Ukraine News in brief. Friday 9 March. [Ukrainian sources]

FRIDAY HEADLINES:
Deripaska blamed US "shadow government" for manipulating "Russian theme".  In the US, they said that their submarines could "destroy Russia" if necessary.  Bloodshed and blackmail: Named the countries where Putin can arrange new hot spots. Paul Manaforth did not plead guilty in another criminal case.  Combat laser systems, intercontinental hypersonic missiles, underwater drones: Putin threatens world with Russia’s latest weapons.  The detained interrogator Ruban is charged with preparing a terrorist attack.  The head of the SBU showed a video of how militants in Gorlovka loaded weapons into the Ruban car.  Ruban ordered by Zakharchenko to arrange terrorist attacks in the center of Kiev.  Nadiya Savchenko wants to take the bail of a detained negotiator Ruban.  Relations between Ruban and Medvedchuk: scandalous details were told by the SBU.  Ruben's arrest: an alarming prediction about the Kremlin's unfolding situation in Ukraine has appeared.  There was a recording of Ruban's talk about the supply of weapons. State Department of the USA - Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation: Instruct your controlled militants in the Donbas to stop the intimidation of OSCE observers.  US Air Force pilot conducted intelligence along the coastline of the occupied RF of the Crimea.  "We are ready for all the existing threats," - said the Pentagon to Putin.  US mission in the OSCE demands Russia to stop the suppression of dissent in the Crimea.  Russia is working in the Balkans, and NATO has left the region with no attention. It is there that there may be problems. "You sell America to Russians!" - In Manaforth, the flag of the Russian Federation was thrown and accused of treason. VIDEO.

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Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska has published an article in the American conservative edition The Daily Caller.

The article entitled "The Russian theme", which is constantly changing, is a mistaken manipulation by the audience."

According to the text, the "Russian theme" in American political discourse is run by a small group of people who manipulate public opinion.

In the column, Deripaska argues that modern American politics reminds Barry Levinson's film "The Tail Spins a Dog" (1999), where a non-existent military conflict was invented for the sake of victory in the election of the US president by political technologists. According to Deripaska, such a fictitious scenario is now a discussion of Russia's possible interference with American elections and internal politics.

The authors of the "Russian theme" Deripaska calls a "deep state" - that is, a group of elites who are trying to influence the work of the Donald Trump presidential administration.

"Technology and the decomposition of journalism based on facts have made it possible for a small number of people, surprisingly, to destroy bilateral or multilateral relations," writes Deripaska.

One Russian billionaire considers one of the victims of this group to be accused of having trumpe ties. At the same time, he noted that "personally acquainted with this group".

In conclusion, the businessman writes that fictional stories are preventing joint international efforts to address the most pressing, real world issues: health, climate change and the future of energy.

Let's remind, in the beginning of March Nastya Rybka has declared, that has records of conversations of the oligarch Deripaska about interference in the US election.

On February 8, Navalny presented a new investigation in which Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Prykhodko was accused of corruption. The investigation was about the fact that an official in August 2016 spent three days on a yacht of the oligarch Deripaska near the shores of Norway, along with "girls from escort agencies".

Deripaska, according to Navalny, could have been one of the Kremlin's intermediaries in Russia's intervention in the US presidential election in 2016. It is this topic that the oligarch and Prikhodko allegedly discussed when sailing on a yacht.

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The head of the Strategic Command of the Armed Forces, General John Gayten, said that US submarines "are capable of destroying Russia if they make such a decision."

He stated this at a budget hearing in the House of Representatives Committee on the Armed Forces on Wednesday, according to Voice of America.

"They (Russians - ed.) Can not do anything but a massive attack against our country, which we would not be able to answer. By the way, they do not know where our submarines are located, and they are able to destroy their country if we follow this course, "he added.

Previously, US Defense Heads turned to Russia with a brief warning, noting that Washington was still able to respond, regardless of what Moscow possessed of nuclear weapons.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin is likely to continue to pursue a policy of fueling bloodshed and blackmail.

This is stated in the column for "Apostrophe" by a military columnist, editor-in-chief of the site "Information Resistance" Yuri Karin.

