Ukraine News. Sunday 25 March. [Ukrainian sources]

SUNDAY HEADLINES:
Russia used Britain to broadcast propaganda to Europe.  Russia recognized the failure of Putin with an attempt to capture Donbas.  Fighting the Kremlin will be more vigorous: Trump was projected to fast resign and called the date.  Russia pointed out Putin's infamous defeat.  Passersby found Savchenko and Ruban on burning documents on the embankment of Kiev in 2017.  The Russian embassy has been blamed for developing London chemical weapons in the Porton-Down Laboratory.  London's actions are "inconceivable rudeness", which borders "with banditry in international affairs," - Peskov on the case of the Violinist.  Russia intends to build a bridge to North Korea.  

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Russian TV channels could use Britain to spread fake about the poisoning of the Russian ex-spy Sergey Skripal.

This was announced on Sunday, March 25th, by The Daily Telegraph.

It is noted that Russian TV channels, which are registered in London and have a license from the British overseer's office Ofcom, passed propaganda materials to the countries of the former USSR, in particular, to Latvia.

Allies of Britain and neighboring Russia are concerned about "a campaign of strong disinformation" - it was found that Russian channels have already eight times violated the rules of Ofcom for eight years, but have not lost their licenses and continue to work. In particular, TV channels have called for signing a petition for a referendum on the change of the constitution of Latvia and stated that the Latvian electorate allegedly approved this initiative.

Ambassador of Latvia to the UK, Baiba Brazhe, called for changes to the EU rules, as currently broadcasters registered in one of the European Union countries have the right to broadcast broadcasts on the territory of all EU countries. So, Russia Today broadcast "pure propaganda", however, local regulators could not intervene.

apostrophe.ua  In Ukrainian/український

Russian President Vladimir Putin made a number of mistakes and got into a series of defeats, including an attempt to capture Eastern Ukraine.

This was stated by Russian political scientist Constantine Eggert in an interview with the French edition Liberation.

According to a political scientist, the Russian political elite is currently interested only in the preservation of its assets in the West, and for the sake of this Kremlin is ready to go a lot. However, the authority of the Putin regime is largely based on confrontation with Western countries.

According to Eggert, in the course of this confrontation, despite a certain number of Putin's tactical victories, strategically he is defeated.

"Looking back and leaving the Crimea that we have in the Donbass? Remains of an unsuccessful attempt to seize Eastern Ukraine. These territories became for the Kremlin as a suitcase without a handle: both to spare and to bear the burden. The interference with the American elections is a huge mistake that has proven that in the Kremlin no one understands how the Western political systems as a whole function and the American in particular", - said the expert.

apostrophe.ua  In Ukrainian/український

US President Donald Trump has already been suspended on many issues, in particular with regard to Ukraine, and in the near future he will face a resignation, after which the struggle with the Kremlin will go much more energetically.

This was stated in an interview with "Apostrophe" by Russian political scientist and publicist Andriy Piontkovsky, who now lives in Washington.

He recalled the compromise on the American president.

"Even if there is no compromise - and now in Washington, everyone is convinced that everything described in the report of the British intelligence officer Christopher Still (with a compromise on Donald Trump," The Apostrophe") is true - what is the purchase of Russian oligarchs or falsehoods Trump houses, which cost twice as much as their market value? That is, Russia exported corruption.

In addition, all Russian agencies in the West still repeat all nonsense, which many Americans are inclined to say, "We need Russians to solve some international problems in Korea, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Ukraine." The West can not look at the truth in person and does not understand how to deal with international terrorism without Russians. They do not understand that the so-called Russians, in fact, the Kremlin, create these problems, including international terrorism , "Piontkovsky said.

In his opinion, the case is approaching a solution.

"And we see the number of facts that show what Moscow actually does in the Middle East, Korea and other regions, and I am watching it all from Washington.

If we talk about some kind of provisional forecasts, then I think that Trump will not remain the US president as of January 1, 2019. And without Tramp, the confrontation with the Putin regime will go much more energetically", - says a political scientist.

