Ukraine News in brief. Sunday 6 August. [Ukrainian sources]

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Russia will seek access to its diplomatic residences in the US.  Trump acts simultaneously for cooperation with Russia and for opposing it.  Famous Putin propagandist who owns an oil company in the US.  In the US, they plan to invest about $ 100 million in gold mining in Ukraine.  65% of Russians talk about the crisis in the country.  Trump's adviser explained why Ukraine could be handed over weapons: "So that Russia does not take actions to destabilize".  Russia is setting up Poles against Ukrainian workers.  Russian priest detained in Belarus on suspicion of recruiting prostitutes.

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The former Russian ambassador to the United States said that official Moscow will seek access to its diplomatic residences in the US and will not give up the right to them.

This is reported by Censor.NET with reference to Gazeta.ru.

"We will seek, we will never give up our rights to this dacha." And let's see what will happen from this, "he said.

Recall that in December last year, the former US authorities decided to send 35 Russian diplomats, as well as members of their families from the country. In addition, the Obama administration has imposed a ban on visiting Russian diplomats several dipobektov.

Read on "Censor.NET": Over the past two years, the harassment and surveillance of our diplomats in Moscow by the Russian special services has increased significantly, - US State Department.

July 28, The Russian Foreign Ministry demanded until September 1 to reduce the number of diplomatic and technical staff of the US Embassy in Moscow and in the consulates in St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg and Vladivostok to 455 people. In addition, since August 1, the US Embassy in Moscow is forbidden to use the dacha in the Silver Forest and warehouses on Dorognaya Street in Moscow.

US State Department did not specify how many diplomats will have to leave the Russian Federation, but according to The Washington Post, it is about several hundred people.

Moscow's decision came after the US Senate voted overwhelmingly for an updated package of restrictive penal measures against Russia, Iran and North Korea. Ekaterinburg and Vladivostok to 455 people. In addition, since August 1, the US Embassy in Moscow is forbidden to use the dacha in the Silver Forest and warehouses on Dorognaya Street in Moscow.

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President of the United States Donald Trump is simultaneously both for the opposition of Russia, and for cooperation with it.

According to Censor.NET, with reference to Radio Liberty , this was stated by US National Security Adviser Herbert McMaster in an interview with MSNBC.

According to him, Trump calls for restraining conflicts that could lead to aggravation of relations with Moscow, but at the same time expresses readiness to oppose it wherever the interests of the United States are being infringed.

McMaster stressed that, despite Trump's recently signed law on the expansion of sanctions against Russia, there remain opportunities for cooperation with Moscow.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke about the results of the meeting with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, which took place in the fields of the forum of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Manila.

According to TASS, Lavrov explained to Tillerson the details of those decisions that were taken in response to new anti-Russian sanctions and stressed that Moscow would continue to respond to Washington's "unfriendly steps."

"At the same time, we are ready to normalize the dialogue if Washington abandons the confrontational line," Lavrov said.

He also reminded Tillerson of the need to establish cooperation between Russia and the United States on cyber security, as well as on the settlement of the conflict in Syria.

Also, according to the results of the conversation in Manila, Lavrov and Tillerson concluded that a pragmatic, depoliticized dialogue on medium- and short-range missiles should be established. "It seemed to me that we had come to an agreement with the Secretary of State and the instructions would be provided to our experts," Lavrov quoted Interfax as saying.

In addition, heads of foreign policy departments of Russia and the United States discussed the issue of missile tests in the DPRK, which do not approve of both sides. "Contacts on this problem between the State Department and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs would be useful, to such contacts we are open and we expect that it will be met with reciprocity," the Russian Foreign Minister said.

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US Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker intends to visit Moscow (Russian Federation) to meet with presidential aide Vladislav Surkov.

This was stated by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson at a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Manila, reports Censor. There is no reference to TASS.

As noted, talking about the results of the meeting with Tillerson, Lavrov stressed that the US Secretary of State had confirmed to him Volcker's intention to visit Moscow.

"They touched upon the issues of the Ukrainian crisis." They recalled that both the US President and the Secretary of State promised us that in the near future a special representative USA on the Ukrainian settlement of Volker Rex Tillerson confirmed.

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One of the well-known Russian propagandists is the owner of the largest oil company in Los Angeles (USA).

This was reported by Russian politician Konstantin Borovoy, reports Gordon .

"One of the well-known propagandists, I will not name his name ... When I was in Los Angeles, I suddenly discovered he was the owner of the largest oil company, one of the largest in Los Angeles!" - said Borovoy.

He specified that this person is neither the Deputy Head of the Russian State TV and Radio Company Dmytro Kyselyov, nor TV presenter Volodymyr Solovyov.

"This man is quite convincing when he is campaigning for the current system ... For the Kremlin system, for this organization," - said the politician.

He also stressed that the immediate surroundings of the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, are unlikely to feel discomfort from the West's sanctions against Russia.

"Because the compensation for these problems is very significant, there are billions of dollars they receive as compensation ... Owned by the company, financial resources ... Including from Putin," he added.

As an example, Borovy proposed to look at the clock costing several million dollars, which are spokeswoman Putin Dmitry Peskov and the head of the Russian Orthodox Church Cyril.



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The American company Avellana Gold has developed a project for the extraction of gold and gold-polymetallic ore in Transcarpathia, which plans to invest about 100 million dollars.

This is reported by the State Committee on Civil Aviation.

The company plans to create an infrastructure and strategy for the development of the Mugiev deposit using modern equipment.

The old infrastructure of Muzhievsky deposit limited the possibilities of the mine - the volume of extraction was 120 thousand tons per year.

