According to a political scientist, in the current situation Putin has to take more money from oilmen who also suffer from sanctions and can no longer boast of the presence of extra funds.

"So in Putin's reality, there are difficulties in buying the loyalty of those elite groups on which he relies. Therefore, of course, there will be a backstage desire to lift the sanctions, something to exchange something, somehow get out of this economic situation. It seems to me that against the backdrop of tightening in rhetoric, we will observe a rather sustained uprising attempts to somehow get rid of this pressure from sanctions,"- says Oreshkin.

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In the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, the Russian invasion in Ukraine was called "a false pretext" to extend sanctions against Russia on the part of the United States.

This is stated in the comments of the Russian department, UNIAN reports . In Russia, they declared that they leave behind the "right to reply".

"Continuing its attempts to exert pressure on our country, the United States imposed additional sanctions against a number of Russian citizens and companies under the pretext of Russia's involvement in the Ukrainian crisis," the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

"Washington can not get rid of the illusions that we can be scared to refuse American visas or trade prohibitions, to force us to abandon an independent course on the international arena, to defend our national interests," the report said.

In Russia, added that sanctions are "pointless" and will only turn out to be financial losses for American business.

On January 26, 2018, the United States extended sanctions against Russia . Russians and militant leaders in the Donbass were hit by the new list. The list also includes a resident of the annexed Crimea, the so-called governor of Sevastopol Dmitry Ovsyannikov.

Also, sanctions were imposed on 21 companies, including Vneshtorgservis, through which the Russian Federation legalized trade with the DPR and LNR.

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Russian bots have reported on Donald Trump's message during the US election campaign 470,000 times.

To this conclusion were analysts Twitter, having analyzed the period from September 1 to November 15, 2016.

According to experts, reports from Trump's contender at the Hillary Clinton elections have reported about 50,000 times.

Twitter also says that Russian bots account for 48 to 73% of Wikileaks accounts in recent months. At that time, documents were obtained from the hacking servers of the United States Democratic Party.

In general, the social network revealed 2.12 million tvits related to the election, from Russian bots. Their messages have seen approximately 455 million times.

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The United Kingdom creates a radar for better protection of the airspace of the northern part of the country.

The radar will be located on the island of Anst (Shetland), according to the Ministry of Defense of the country.

"We will always protect our sky from Russian aggression. This radar is vital to Britain's security, as we are responsible for increasing global threats and increasing our ability to respond to them. Russia's actions will not be limited to the borders of Eastern Europe, "said Gavin Williamson, head of the department.

In particular, the British minister stated that "Russia is threatening thousands and thousands of lives."

The device will allow the air force to control the area in the Norwegian Sea. The military is confident that the radar will strengthen the combat capability of Britain "in conditions of increased activity of Russia."

A new RAF radar facility reinforcing the UK’s ability to track aircraft will be powered up ready to operate soon. @ChiefofAirStaff visited the site of the new £10m Remote Radar Head facility, at Saxa Vord, Unst, Shetland, to inspect its progress. Read more https://t.co/h5irwBvFF1 pic.twitter.com/k1C6RLPt6w

— Royal Air Force (@RoyalAirForce) January 26, 2018

On January 26, Foreign Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin said that new US sanctions against Russia "gradually begin to cover all those who are involved in the occupation of Ukrainian territories."

On January 26, the United States expanded the sanctions list of individuals and companies from Russia and the occupied Donbas due to aggression in Ukraine.

In particular, the United States imposed sanctions against a company through which the Russian Federation legalized trade with the DPR and LNR.

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Russian oligarchs are campaigning for lobbying in Washington to prevent their names from appearing on the list of people close to the Kremlin. The administration of Donald Trump will promulgate the document on Monday.
This is reported by Tsensor.NET with reference to The New York Times.

According to the interlocutors of the newspaper, dozens of wealthy Russian citizens hired lawyers and lobbyists to find out if they would be involved with this list. The document is being prepared by the staff of the State Department and the US Treasury Department in accordance with the law on sanctions adopted by the Congress last summer. The government should provide a list of oligarchs, approximate sizes of their wealth, sources of income for the oligarchs themselves and their close relatives, as well as data on their assets in the United States.