" The call by the US State Department spokeswoman, Kurt Volker, to intensify anti-Russian sanctions for the occupation of the Crimea is a clear signal of Russia's inability to settle in a peaceful settlement of the situation in Ukraine, so there is no need to wait for some relief from the aggressor. If Putin intends to go to the West, then in the first place will "merge" their friends Asad, Ina or Khamenei, and at the same time, in hybrid ways, to create new hearths of bloodshed for the continuation of blackmail. We can only guess where it will once again grow up - in the Balkans, in Afghanistan or Libya,...", - says the browser.

According to him, Russia will continue to use all available means to destabilize the situation in the world, as Putin simply does not have other methods.

"Under conditions of sanctions and total Russian corruption, Putin can only remain in power for another term with the help of threats and blackmail, and try to keep it for the next six years," said Karin.

In an example, he cites a recent appeal by the President of the Russian Federation to the Federal Assembly, during which a new nuclear weapon was presented.

"In the statements of the Foreign Ministry and Putin himself, it was clearly read that the bravura assault was intended for the domestic consumer and was exclusively pre-electoral in order to mobilize the electorate, as well as the thesis that the country chooses not the president, but the commander-in-chief", said the observer.

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Former head of Donald Trump's headquarters, a figure in an investigation into Russia's interference in US presidential elections, Paul Manafort did not plead guilty in another criminal case brought against him by the office of Müeller's special prosecutor.

According to Tsensor.NET, with reference to Ukrinform, the Washington Post writes about it  .

The meeting was held on Thursday, March 8th.

"Former president of the presidential campaign, President Trump did not plead guilty to charges of tax fraud in the federal court of Virginia on Thursday, where he was brought before a judge in another criminal case that was initiated by a special prosecutor investigating Russia's interference with the 2016 election," - notes the publication.

Hearings were held in the District Court of Alexandria (near Washington - ed.). The judge has decided to leave Manafort under house arrest as a precautionary measure and continue to wear an electronic bracelet.

The trial of a jury in a case against Manaforth is scheduled for July 10. It is expected that the process will last from eight to ten days, and the jury will listen to 20-25 witnesses.

Paul Manafort also did not plead guilty in another process that is being conducted by the federal court in Washington. The trial in this case is scheduled for September 17.

Manafort's lawyers are trying to convince the court that the special prosecutor Robert Mueller was not authorized to bring a case against the former Trump campaign manager with the following wording, and thus build his defense.

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On March 8, a former negotiator on the captives, Vladimir Ruban, was detained near the line of delineation in the Donbass. Ruban is charged with illicit handling of weapons and preparations for a terrorist attack. On the morning of March 9, the Shevchenko Kyiv court chose him a precautionary measure at the time of the investigation.

The court sentenced Volodymyr Ruban to the custody of the negotiator for 2 months without the right to make a deposit. Thus, the court upheld the petition of prosecutors. Attorneys were asked for house arrest.



Also, the deputy Nadiya Savchenko came to court . She wanted to get Ruban on bail. She learned about the detention of the cuttings today.


As Ruban Hromadsky himself said, during the interrogation investigators of the military prosecutor's office offered him to go for an exchange with self-proclaimed republics. He noted that "outraged" by such a proposal.


Arrested on March 8 on the line of demarcation, Vladimir Ruban was in a car in which he found weapons. The text of the suspicion is that he was trying to bring weapons from the territory occupied by Ukraine and was preparing an assassination attempt against the president.

"Having a friendly relationship with Zakharchenko (the leader of the militants of the self-called" DPR "), sharing his views, Ruban decided to kill the president, Avakov (the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Turchinov (secretary of the NSDC))", - read the text of suspicion judge Eugene Martynov.

Затриманому керівнику «Офіцерського корпусу» Володимиру Рубану обирають запобіжний захід у суді в Києві pic.twitter.com/x92mZGMbsH

— Hromadske.UA (@HromadskeUA) March 9, 2018

In suspicion also it is said that on March 8, Ruban tried again for the transfer of weapons. For the first time he supposedly "tried and tested his weapons in Khmelnitsky". In addition, the text of the suspicion is that Ruban has been seeking accomplices for committing the planned crimes. They were "radically anti-Ukrainian-minded citizens Shashkin, Mezentsev, Zakharchenkov, Bereznya and Lyasch".

«Не сприймаючи чинний державний лад в України, поділяв погляди самоназваних «ДНР» і «ЛНР» щодо насильницької зміни діючої влади» — йдеться у підозрі Володимиру Рубану, яку зачитує суддя pic.twitter.com/2h8Dstgk7y

— Hromadske.UA (@HromadskeUA) March 9, 2018

Ruban himself claims that the car, with which he was detained, did not belong to him. At the same time, he confessed to the transportation of civilian goods through a military checkpoint.  

