Ukraine News in brief. Sunday 16 July. [Ukrainian sources]

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Former DNC contractor denies working with Ukrainian officials on anti-Trump research.  In Canada, there are no sentiments for Putin to Imperial Russia, which is building the Kremlin.  Renowned psychiatrist described Putin's paranoid fear.  The disaster MH17: relatives of the victims went to protest to the Russian embassy in The Hague.  Party of Regions Manafort paid more than officially declared.  Condition journalist Aseeva (Vasina) poor, he was tortured by so-called "MGB".  Juncker: adopting a law on the death penalty, Turkey finally close the door to the EU.  In Russia there was lemonade depicting Stalin published photos. Australia Urges Russia To Cooperate With Initiatives To Prosecute MH17 Suspects.

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In the Russian city of Stavropol in selling lemonade was named "Leader", the label is depicted Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.

It is reported by local resource news.1777.ru.

As said by the producers themselves drink lemonade "leader" made from an ancient Georgian recipe, which developed from natural fruit and herbal infusions, extracts of fruits and leaves of exotic plant huanabana.

Lemonade "leader" is sold in half-liter glass bottles, which is listed on the label of "carbonated soft drink punch."



"Lemonade" Stalin! "Bread repression!" - commented on the appearance of the drink in Russia Telegram-channel Mash.

As reported by "Apostrophe", according to poll "Levada-center", the most prominent personality in the history of the people of this country named Joseph Stalin.

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European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker urged Turkey not to move away from Europe.

It is reported by Deutsche Welle , with reference to Article cadets for the German newspaper Bild am Sonntag, informs Tsenzor.NET.

"The European Union is interested in the fact that our neighbor was a democratic, stable and economically prosperous - emphasizes Juncker. - I wish that Turkey move towards Europe and not viddalyalasya from it."

According to the European Commission, the EU did everything for visa liberalization and deepening of the customs union with Turkey.

However, Juncker said, should be clear: those who entered the EU, he joins the Union, based on certain values. And if Turkey still decide to introduce the death penalty, then she finally close the door to the EU, says the politician.


Earlier, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that hopes for parliamentary approval of the bill on the introduction of the death penalty in the country, and announced its readiness to sign it.

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The detained members of an illegal organization "DNR" Stanislav Vasina (real name - Aseyev) tortured.

As Tsenzor.NET referring to "Public Radio" This was told the head of the volunteer group for the release of prisoners "Patriot" Oleg Kotenko.

"In his case detained several people. We know the names of other people, but will not disclose for their safety," - said the volunteer.

According Kotenko Stanislav Aseev was detained for pro-Ukrainian position and for being spread about so-called "DNR", which, according to militants, was untrue.

"We know where the journalist, but will not share because militants could change his whereabouts . He is alive, but his condition is not very good. He was tortured by the so-called MGB" - said Kotenko.

How to Donetsk blogger and journalist Stanislav Aseev disappeared in early June. Aseeva first reported the disappearance of former deputy Yegor Firsov. According to him, the group "DNR" family Stanislaus Aseeva not provide information about his whereabouts.

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American political consultant Paul Manafort received from the Regions Party than are non-existent political force former president, a fugitive Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych officially spent on his services.

This is stated in the article The New York Times, reported Tsenzor.NET.

According to the recently submitted report Manafort, in 2012-2013, he received 17 million dollars from the Ukrainian Party of Regions for the organization of its election program.

According to the publication, in 2012, the Party of Regions reported annual cost of about 11.1 million US dollars. Manafort, for its part, reported revenues of PR for the same year a total amount of 12.1 million dollars.

In 2013, the Party of Regions reported expenses in the amount of 3.7 million dollars, and Manafort - payments of $ 4.5 million.

In a statement, Press Secretary Manafort Jason Maloney said that for the discrepancy in the figures responsible PR.

"Any questions regarding reporting obligations of the Party of Regions should be directed to those in the party responsible for such statements," - he said.

The publication stresses that the Ukrainian investigate this discrepancy is unlikely.

"The Party of Regions is now disbanded, and prosecutors dealing with much more serious crimes than mistakes made during that filing reports for campaign expenses" - sums up the author of the material.

As you know, in the summer of 2016 National Anti-Corruption Bureau confirmed that the list of so-called "black accounting" Party of Regions featured former adviser to ex-President Viktor Yanukovych Paul Manafort.

However, June 26, 2017 the head of anticorruption prosecutors Holodnytskyy Nazar said that Manafort signature was not on any of the pages of "ambarnoyi book" The Party of Regions.