The appearance of a name in the list does not automatically trigger the announcement of sanctions against people who have been added to it. However, according to lobbyists, their clients are concerned that they can be subject to sanctions in the future and that international financial firms refuse to deal with them because of an increased risk.

The publication quotes Sen. Democrat Ben Kardin, who expresses the hope that this "report will force some of the oligarchs to wonder if they wisely behave, linking their name to Putin's regime."

It is not known how many names will appear in this list and whether they will be made public whether a part of the list will be classified.

Together with the list, a report will be published analyzing the effects of potential restrictions on Russia's sovereign Russian debt abroad.

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Poland Andrzej Duda, President and Secretary of State of the United States Rex Tillerson agreed that sanctions against the Russian Federation must save to restore international order.

As the Tsenzor.NET referring to Ukrinform , this after hour meeting Duda and Warsaw Tillerson said Minister Office of the President of Poland Krzysztof Scherskyy.

"Conducted talking about the conflict in Ukraine and sanctions against Russia as an element to which Poland and the US have a common view. It is the need to maintain sanctions until it is restored international order, based on the right between countries in our region,"- said Scherskyy.

Representative Office of Polish president said that Duda and depth Tillerson also discussed Polish-American partnership that would bring good results for the security of Poland and the region of the Republic of Poland and neighboring countries.

According to him, the Polish-American "road map", which discussed Duda Tillerson and includes a number of steps in several areas. In particular, it is a military and economic partnership, including energy, as well as cooperation within the UN Security Council.

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Russia and the militants under her control are spreading rumors of an escalation of the military conflict in the Donbas , in order to prevent the events and to take responsibility for them.

This is stated in the material "Apostrophe".

"We are not there" for the USA is not an argument. They have their own intelligence, and when Volker speaks with Surkov's tete-a-tete, everyone understands everything. But the withdrawal of troops is a matter of paramount importance. Therefore, statements that Ukraine needs a "hot phase" of the conflict is made for domestic consumption in these "republics." They need to be fired, "said former deputy commander of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Lt. Gen. Igor Romanenko.

Russian propagandists are actively pushing the situation and claiming that Ukraine and the United States are supposed to fight, which is not to say about Russia.

Political scientist Cyril Sazonov explains that such statements are made because of Russia's search for new trump cards for negotiations.

"The last negotiations between Surkov and Volker ended in principle, and so new sanctions are being imposed, and it is rather difficult for Russia. As a result, the Russian Federation is looking for additional trump cards for negotiations: either there will be an exacerbation on the front, or ultimatums regarding Ukraine." For this purpose, public opinion is being prepared as in Russia, and in the DPR "- he says.

An analyst at the Ukrainian Institute for the Future, Igar Tishkevich, explains the reason for the rumors of an offensive.

"I do not rule out that a certain escalation of violence is possible, but declaring it first is to try to take responsibility for itself," he said.

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Russian Deputy Chancellor Vladislav Surkov considers the US proposal to deploy a UN peacekeeping mission in eastern Ukraine constructive and in a way that can be realized.

This is reported by the Russian news agency TASS, informs Tsensor.NET.

"The main topic of the talks again was the discussion of the Russian initiative on the deployment of a UN mission to the south-east of Ukraine, which Americans brought with more constructive proposals this time." The Dubai package of American developments, as opposed to "Belgrade," seems to be completely realized. look", - said Surkov after the meeting with the representative of the US State Department in Ukraine Kurt Volker.

According to Surkov, Volker presented "a detailed plan for phased deployment of the mission in conjunction with the implementation of the political points of Minsk agreements."

"We will carefully study and respond to it in a timely manner. After that we will invite Kurt and his colleagues to a new meeting," Putin's assistant noted.

Surkov and Volker met on January 26 in Dubai.

Earlier on Friday, the Kremlin urged not to wait for the results of the meeting between Surkov and Volcker. "This is a" clock alignment, a workflow", regarding the situation in the south-east of Ukraine, said the press secretary of the head of the Russian state Dmitry Peskov to journalists, answering questions that are waiting in the Kremlin from the meeting.

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US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Russia could restrain Syria's government regime from using chemical weapons.

Reuters reports.