"I did not know about the presence of this weapon. Performed only as a driver function, "Ruban said in court.

«Я виконував роль водія. Авто належить офіцеру з позивним Кедр. Я його отримав лише для перетину кордону» — Володимир Рубан у суді щодо підозри pic.twitter.com/1XpI3zXo86

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He denied the allegations, but at the same time, he noted that he knew Mzezentseva, who is an assistant to Nadezhda Savchenko.

"I know Oleg Mezentsev, he was an assistant to Savchenko, others do not know from the surnames ... And some probably, I know, with other names. I am a well-known citizen Shashkin, if it is Valery, who is related to the organization " Battalion Brotherhood ", - he said.

Savchenko himself told the Civic that the Miesenets was indeed her assistant, but recently resigned.

The entire detention operation, according to Ruban, was planned by an officer with a callous "Cedar" commander of the intelligence of the 8th Special Forces Squad.

"The investigation team was in a conspiracy, they left for another 5 days for my arrest, they now want to hang a medal for themselves," he said and rejected the charges against the court.

"I understand, I want to make terrorist number one", - added Ruban.

«Я не пам'ятаю, щоб в Україні когось так обвинувачували» — Володимир Рубан щодо підозри, у якій йому інкримінують підготовку захоплення будівлі Верховної Ради. Але відмовився розповідати, що робив на КПВВ «Майорськ» pic.twitter.com/MousCZdPcP

— Hromadske.UA (@HromadskeUA) March 9, 2018

"One can not say that there is even a hint of a terrorist act in the actions of my client", - said Vitaliy Pogosyan, lawyer of Ruban.

"You indicate a group of people, and where is this group? Except Ruban, nobody is there. There is no reasonable suspicion of article 258 (terrorist attack). My client provided information on how this weapon was in the car. It has not been proved that this weapon was him, or that he bought it", - added the defender.

The attorney insisted on house arrest for his client.

"You say that he can cross the border, so why not intersect? You say that he has a passport, so take him away, there are levers in you without taking into custody, the more Ruban freed the so-called 700 hostages, that is, prisoners. This indicates that he acted in favor of the state. I think it is worth choosing home arrest, "he added during the meeting.

The second lawyer, Andrei Smirnov, stressed that the name Ruban could have been known to law enforcement officers six months ago. According to him, the situation with the detainees could be a provocation.

«Прізвище мого клієнта могло бути відоме правоохоронцям ще півроку тому», — авдокат Рубана. За матеріалами слідства, авто зі зброєю затримали в листопаді, але тоді за кермом була інша людина. Машину не вилучили. Тепер на цього авто їхав сам Рубан pic.twitter.com/5WnjU8pKu9

— Hromadske.UA (@HromadskeUA) March 9, 2018

President Poroshenko ordered the head of the SBU to take Ruban's "personal control" case.

On the evening of March 8 it became known that Ruban was detained near the line of delineation in the Donbass. Ruban had an arsenal of weapons, which he allegedly tried to bring to Ukraine, said Deputy Minister for the Occupied Territories Georgiy Tuk.



Volodymyr Ruban served as a negotiator for the release of prisoners held in the territory of the occupied Donetsk region and Lugansk region in 2015-2016.

On February 27 last year, the SBU abolished Ruban's permission to cross the line of demarcation on the Donbass. Such a ban was introduced by the SBU after he and people's deputy Nadiya Savchenko arrived in occupied Donetsk.

Also, the SBU claimed that Ruban had no authority to negotiate the prisoners' exchange.

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Head of the Center for the release of the captives "Officers' Corps" Volodymyr Ruban, in a preliminary arrangement with a number of representatives of illegal armed groups, planned to organize attacks in the center of Kiev.

Such statement was made on Friday at the briefing by the head of the SBU, Vasily Hrytsak, the correspondent of the "Apostrophe" reports.

"Many of the citizens of Ukraine, politicians and people's deputies could have been victims of these acts of terrorism ... On March 8, the SBU prevented the import of a large batch of weapons from the uncontrolled territory of Ukraine," Hrytsak said, listing all the weapons withdrawn during the operation. The head of the SBU noted that part of the withdrawn weapon was manufactured in Russia.

