Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Sunday 23 April. [Ukrainian sources]

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Mural depicting Putin burning in hell painted in Lviv region сhurch. The victim was near Lugansk fellow OSCE could be a US citizen.  Kremlin agent Zatulin hacked: $2 million per year from Gazprom for subversive activity in Ukraine.  Four teenagers committed suicide in Crimea over past three month.  "Ukrainian economy continues to show signs of recovery,". Number of victims of the explosion in Luhansk vehicle OSCE increased.

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The mural depicting the Day of Reckoning showing Soviet and Nazi symbols and a man resembling President Vladimir Putin of Russia was painted at the entrance to the Church of St. Josaphat of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Chervonohrad (the Lviv region).








ua.censor.net.ua, Original in Ukrainian / на українській мові

The Cabinet of Ministers expects significant results from the New Silk Road from China to Europe.
PM Volodymyr Hroisman wrote on Facebook, Censor.NET reports.

"The Ukrainian economy continues to show signs of recovery. According to fresh data from the State Statistics Committee, since the beginning of the year, transport enterprises transported almost 153 million tons of cargo, which is 8.4% more than at the corresponding period of 2016," the PM wrote.

He stressed that the Cabinet continues to actively seek partners and develop new trade routes. Significant results are expected from the New Silk Road from China to Europe, and in the trans-Caspian and Caucasian directions.

"Economic growth is our goal, to which we direct our efforts today," Hroisman wrote.

ua.censor.net.ua, Original in Ukrainian / на українській мові

Ukrainian volunteer investigators from InformNapalm started a series of publications about the operations of the so-called Institute for CIS countries (Russian NGO aimed at supporting Russian interests in former USSR countries) and its director, Russian State Duma member Konstantin Zatulin, the mechanisms of financing he receives from Gazprom, and subversive activities in Ukraine and other countries.
Censor.NET reports citing InformNapalm.

Zatulin is one of the most active ideologists of "Pax Russica" (Russian world) and director for the Institute for CIS countries, which has been promoting Russian interests abroad since 1996 as an NGO. UkrainianCyberAlliance, a union of several cyber organizations in Ukraine, has passed a dump of files received from hacking of the Institute's employees to InformNapalm.

The investigation revealed that the Institute is financed by state oil company Gazprom. With the company's money, the Institute researches the following issues:
· Federalization of Ukraine: problems and perspectives
· Humanitarian policy in Ukraine: problems and perspectives
· Interregional cooperation between Russia and Ukraine
· Religious situation in Ukraine
· Language situation in Ukraine
· Russian-U.S. relations against the Ukrainian crisis
· Ukrainian refugees in Germany and Poland, and others.

Part of the money was spent on financing the Institute's website materik.ru, as well as various conferences on Ukrainian issues, among other. Gazprom also sponsored the operation of the Institute's Kyiv office, which is still functioning. One year of its operations cost the oil giant about $2 million.

In addition, Zatulin hosts his own TV show Russky Vopros (Russian issue), which is also sponsored by Gazprom. The show is created by the same Institute staff who are credited as 'journalists.'

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13 suicide attempts among minors were recorded in the annexed Crimea in the first quarter of 2017, four of which were fatal.

This was announced by the head of the Kremlin-controlled Crimean center of family, children and youth social services Andrei Arkhangelsky, Censor.NET reports citing Argumenty Nedeli - Krym.

"The main reasons for the suicidal attempts among minors were conflictual relationships in a family," the statement reads.

The leaders of Crimean territorial centers were instructed to take measures on the early identification of adolescents at risk to prevent suicide attempts.

ua.censor.net.ua, Original in Ukrainian / на українській мові

The explosion machine OSCE in the settlement in the occupied part Pryshyb Luhansk region killed US citizen.

This writes the "Interfax", citing a source in law enforcement agencies samonazvanoyi Luhansk People's Republic.

"The blast killed a US citizen, injured citizens of Germany", - said in a statement.

The OSCE currently this information is not confirmed.

Recall, April 23, near Lugansk occupied pidirvalosya auto OSCE . The blast killed one employee of the mission, another received injuries.

In samnazvaniy FSC initially accused Ukrainian military in establishing the bomb. Later, militants said the crew deviated from the route of the OSCE.

hromadske.ua , Original in Ukrainian / на українській мові

In northern Syria, Idlib province, which is controlled by rebels inflicted airstrike on a temporary hospital

This writes Radio Liberty.

As reported by AFP, referring to Syrian human rights activists, injuring five doctors, are still under the rubble 4 people. The hospital stopped working.

It is not determined what aircraft attacked - or the Russian government.

This German journalist Julian Ropke wrote on Twitter, that the strike put the Russian Su-34, noting that it was the last hospital in the province.

Saturday also received reports of a new government air strike on rebel positions in the south, near the town of Dera. One of the bombs hit a mosque minaret.

Recall Syria evacuated people from Assad army captured four towns.

espreso.tv , Original in Ukrainian / на українській мові

In Germany, counted about 100 people, representing a potential threat to public safety and are subject to deportation, including one in eight has Russian citizenship

This newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (FAS), writes DW.com.

Since the beginning of this year from Germany sent 13 people, representing a potential threat to public safety.

According to the newspaper, only Germany about 100 such persons to be deported to their country of origin. More than 30 percent of them - the citizens of Turkey, a quarter are from North Africa, and one in eight has Russian citizenship. Most of the latter - the Chechens, said FAS.

In general, the German Interior Ministry has 950 individuals who threaten the security of the country, the newspaper said. But a third of these people have German passports and can not be deported from Germany. Potential terrorists are those who, according to police, is able to carry out the attack.

Recall Berlin considered the most dangerous city in Germany.

espreso.tv , Original in Ukrainian / на українській мові

Belgian broadcaster RTBF said the name of politics, which is gaining the most votes in the French presidential elections in three overseas territories of the country - Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, Martinique and Guiana.

They became the leader of the left-wing movement "rebellious France," Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the " RIA Novosti ".

According to the channel data in the Saint-Pierre and Miquelon for Jean-Luc Mélenchon voted 34.45% of voters, for the leader of the National Front of Marine Le Pen - 18.16% of the ex-Minister of Economy Makron - 17.97%. In Martinique, Jean-Luc Mélenchon is gaining 27,36%, Macron - 25.53%, the candidate of the party "The Republicans" Fransua Fiyon - 16.85%. In Guiana, Jean-Luc Mélenchon in the lead with 24.72% of votes at the Le Pen - 24.29%, in the Makron - 18.75%. Guadeloupe candidate of the left, who collected 23.99%, inferior Macron, which came out with 30.32% of votes. The third place is occupied by Fillon to 14.87%.

Voting in the French overseas territory located in the western hemisphere, due to the difference in time zones held on Saturday, April 22.

Leader of the "rebellious France" broke into one of the leaders of the presidential race in the last weeks of the campaign. The greatest impression on voters, he has made during the debates April 4 - then support for the largest number of radical left-wing candidate acted watched this pre-election show - 25%.

In addition, Jean-Luc Mélenchon has wide support in social networks - Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram has more subscribers than the Makron and Fillon, and this advantage could affect the course of the vote in the overseas territories, where not so much influence mainstream media.

At the same time, according to recent opinion polls, his chances to reach the second round were assessed lower than Makron, Le Pen and Fillon - he predicted the third and fourth place.

As reported by the "Observer", before the network had a good laugh over the "non-interference" Russia in the presidential elections in France.

obozrevatel.com , Original in Ukrainian / на українській мові