"The chemical weapons... are used to defeat the civilian population, the most vulnerable are children in Syria," Tillerson said during his visit to Poland.

"We consider Russia (responsible) to solve this problem. They (Syria's ally)," said the US Secretary of State.

Recall that the civil war in Syria lasts from the spring of 2011. During this time, chemical weapons were repeatedly used during the conflict. The United States, the EU, the League of Arab States and other countries claimed responsibility for the use of chemical weapons against the Syrian government, but Damascus and Russia accused the Syrian opposition of this.

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The US sanctioned list was the Polish company Doncoaltrade, which was engaged in supplying coal from the occupied Donbas

This is stated in a statement on the website of the US Treasury Department.

On Friday evening, the US Treasury Department announced expansion of sanctions against Russia because of the situation in Ukraine, adding 21 individuals and 12 organizations.

The list includes Doncoaltrade, which was registered in 2012 in the city of Katowice. Sanctions against her were introduced because of her connection with Alexander Melnychuk.

In early October, it became known that Doncoaltrade is shipping coal from the occupied territories to Poland.
Its president and main shareholder is Oleksandr Melnychuk, who for some time was the deputy minister of the coal industry of the so-called "LNR".

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President Poroshenko congratulated the introduction of new US sanctions against Russia.
He wrote about this on his page in Facebook, reports  Tsensor.NET .

Read on "Tsensor.NET": Today we are dealing with a clever campaign of misinformation driven by the Kremlin - European Commissioner King

"I welcome the decision of the US Treasury Department to further expand the list of sanctions against Russia for its brutal aggression against Ukraine.  

My meetings with the American leadership in Davos give me confidence that sanctions policy against Russia will only increase until Ukraine fully regains its territorial integrity, " he said. - he wrote.

On the eve of the US Treasury Department introduced new sanctions against Russia. The expanded list included 21 individuals and 21 organizations.



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The European Commission accused the Russian government of deliberately spreading misinformation with Europe.

According to Tsensor.NET, referring to the Russian service of DW, European Security Commissioner Julian King wrote in an article published in the German newspaper Die Welt.

"It is unlikely that there are doubts that we are dealing with a sophisticated, skillfully drafted and supported government by the pro-Russian campaign of misinformation," he said. "Russian military use the Internet as a new battlefield, using weapons as false information."

Europe should more actively deal with misinformation, the European Commissioner underlined. He described the cyber threats as hacker attacks, the spread of computer viruses, the online propaganda of terrorism, attempts to manipulate public opinion with the help of fake news and turn the open western system into a weapon that will be directed to democracy itself.

The European Commission, according to King, has already developed a number of projects aimed at both raising the competence of the users themselves and in the fight against online propaganda of hatred and terrorism.

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Colonel of the Russian Armed Forces Vladimir Sibikin participated in fighting in the Donbass on the side of the "LNR"

This is with reference to counterintelligence SBU reports TSN.

"According to the order of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Sibikin served as military advisor from December 2015 to December 2017 as deputy commander of illegal armed formation, which Russian militarists assigned the name" 7th separate motorized infantry brigade of the 2nd Army Corps of People's Militia "LNR", - said in a message.

Sibikin born in 1977 and lives in the city of Ussuriysk, Primorsky Territory of the Russian Federation. Has a callous "Escandera".

It is also known that a Russian woman has a wife named Natalia. Son Rodion serves in the Ussuriyskiy Suvorov college. And before sending to the Donbass in Sibikin, daughter was born.

According to photographs in social networks, it was possible to establish that Sibikin and his family rested in the occupied Crimea. At the same time on the peninsula, he moved on an auto number plate of the so-called "DNR".

It is also noted that after that the Russian had to return to the permanent place of service - the 70th separate motorized infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (military unit 24776, m / d - Ussuriysk, Leningradskaya str., 41-J).

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The US Air Force Strategic Unmanned Airborne RQ-4B on Friday, January 26, made another hourly reconnaissance flight along the line of demarcation on the Donbass.

According to Tsensor.NET, referring to Interfax-Ukraine , this follows from the monitoring data of Western aviation resources.