"Already, Trump has been suspended on many issues. Take the Ukrainian question, where the whole policy is provided by Kurt Volker, who has a more pro-Ukrainian position than your leadership before adopting a law on Russian aggression (the so-called law on the de-occupation of the Donbas-" Apostrophe"). After all, only Volker had clearly said that it was an occupation, and there were Russian troops there, so it was decided to sell anti-tank missiles to Ukraine, so the situation is changing , "he added.

Piontkovsky said that Moscow's mistake was that "they thought they had planted at the White House of Trump and would now be in control of America, but nothing like that happened."

"The institutions are stronger than the president, but so far, on many serious issues, he is able to slow down, in particular, if we talk about the decisive sanctions that should have been announced on January 29. This will be a decisive blow to the Putin system," he said.

apostrophe.ua  In Ukrainian/український

The military adventures of Russian President Vladimir Putin on the Donbass and Syria have failed.

Such an opinion was expressed by Russian political scientist Andrei Piontkovsky in an interview with "Apostrophe".

According to him, on the eve of the World Cup that will be held this summer in Russia, Putin is unlikely to go into serious burning at one of the hot spots.

"He (Putin-Ed.) Is well aware that he has been defeated in the main directions. Let's take Ukraine - where is his" Russian Peace "and" Novorossiia"?" The same failed. "Donbass is not what Putin has dreamed about, he had a plan for "Novorossiia" with the capture of 10-12 Ukrainian regions, and he expected to solve an ethnic war between Russians and Ukrainians? He did not succeed, and he suffered a huge defeat: the majority of the Russian population in Ukraine remained loyal to the Ukrainian state and her choice - this was Putin's first fundamental defeat, "says Pionet Kovsky.

apostrophe.ua  In Ukrainian/український

On April 28, 2017, People's Deputy Nadezhda Savchenko and head of the Officer Corps Volodymyr Ruban destroyed documents near the monument to the founders of Kiev.

This was reported by casual witnesses to the publication  "Glavkom",  infomy Tsensor.NET.

Eyewitnesses were near the monument in the composition of the wedding tuple. They recognized Savchenko and photographed her with an unknown person at that time.

"A couple smoked documents and rubbed the ashes," the witnesses said.

After it became clear in early March that these people were suspected of preparing a terrorist attack, and Ruban's face became more recognizable after a series of publications in the media, the luminescents decided to send the photos to the publication.



Let's remind, on the morning of March 15, the Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko submitted to the Verkhovna Rada three representations about the removal of immunity, detention and arrest of People's Deputy Nadezhda Savchenko. She is suspected of attempting to organize an "armed coup by terror".

Savchenko himself, commenting on such allegations, said: "I was planning to show the authorities what it could be. I began to create surrealism."

The Standing Committee unanimously voted and recommended the Verkhovna Rada to support the submission of the Prosecutor General.

On March 22, the General Prosecutor's Office published operative audio recordings and video materials on the involvement of Nadezhda Savchenko in organizing and planning a terrorist attack in the Ukrainian parliament.

The same day, the Rada revoked the immunity , as well as gave permission to detain and arrest Nadezhda Savchenko, a deputy.

After such a decision, Nadia Savchenko was detained in the premises of the Verkhovna Rada and taken to the SBU's investigative detention facility.

On March 23, Savchenko declared a hunger strike. On the same day, the court chose her a preventive measure in the form of detention until May 20.

Commissioner for Human Rights Lyudmila Denisova exercises personal control over the observance of constitutional rights of Hope Savchenko.

ua.censor.net.ua  In Ukrainian/український

The spokeswoman for the Russian embassy in London announced that the statement by the head of the secret laboratory of the British defense ministry in Porton-Downey confirms the development on this site of toxic substances

He reported to journalists on Saturday, informs TASS.

Commenting on Gary Aitkenhead's words that the laboratory has the most stringent control measures that prevent "leakage beyond the boundaries of the four walls of the facility," a diplomat said: "The British side has actually confirmed that this secret facility is under development. and the study of new components of fighting poisonous substances."