Also at the briefing was a video showing how Ruban traveled to the uncontrolled territory of the Donbas . At the checkpoint of militants, his car met a car escort and "escorted" to Gorlovka. Also, the video showed the moment of loading weapons into Ruban's car and his arrest. This video was published later .

According to Hrytsak, Ruban's detention operation was being prepared for several months.

"In November 2017, Ruban organized the export of a large batch of weapons with an uncontrolled territory of the so-called DNR," Hrytsak said about another incident, showing the corresponding photos. Also at a briefing were the audio talks of the head of the "Officers' Corps," in which he calls the weapons that he plans to carry through the line of delimitation.

Let's remind, today about 14:00 the Shevchenko Kiev court arrested Ruban for two months without the right to make a pledge. He is suspected of preparing terrorist attacks, illegal possession of weapons. Among other things, Ruban is suspected of preparing the assassination of President Petro Poroshenko.

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Citizen Ruban, detained on suspicion of importing weapons from the occupied regions of the Donbas, planned to carry out terrorist acts in Kyiv in co-operation with the leaders of the "Dnieper" Zakharchenko and Timofeev

On this, on March 9, 2018, Vasyl Hrytsak, the head of the Security Service of Ukraine, during a specially convened briefing, reports Espresso.

"Ruban, acting on a previous conspiracy with the heads of terrorist organizations of the so-called DPR Zakharchenko O.V. and Timofeev O.Yu. (also called" Tashkent "- ed.), As well as other persons, planned and made concrete actions directed to prepare for the commission of a series of terrorist acts in the central part of the city of Kyiv", - said the head of the SBU.

According to Hrytsak, "the work on documenting the criminal activity of this group lasted more than one month."

At present, all the means of losing Hrycak and his people are under reliable control of the SBU and "do not endanger our citizens," he added.



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People's deputy Nadiya Savchenko came to court, where a preventive measure was taken by a detainee on March 8 to a former negotiator for hostages in the Donbass Volodymyr Ruban.

This was reported by the correspondent of Gromadsky.

Savchenko wants to get Ruban on bail. Prosecutors insist on arrest without the right to mortgage. Lawyers are asking for a house arrest for Ruban.

"I sincerely respect Ruban what he has done to this country. I express my respect to you comrade officer", - said Savchenko.

«Колись давно в Ростові ми були навпаки», — сказав Володимир Рубан Надії Савченко, яка прийшла до суду, де йому обирають запобіжний захід. Депутатка висловила бажання взяти затриманого на поруки pic.twitter.com/Q8vqkA2rfQ

— Hromadske.UA (@HromadskeUA) March 9, 2018

Arrested on March 8, a former negotiator on the captured Volodymyr Ruban was taken to Kiev. In the Shevchenko court of the capital, he was chosen as a precautionary measure.

Ruban is charged with violations of articles of the Criminal Code on illicit arms use and preparation of a terrorist attack. The text of the suspicion is that Ruban was preparing an attempt on the president, head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the National Security and Defense Council.

Poroshenko instructed the head of the SBU to take personal control of Ruban's case.

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Head of the Center for the release of captives "Officer Corps" Vladimir Ruban, arrested on Friday, March 9 , headed one of the projects of federalization of Ukraine in the "Ukrainian election" Viktor Medvedchuk.

This was stated by the head of the apparatus of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) Igor Guskov, reports LIGA.net.

"Today Ruban stated that he has no relation to the" Ukrainian choice "movement. We prepared, using only open sources of information, a small presentation that shows that for several years Ruban actively cooperated with the" Ukrainian choice "movement. He directed one of the subprojects of the organization within the framework of the project "Ukrainian Federation", - he said.

According to Guskov, the idea of ​​federalization of Ukraine with the help of so-called People's Republics was laid in the project, which Ruban was engaged in. He added that this is not all information about Ruban's ties with the "Ukrainian Choice", which is at the disposal of the SBU.

"This does not mean that this is all that we have. That's all we can show now," Guskov said.

Recall, the head of the "Officers' Corps" is accused of preparing an assassination attempt on a number of senior Ukrainian politicians, including President Petro Poroshenko and the head of the Interior Ministry Arsen Avakov.