According to their information, the American long-range UAV, with a flight number 10-2043, flew from the Sigonella airbase to Sicily, practically all day rode almost all day from north to south along the line of Ukraine's demarcation with self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk people's republics, not crossing it. The scout traveled at an altitude of about 15,500 meters and a speed of 600 kilometers per hour.

Taking into account the capabilities of the intelligence, the RQ-4A Global Hawk drone pilot could observe the whole territory of the self-proclaimed DPR and LNR, as well as a large part of the territory of the border regions of Russia.

At the same time he several times flew at a distance of approximately 40 to 60 km to the districts of the Belgorod, Voronezh and Rostov regions of, bordering the Luhansk region. At that moment, as in previous similar operations, he was on Novopskovsky district of the Luhansk region of Ukraine.

According to available data, in the morning a heavy American drones entered the airspace of Ukraine on the part of Romania north of Moldova and continued the flight eastward over Kirovohrad and Dnipropetrovsk regions towards the Donetsk region.

At the moment, an American drone is returning to the base, flying westward in the sky over Ukraine.

According to open sources, Global Hawk, which has a high resolution camera, an infrared sensor and radar for tracking moving objects, is designed to conduct strategic aerial reconnaissance at depths up to 300 km on the enemy's territory. While flying at high altitudes, he is able to scan large areas, carry out intelligence of high-resolution targets and transmit intelligence information to real-time command via satellite communication channels. The Global Hawk drone, with a takeoff weight of 15 tons and a wing width of almost 40 meters, can patrol for 30 hours at an altitude of up to 18 thousand meters.

The cost of this strategic drone is estimated at $ 140 million, and its flight time costs $ 31 thousand

This drone was repeatedly used last year for intelligence near the territories of the DPR and LNR.

Recently, the US Air Force has increased the number of such flights. Since the beginning of this year, at least seven intelligence operations have been recorded on the delineation line in the Donbas, in particular at 1, 7, 9, 15, 20, 24 and 26 January.

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The KPVB "Novotroitskaya" arrived on the route from Donetsk to Mariupol - a man, a citizen of Ukraine, in 1987, and his wife, born in 1996. Citizens had, besides passport documents of Ukraine, passports of the Russian Federation.



To the representatives of the operational-search department of the State Border Guard Service, they explained that with the onset of hostilities in the east of Ukraine, they were tempted by the program of Russia to assist in resettlement on its territory.

At first they were marked in Ukrainian passports for temporary residence and, when the wife became pregnant, in the Russian migration service insisted on obtaining their passports from the Russian Federation, arguing that otherwise they would refuse medical care even at the birth of a child.

Despite the promise, the only help received by the resettlement was 20,000 Russian rubles and there was still a "permit" to stay in Karelia. A man could not officially get a job. Money was not in the family, as well as the opportunity to earn, so they decided to return to Ukraine, crossing the closed pass point of the Assumption.

Today, a woman calls Ukraine home and assures that she and her husband want to live again here.

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President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko expressed hope that the UN Security Council will adopt a resolution on a peacekeeping mission to the Donbas in 2018.
Reported Tsenzor.NET with reference to Interfax-Ukraine.

"I do not lose sight of the fact that this (UN resolution on a peacekeeping mission in Donbass - Ed.) May take place in 2018. At least, I, as the president of Ukraine, and on my instructions, Ukrainian diplomats will make the maximum effort for this," he said on the basis of meeting with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Davos on Friday.

P.Poroshenko said that he thanks the Secretary of State for the sanctions imposed by the United States against the Russian leadership.

"I am convinced that this policy is effective. I emphasize once again that it is very important for us to have this mechanism of influence in order to return Russia to the negotiating table and to ensure the de-occupation of the Donbas and the liberation of Ukraine." My deep conviction as a first step is very it is important that this was a UN peacekeeping mission, "said the President of Ukraine.

"It is very important that we plan and agree on a draft resolution on peacekeepers in the Donbas with the key characteristics that this resolution should contain. We have received full support from the United States, our other partners in the UN ... This issue was raised in the negotiations with our Dutch colleagues, and Polish today and yesterday at the forum in Davos", - said P.Poroshenko.

He also stressed the importance of continuing the process of dismissing the remaining Ukrainian hostages in the ORDLO and releasing political prisoners in prisons in Russia.