"It is noteworthy that Eitkenkhed did not deny the availability of chemical weapons, including, apparently, the A-234 substance, which, according to official British statements, was used in the poisoning of the family of the Violinist and sergeant Nick Bailey," he added.

The spokeswoman for the Russian embassy said that Boris Johnson, the British foreign minister, hinted at the presence of such samples on March 19.

"These statements do not leave us the choice, except with the new force to request full information on the progress of the investigation, as well as the opening of the program for the production of fighting poisonous substances in Porton-Dun," said the Russian diplomat.

-Recall, it was the experts of the military laboratory in Porton-Downey that the family of the Fiddlers was poisoned by the neuro-paralytic substance Novichok. Britain claims that this toxic substance has been developed in Russia.

-Earlier, the British Foreign Office said that Russia was campaigning for misinformation instead of an explanation for the poisoning of Sergei Skripal, and published a list of Russian fakees.

-Let's remind that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation has declared non grata 23 British diplomats , and also ordered to stop the activity of the British Council in connection with the unregulated activity of the Russian Federation.

-These measures were adopted in response to the expulsion of Russian diplomats from the UK in connection with the use of chemical weapons in the British Salisbury. London believes that the poisoning of the toxic substance "Novachok" of the former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Julia, is Moscow.

espreso.tv  In Ukrainian/український

The President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, maintains absolute calm in connection with the behavior of Great Britain, although the actions of London are "unprecedented boorishness."

This was stated by the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov, informs Tsensor.NET with reference to Interfax.

Read also: Trump is ready to send dozens of Russian diplomats from the United States through a Violinist case, - Bloomberg

Peskov noted that London's actions are "unprecedented rudeness", which is bordered by "banditry in international affairs."

"You see that President Putin maintains absolute calm, absolute endurance, and unlike the visa holder on the island, he maintains absolute correctness," Peskov said.

According to him, for Russia the main thing is "to cope with this provocation." "And what is behind this, either the internal problems of Britain, or the problems of Britain's relations with its allies, or something else." This is most likely not our cause. It's our job to cope with this provocation, "the Russian presidential press secretary said.

He drew attention to the fact that Putin formulated a position on London's actions immediately. "He said that we are dealing with our internal affairs in the first place, and this is an event that happened to you, and we must first understand, and then talk about something. That's Putin's position," explained Peskov.

Recall that an investigation into an assassination attempt by Sergei Skryptal and his daughter, Julia, continues. Sergey Skryple, former Colonel of the GRU stockpile, who lived in the United Kingdom and was convicted in 2006 for espionage in favor of British intelligence services, was injured as a result of poisoning with an unknown substance at the Salisbury shopping mall.

It should also be noted that on March 12, Prime Minister Teresa May announced that the British government had come to the conclusion that the responsibility for poisoning in Salisbury, a former employee of the GRU, Serhiy Skripal and his daughter, most likely, lies in Russia. She also reported that the victims were poisoned by the nerve-paralytic substance "Novachok", which was developed in the Russian Federation.

On Wednesday, March 14, May announced the decision of London to send 23 Russian diplomats who work for intelligence: "This will be the largest single expulsion in more than 30 years. This (this measure) reflects the fact that the Russian state is not the first time acting against our country" .

On March 20, 23 employees of the Russian Embassy in London, as well as their families left Great Britain.

ua.censor.net.ua  In Ukrainian/український

Russia plans to bridge its territory in the Far East with North Korea.

This is with the reference to their own sources, writes The Washington Post.

It is noted that the first negotiations between Russia and the DPRK were already this week.

Currently, Russia and the DPRK are making rail connections through the Friendship Bridge across the Tumann River at the border of the states. The new bridge will allow you to transport your cargo without having to enter China.

According to the authorities of North Korea, between DPRK and China there are more than two dozen checkpoints, and with Russia at the moment none. The bridge will reduce and cheapen the export of goods from Russia to the DPRK.

The publication notes that the construction of a new bridge goes beyond the UN sanctions regime against the DPRK.

Let's remind, the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Korea Кан Гон Хва has declared, that the North Korean leader Kim Jong-il "has given a word" to observe the agreement on denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.

hromadske.ua  In Ukrainian/український