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Criminals July 17, 2014 shot down Malaysian Airlines MH17 aircraft in the skies over Donetsk can be tried in absentia.

It said Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, reports Reuters.

"Maybe that will be held in absentia trial," - she said.

Bishop urged Russia to meet each paragraph of resolution 2166 of the Security Council, sponsored by Australia.

"It involves the cooperation of all States to punish those responsible for the accident", - she said.

"Boeing 777" airline Malaysia Airlines, flight Amsterdam-Kuala Lumpur was shot down near the Donbass Donetsk region Snow July 17, 2014. On board were 298 people, all of them died. Most of the passengers on board the Boeing 777 were Dutch, while others - from 17 countries, including 38 Australians were aboard.

Commission of the Security Council of the Netherlands, which was engaged in investigating the causes of the disaster liner, October 13, 2015 issued a report stating that the plane was shot down by missiles "ground-air", released with SAM "Buk".

Later Bellingcat published report that by shooting down a Boeing MN17 involved Maj Russia Dubinsky. However, he denied any involvement in disaster.

Dutch journalists found the house of the suspect in the case, Major-General MN17 Russia Dubinsky.

See also: Who really knocked MN17? Analysis Bellingcat Council and the Atlantic .

Malaysia hopes that the suspected crash MN17 call to 2018. ''

hromadske.ua, Original in Ukrainian / на українському

A group of fifteen people held a peaceful demonstration at the Russian Embassy in The Hague. They accuse Russia of interfering accident investigation MH17, reports NOS.

The publication notes that this is the first public protest against Russia's position.

Relatives installed in front of the embassy memorial bench with the text "We look forward to establishing responsible and quite clearly."

Stil protest in Den Haag door nabestaanden van de slachtoffers van de MH17 ramp. Bij de Russische ambassade pic.twitter.com/f3zgMI8tuQ

— paulinebroekema (@paulinebroekema) July 16, 2017

Protesters counted number of obstacles from Russia, including blocking UN court, concealment of witnesses, refusal to provide information and providing false information.

Earlier, Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said that blame for the crash MH17 can be punished in absentia.

"Boeing 777" airline Malaysia Airlines, flight Amsterdam-Kuala Lumpur was shot down near the Donbass Donetsk region Snow July 17, 2014. On board were 298 people, all of them died. Most of the passengers on board the Boeing 777 were Dutch, while others - from 17 countries, including 38 Australians were aboard.

Commission of the Security Council of the Netherlands, which was engaged in investigating the causes of the disaster liner, October 13, 2015 issued a report stating that the plane was shot down by missiles "ground-air", released with SAM "Buk".

Later Bellingcat published report that by shooting down a Boeing MN17 involved Maj Russia Dubinsky. However, he denied any involvement in disaster.

Dutch journalists found the house of the suspect in the case, Major-General MN17 Russia Dubinsky.

Malaysia hopes that the suspected crash MN17 call to 2018.

hromadske.ua , Original in Ukrainian / на українському

Concern about Russian President Vladimir Putin in his safety grew paranoid fear.

This is with reference to sources in Moscow said the famous Ukrainian psychiatrist Semyon Gluzman in an interview with "apostrophe".

"My friends from Moscow informed circles told me that he insured the self so that, in my opinion, he was already afraid of himself in the mirror. He trained. But, in general, it is quite primitive man, with hytrynkoyu, with his soldier specific humor, he was never a spy, all legends "- said Gluzman.

According to him, Putin started at the 5th management (structural unit of the KGB, which was responsible for the fight against "ideological sabotage" - "Apostrophe").

"I have a friend in Kiev, her friend in Leningrad once had the good fortune to be questioned Putin when he or intern, whether beginners" - said the psychiatrist.

See also the full interview Semen Gluzman "Putin is afraid of himself in the mirror after Ukraine it has no future - known psychiatrist" , which is published at "Apostrophe".



apostrophe.ua , Original in Ukrainian / на українському

The former Democratic National Committee contractor at the center of allegations that U.S. Democrats worked with Ukrainian officials to dig up dirt on then-presidential candidate Donald Trump told CNN Friday that DNC officials never asked her to "go to the Ukrainian Embassy to collect information."

Alexandra Chalupa, a Ukrainian-American activist and Democratic consultant for over a decade, is the latest in a line of Democrats, including multiple DNC officials and former Clinton campaign officials, to deny the claim, CNN reported. It's a talking point the White House and other pro-Trump Republicans are using to deflect from Donald Trump Jr.'s meeting with Natalia Veselnitskaya, a lawyer described to him in emails as a "Russian government lawyer."