Recall that on September 5, Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed the opinion that the presence of UN peacekeepers in the Donbas would be in favor of resolving the conflict in eastern Ukraine, and instructed the RF Ministry of Foreign Affairs to make a draft resolution for consideration by the UN Security Council.

First vice-speaker of the Verkhovna Rada, representative of Ukraine in the Trilateral Contact Group on the situation in the Donbas Iryna Gerashchenko stated that the introduction of a UN peacekeeping mission on the line of collision in the east of Ukraine can not be the language, peacekeepers should enter the entire territory occupied by Russia.

The Russian Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Vasyl Nebenzha, said that the Russian side had sent a draft resolution on the deployment of peacekeepers to Donbass to the UN Secretary-General and head of the UN Security Council.

In numerous statements of the Russian authorities, it was emphasized that peacekeepers should be placed only on the line of delimitation of the conflicting parties, and not on the entire occupied territory of the Donbas, especially not on the Russian-Ukrainian border.

Later, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that Putin had agreed to deploy peacekeepers throughout the Donbass to protect OSCE staff.

On November 14, representatives of Russia and the United States discussed in detail the possibility of deploying a UN peacekeeping mission to the Donbas.

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US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the US is opposed to the North Stream 2 pipeline project because it considers it a threat to Europe's energy security.

Reported Tsenzor.NET with reference to Interfax-Ukraine.

"Like Poland, the United States is opposed to the North Stream 2 gas pipeline, which we believe is undermining energy security and stability in Europe, and it gives Russia another tool that can use energy for political purposes," he said. he at a press conference in Poland.

The head of the State Department said that the US is convinced of the need to diversify the source of energy supplies to European countries.

"This is important in the long term for Europe's security," he said.

R.Tillerson reminded that US companies are ready to work with Poland in the field of energy.

Before the implementation of the Nord Stream-2 project worth almost 10 billion euro Gazprom and its partners intend to proceed in April 2018. It is assumed that a 1200-kilometer pipeline will flow through the Baltic Sea. He will unite Russia and Germany, bypassing Ukraine, Poland and the Baltic States. The capacity of the gas pipeline will be twice as high as in the first Nord Stream, and the construction is planned to be completed by the end of 2019.

Kyiv strongly opposes this construction, calling it politically motivated, and proposing the EU to set up a consortium with the involvement of European companies to manage the existing efficient transportation route through Ukraine.

A number of EU countries, including Poland and Lithuania, also stated their disagreement with the Nord Stream-2 project.

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Council of Europe officials were instructed to criticize and create problems for the Ukrainian delegation through a principled position on Russia.

According to Tsensor.NET, referring to Ukrinform, PACE vice president and chairman of the Ukrainian delegation, Volodymyr Aryev, told about it.

"In general, the atmosphere in the Council of Europe is more and more different from that laid down by the founders of the organization. Human rights and democracy are becoming uncomfortable when it comes to money. Now, several people have said that they are trying to blame Ukraine because we are on the way to 50 million euros from Russia", - said Aryov.

The Vice-President of the PACE also noted that there is an internal indication in the Council of Europe to oppose the Ukrainian delegation.

"The secretariat of the Council of Europe says that the indexation of their salaries is not due to the Ukrainians' intransigence, they give the task of beginning to criticize us as much as possible and to create problems, imagine that Russia is not an aggressor, and that Ukraine is a victim of aggression," the head of the Ukrainian delegation stressed.

According to the politician, "these Byzantine minstrels will end up poorly for the Council of Europe."

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Party Kukiz'15 law banning the promotion of Polish ideology of Ukrainian Nationalists would be difficult to accomplish.

It informs Tsenzor.NET, to broadcast "Public Radio" said the chief editor Ukrainian portal in Poland Prostir.pl Igor Isaev.

"Even if the amendment takes Polish Senate, then the law has yet to sign the President. I personally think that it would be very difficult to do. It was written" on the knee "because it says that punished for such an amendment is not only people who deny the crimes of Ukrainian nationalists in Poland, and those attributes Poland Nazi crimes. According to the amendment, punished and Poles and foreigners. Regardless of the crime scene and the laws of those countries. that is, if somewhere in the press US or Cambodia someone writes something that contradicts this amendment, the Polish Prosecutor ture judge the man by Polish law. This, in my opinion, nonsense and mockery of the Polish legal system."