Ruban was detained at the border crossing point "Majorsk" on the line of delineation in the Donbass. The SBU found a large arsenal of weapons in the negotiating car. The dangerous find was discovered in furniture, which Rouban transported through the line of delineation from the territory of the occupied Donbas.

apostrophe.ua  In Ukrainian/український

In the next two years, the Kremlin will focus on shaking the situation within Ukraine, as evidenced, in particular, by the detention scandal and the rest of the head of the Ukrainian center for the release of prisoners "Officers' Corps" Volodymyr Ruban.

About this "Apostrophe" said a military columnist, editor-in-chief of the site "Information Resistance" Yuri Karin.

"The presidential, parliamentary and local elections will be ahead. In order to bring pro-Russian political forces to power, the Kremlin's special services will use all available arsenal of hybrid means - from information attacks to terrorist attacks. The fact that the time of such actions has come is clearly illustrating the detention of a valuable frame of the Putin Kuma (Victor Medvedchuk, ed.) - pseudo-general Ruban - with a whole arsenal of weapons on one of the KPVV on the line of separation,"- he said.

According to Karin, the issue of reelection of the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, for the next term has actually been resolved. It follows that after March 18, a screen covering the crimes against humanity around the globe should change. The propaganda direction for the lifting of sanctions for aggression against Ukraine will become more active.

"The pursuit of a truce in the Donbass is unlikely to be expected, since the fighting on the line of separation is a universal element of pressure and correspond to the Kremlin's narrative about the" lack of control "of quasi-formations (the so-called DNR-LNR, ed.) In Moscow. Plus, the incitement of hatred towards Ukraine inhabitants are being attacked by settlements occupied by the occupation forces, and propaganda hangs on the Armed Forces of Ukraine (Armed Forces of Ukraine - Ed.)", - summed up the expert.

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The Security Service of Ukraine on Friday, March 9, has published an audio recording of the conversation of the detainee on the eve of the ATO zone head of the Ukrainian center for the release of prisoners "Officers' Corps" Volodymyr Ruban on the supply of weapons.

The recording has been posted on the BBC's channel on YouTube.

During the conversation Ruban lists the types and amount of weapons that must be in a minibus. He also says that he was not given pistols.



Recall that on March 9, the court arrested Ruban without the right to make a pledge. According to lawyers, he is threatened with life imprisonment.

Earlier, the head of the SBU demonstrated a video of Ruban's trip to the occupied Gorlivka , which also recorded the moment of loading of weapons in a car negotiator and the moment of detention.

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The US State Department has called on the RF Ministry of Defense to influence the militants in the Donbass to stop the intimidation of OSCE PMO observers.

As Censor.NET informs, the US State Department spokeswoman Heather Noorth wrote on her Twitter page.

"Ministry of Defense of Russia: Please instruct the militants you control in eastern Ukraine to stop the violent intimidation of the international observers of the OSCE PMM," she wrote.



As you know, the "L / DNR" terrorists systematically threaten the OSCE observers in the occupied Donbas.

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The US Air Force reconnaissance aircraft on Thursday carried out many hours of flights near the Crimean peninsula.

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

According to them, the US Strategic Reconnaissance Unmanned Aircraft RQ-4B with flight number 10-2043, which rose from the Sigonella airbase on the Italian island of Sicily, carried out spans for a few hours at a height of 16,000 meters from the west of Crimea along its western and southern coast.

In the area of ​​Sevastopol, he approached the coast at a distance of about 30 km, that is, it was walking almost on the edge of the sea border, and in the area of ​​Alupka - 34 km.

Before flying to the Crimea, a distant American drone flew a four-hour flight along the line of demarcation on the Donbass on Thursday morning. During this, he several times flew about 40 to 60 km to the districts of the Belgorod, Voronezh and Rostov regions of Russia, which border Lugansk region of Ukraine.

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US Defense Department leaders turned to Russia with a brief message, noting that Washington is still capable of responding, regardless of how Moscow possesses nuclear weapons.

Officials from the Pentagon said this during a hearing at the House of Representatives Committee on Armed Forces on March 8, reports Tsensor. NET with reference to the Voice of America.

Representatives of the defense ministry thus commented on the statement of the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, that his country owns an arsenal of new, "insurmountable" nuclear weapons.

"We are ready for all the existing threats, and nobody should doubt it," said General John Guyten, head of the US Strategic Command.

The military assured that Russia was not able to do anything, "except for a massive attack" on which the "US can answer".

"By the way, they (Russians) do not know where our submarines are located, and they are able to destroy their country if we go this course," added Gaitten.