"During the 2016 US election, I was a part time consultant for the DNC running an ethnic engagement program," Chalupa said in a lengthy statement to CNN. "I was not an opposition researcher for the DNC, and the DNC never asked me to go to the Ukrainian Embassy to collect information." Chalupa said Friday that because of her Ukrainian-American heritage she was aware of Paul Manafort's political consulting work for Viktor Yanukovych, a former Ukrainian President with close ties to Moscow. Manafort, a longtime Republican operative, was hired by Trump in March 2016. "When it was announced that the Trump campaign hired Manafort, many Ukrainian-Americans were alarmed and concerned it was an early signal that Putin was trying to influence the US election," Chalupa said. "At that time, I flagged for the DNC the significance of his hire based on information in the public domain."...................

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Ambassador of Ukraine in Canada Andriy Shevchenko grateful to Canadians for their help in the fight against Russian aggression and annexation of the Crimea and notes that Canada because of its respect for the law never agree to Moscow's aggressive actions towards Ukraine. He spoke in an interview with "Commander" .

"Ukraine here (in Canada - Ed.) At the hearing. Of course, we always want more. But we must pay tribute to Canada. This is a country that really helps us concerned about our disaster. In Canada, no sentiment to Putin, to the imperial Russia, which is building the Kremlin. This is very different from many of Canada, for example, European, countries where we have a big break resistance. Ukraine helps Canada not only because there is a Ukrainian community that encourages this. Canadians support us because they know that this is correct. It is a country with great respect for human dignity and laws. Because the fact of Russian aggression, annexation of Crimea to them is totally unacceptable. These are things from another world, things that break their universe. This makes Canada our great ally and partner. They sincerely root for us and support us in the fight for freedom and independence ", - the diplomat said.

Earlier, Shevchenko said that Russian propaganda works in Canada, but because of her ungrateful soil Moscow ambassador hear many unpleasant things about Russia.

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Australia has urged Russia to cooperate with new moves to prosecute suspected perpetrators, who brought down Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in July 2014, killing all 298 aboard.

Dutch investigators concluded in 2015 that the jet was shot down by a Russian-made Buk missile over conflict-torn eastern Ukrainian territory held by Russia-backed separatists.

Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop urged Russia to comply with UN Security Council resolution 2166, authored by Australia.

"That calls on all states to cooperate to ensure that those responsible for the killing are brought to justice," Bishop said on July 16...............

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The prosecutor's office ARC sent to the International Court of Justice in The Hague evidence of crimes in the peninsula.

This is stated in a statement on the site office.

"The status of the occupied territory entails that all that is happening, is governed by certain international regulations. And contrary to the provisions of these acts, such as the 1949 Geneva Conventions and the Hague provisions in 1907 subject to the qualifications of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine ( violations of the laws and customs of war), in connection with what we have at the request of MP of Ukraine Mustafa Dzhemilev was registered under criminal proceedings ", - said the head prosecutor Hyunduz Mamedov.

He noted that the production includes investigating violations of human rights and freedoms, nationalization and theft of property, recruitment into military forces occupants change citizenship.

Mammadov noted that the above facts are war crimes before a court in The Hague. "In cases where our national mechanisms make it impossible to bring the perpetrators to justice, we direct the evidence to the International Criminal Court", - he said, adding that the first such message was sent to the court of public organizations.

Also, a joint memorandum was signed between the prosecution and the Ukrainian Helsinki Group on human rights to promote the formation of evidence.

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According to a survey, rating of confidence in the US president fell to a record 36%.

US President Donald Trump commented on the results of the joint survey of ABC News and The Washington Post, according to which marked a record drop in credibility. This Trump wrote on his page on Twitter.

The ABC/Washington Post Poll, even though almost 40% is not bad at this time, was just about the most inaccurate poll around election time!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 16, 2017

According to the survey ABC News and The Washington Post , the rating of confidence in the US president fell to a record 36%. This is the lowest level in 70 years, the newspaper notes. Thus their disapproval American leaders expressed 58% of respondents, while 48% said they "strongly disapprove" of President Trump. According to the survey, the fall Trump rating due to the deterioration of the US in the international arena, it was announced just under half of the respondents. Disagree 27% of respondents. According to Gallup, in the first day after the inauguration of the presidency Trump approved about 45%, the same - spoke against it.

unian.ua , Original in Ukrainian / на українському