Recall that on January 26 the Polish Sejm adopted a motion proposed Kukiz '15 bill to ban propaganda "Bandera ideology."

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Priozersky City Court of Leningrad Oblast sentenced Ribe priest Gleb Grosovsky to 14 years of prison in a strict regime in the case of pedophilia

The court found him guilty of committing sexual acts with three girls under the age of 14, in Orthodox holiday camps on the island of Konveets on the Ladoga Lake in 2009, as well as on the island of Kos in Greece in 2013, local media reported.

The court ordered Grozovsky to pay to each of the three victims of 400 thousand rubles as compensation for non-pecuniary damage. He did not recognize the convicted guilty and stated that he would appeal the court's decision.

According to the investigator of the most important cases of the GSU SC RF in St. Petersburg, Alexander Gavrilov, the convict not only entered into sexual relations with children, but then intimidated them and persuaded not to inform their parents.

"Grozovskii explained to them, they say, what they did yesterday is a sin, so do not say anything to their parents, but just repay me," said Gavrilov.

A criminal case against Grozowski was instituted on September 20, 2013, when two of the girls in 2001 and 2004, the birth of a mother, turned to the police in court, in June of the same year the priest perpetrated violence in a children's camp on the Greek island of Kos. One of them told about what happened to her mother. She got in touch with the mother of the second girl. As a result, both women wrote to Grozovsky's statement.

Then there was another episode. In total, there were three.

At the same time, the Russian Orthodox Church said they will not deprive Groosovsky church dignity.

"His status will not change in any way. The sentence has not come into force, there is no final decision, there will be an appeal," the interlocutor noted. He added that the eparchy "does not comment in any way on the court's decision".

The process in the case of Grozovsky was in closed mode. The prosecution required him to be sentenced to 15 years in prison in a strict regime colony, the defense insisted on exoneration. The criminal case against the priest broke in the fall of 2013. Before his extradition in autumn 2016, Grozovsky was hiding in Israel.

He claimed his innocence and argued that he was a victim of provocation.

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The current pro-Russian leader of the Czech Republic, Miloš Zeman, is re-elected for a second term of office

After counting 96% of the voters' vote, Zemen wins the second round with 52.12%.

His opponent, the former head of the National Academy of Sciences of the Yorgi Dragosh, received support from 47.88% of voters.

The second round of the Czech presidential elections was held on Friday and Saturday. Voters' interest in voting was higher than two weeks ago in the first round and, according to preliminary data, higher than in elections 5 years ago. The turnout of voters exceeded 65%.



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The users laughed at the photo of a supermarket in the occupied Khrustalnom (formerly the Red Rays) in the Luhansk region.

The photo has been published by the user " Full PESec 146% " on Twitter.

"Former ATB, Krasny Ray is still a little bit and looks like a Soviet supermarket," he wrote.




In the photo it is seen that in the shop there are only a few types of juices, which are arranged in such a way to create the impression of a large number of goods presented.

The users of the network are joking from the store: "Or the Crimean occupation. We also have such a thing now," "Oh, what abundance, so much commodity," "We had this before they were closed, Horlivka," (Similar) to shop in the DPRK".

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Russia can cause a sabotage, which will kill thousands of people

British Defense Minister Gavin Williamson said that Russia could attack the island's energy system, which would cause the death of "thousands and thousands and thousands" of Britons.

The politician is confident that Russia is exploring the energy supply systems from the continent. In Britain, about three million households depend on energy coming from submarine cables for electricity and gas.

"The Russians will not land in the South Bay in Scarborough and near the beach of Brighton. They are now thinking about how to inflict maximum damage to Britain. If you strike at the economy, destroy the infrastructure, it will lead to many thousands of victims. And in this case, the country can plunge into chaos, "Williamson said.

He also claims that the British military has photos of the suspicious intelligence activity of Russians along with British power plants.

According to Williamson, Russia can realize its plans with the help of cyber attack, underwater attack and even launch of a guided missile.

Recall, yesterday the US expanded sanctions lists against Russia because of the aggression in Ukraine.

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