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On March 8, Harry Kamian, US Charge d'Affaires in the OSCE Permanent Council, expressed his condolences over gross violations of human rights in the occupied Crimea, including a verdict against the Crimean Tatar activist Suleyman Kadyrov.

It is reported by Tsensor.NET with reference to Crimea. Realia.

He stressed that the United States repeated its calls to Russia to stop the suppression of dissent in the Crimea and to give Crimean access to international human rights observers.

"We are concerned about the two-year conditional sentence and the prohibition on civic engagement issued to Suleiman Kadyrov on March 1, in response to a message in the social network, which states that Crimea is Ukraine. We are also concerned about reports that the occupying power is putting pressure on the population to participate in the illegal elections that they intend to hold at the end of this month, "said Camian.

The full text of the Campaign statement was published on the website of the US Mission in the OSCE.

On February 28, the Russian prosecutor requested a three-year suspended sentence and a ban on engaging in public activities by Suleiman Kadyrov. Kadyrov himself claims that the criminal case is a provocation of special services in response to his active civic attitude and human rights activities.

International organizations recognized the occupation and annexation of the Crimea unlawful and condemned Russia's actions. Western countries imposed a series of economic sanctions. Russia denies the occupation of the peninsula and calls it "the restoration of historical justice." The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine officially announced the date of the beginning of the temporary occupation of Crimea and Sevastopol by Russia on February 20, 2014.

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The American Chief of the North Atlantic Alliance in Europe, American Curtis Scaparotti, warns that the Balkans face increased covert and obvious pressure from Russia and that Washington and NATO should do more to keep the region from destabilization.
According to Tsensor.NET , referring to Radio Liberty, he stated this on March 8, when he spoke at the Senate Committee on Arms.

"The region I am concerned about today is, in fact, the Balkans, Russia is working in the Balkans, and we left the region unattended, so it's a region where we may have problems in the future," said Scaparotti, answering the question of what regions in Europe, in his opinion, is threatened by Russia.

One of the Balkan countries, Montenegro, became the 29th member of NATO last year. This step was sharply criticized by Russia.

The Montenegrin authorities stated that the Russian intelligence services organized an attempt to overthrow the country in 2016 on the eve of joining NATO. The Kremlin has rejected these statements.

Russia continues to have strong military and cultural ties with Serbia.

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On leaving the court, the activist threw the Russian flag at the ex-head of the US presidential contender Donald Trump Paul Manafort, who has recently raised new allegations.

The second charge, which was brought against him at a meeting of the District Court in Alexandria, a FBI counselor Robert Mueller, Manafort did not admit guilty. The judge left him under house arrest and ordered to wear the second electronic bracelet. The case can be debated in July.

At a time when Manafort was coming out of court, one of the protesters threw him a Russian flag and shouted: "Here is your flag, the Russian flag, the traitor ... You sell America to the Russians. How much do you get for it?".

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Russia's violation of the territorial integrity of Ukraine has led to a conflict in eastern Ukraine.
US Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the OSCE, Harry Kamian, said in response to the Russian delegation's statement during the OSCE meeting, Cente.NET reports citing the Voice of America.

"In light of one of the comments made by a respected Russian colleague regarding Volker's special representative and the statements of the Russian delegate that led to the conflict in Ukraine, I want to give four simple points ... Contrary to the views expressed by the Russian delegate today, the conflict on east of Ukraine led to Russia's violation of the territorial integrity of Ukraine", - he said.

"What has led to the current crisis that we have in Ukraine is Russia's violation of Ukrainian sovereignty, which has led to a conflict in Ukraine, which is a violation of Russia's independence of Ukraine, which has led to the current conflict in Ukraine, which maintains the current conflict there and continues to be the greatest threat to regional stability and security, "said Camian.

According to him, this is "a repetition and continuation of violations of a number of key principles and commitments that we have in the OSCE."

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About a hundred Russian snipers arrived for the temporarily uncontrolled territory of Donetsk and Luhansk regions in the last month.

This was stated by the head of the Donetsk military-civil administration Pavel Zhebrovsky on the air of the 112 channel of Ukraine .

"If, today, on the line of demarcation, in principle, there are not so many shells of the means of defeat that are prohibited by the Minsk agreements, then snipers - for the past month, some 100 of them went to the territory of the DPR" and "LNR" - who shoot themselves and teach local orcs,"- said Zhebrovsky.

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