Investors want to increase this figure to 500 thousand tons.

Recall that an Indian company plans to build a solar power plant worth $ 500 million in Ukraine.

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65% of Russians believe that there is an economic crisis in the country.

As reported by Censor.NET, with reference to Interfax , this is evidenced by the results of a survey conducted by the Public Opinion Foundation.

Speaking about the crisis, the respondents pointed to inflation, rising prices, tariffs (29%), declining living standards, incomes, delays and cuts in payments (26%), unemployment, job cuts (12%), and Also a weak development of industry, agriculture, a decline in the economy as a whole (5%).

Among those who acknowledge the existence of crisis phenomena, 18% believe that in a year the economic crisis in Russia will be stronger than now, 8% - that is weaker, 2% - that it will end. 28% of respondents said that the situation in this issue will not change.

Does not see a crisis in the economy every fourth (24%).

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Herbert McMaster spoke about the reasons for the decisions in the United States.

According to Cenzor.NET, with reference to 112 , US National Security Advisor Donald Trump's adviser Herbert McMaster told why the United States can start delivering lethal weapons to Ukraine, MSNBC reports.

According to McMaster, the interests of the United States include increasing the defense capacity of Ukraine to prevent "intrusion into its territory."

He also added that for Washington it does not matter what kind of help will be rendered to Kiev.

"The essence is what form of support is needed for Ukraine, which will meet our interests and desire to ensure that Russia does not Undertook further actions to destabilize, "- he said.

Recall that earlier NBC News, citing three sources, reported that the Pentagon sent a letter to the White House with a recommendation to supply Ukraine with lethal weapons, namely high-tech anti-tank weapons Javelin.

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Russian pro-Kremlin media are persistently spreading fear of immigration from Ukraine in Poland.

This is insisted by the Washington-based think-tank Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), according to Censor. NO referring to the Voice of America .

Also read: Mayor Wroclaw Dutkiewicz about Ukrainian migrants: "This is a blessed phenomenon." We need workers' hands "

Russian media Sputnik and other pro-Kremlin media are persistently spreading fear of immigration from Ukraine in Poland, CEPA believes. "Their goal: to divide and set up against each other the public of the two countries," says an article on the website of the American think-tank about the activities of the pro-Russian media in Poland.

They draw attention to the fact that the information campaign has intensified after the entry into force of the visa-free travel regime from Ukraine to the EU.

Visa-free travel is not able to compensate for other losses of Ukraine from European integration; Migrants from Ukraine will steal jobs of Poles; The same forces that stimulated migration from African countries, provoke migration to Poland from Ukraine - these and other theses push the pro-Kremlin media working in Poland, the article says.

"The purpose of these propaganda efforts is to combine the terms" liberalization of the visa regime for Ukrainians "and" Ukrainian labor market " In Poland. "This harms the image of Ukraine, sets up countries against each other and promotes the slogans of nationalist parties. In March 2017, the Polish nationalist organization "National-radical camp" organized anti-Ukrainian marches. Their goal is to slow the process of Ukraine's integration into the EU, to frustrate the liberalization of the visa regime and to harm the positive trend of the replacement by the Ukrainians of the gaps in the Polish workers 'market that arose through the workers' migration of the Poles themselves to Western Europe. The Polish government looks at this as a blessing. But pro-Kremlin propaganda distorts the facts in order to create the opposite impression. An information campaign is urgently needed that will pay attention to the positive measurement of Ukrainian immigration and explain the legal restrictions that protect the Polish labor market from imbalance, "the material says. National-Radical Camp "organized anti-Ukrainian marches aimed at slowing the process of Ukraine's integration into the EU, derailing the liberalization of the visa regime and damaging the positive trend of the replacement by the Ukrainians of gaps in the Polish labor market that arose through the working migration of the Poles themselves to Western Europe. This is for good, but pro-Kremlin propaganda distorts the facts in order to create the opposite impression. An information campaign is urgently needed that will pay attention to the positive A measure of Ukrainian immigration and explain the legal restrictions that protect the Polish labor market from imbalances, "the material says. National-Radical Camp "organized anti-Ukrainian marches aimed at slowing the process of Ukraine's integration into the EU, derailing the liberalization of the visa regime and damaging the positive trend of the replacement by the Ukrainians of gaps in the Polish labor market that arose through the working migration of the Poles themselves to Western Europe. This is for good, but pro-Kremlin propaganda distorts the facts in order to create the opposite impression. An information campaign is urgently needed that will pay attention to the positive A measure of Ukrainian immigration and explain the legal restrictions that protect the Polish labor market from imbalances, "the material says. To frustrate the liberalization of the visa regime and to harm the positive trend of the replacement by the Ukrainians of the gaps in the Polish workers 'market that arose through the workers' migration of the Poles themselves to Western Europe. The Polish government looks at this as a blessing. But pro-Kremlin propaganda distorts the facts in order to create the opposite impression. An information campaign is urgently needed that will pay attention to the positive measurement of Ukrainian immigration and explain the legal restrictions that protect the Polish labor market from imbalance, "the material says. To frustrate the liberalization of the visa regime and to harm the positive trend of the replacement by the Ukrainians of the gaps in the Polish workers 'market that arose through the workers' migration of the Poles themselves to Western Europe. The Polish government looks at this as a blessing. But pro-Kremlin propaganda distorts the facts in order to create the opposite impression. An information campaign is urgently needed that will pay attention to the positive measurement of Ukrainian immigration and explain the legal restrictions that protect the Polish labor market from imbalance, "the material says.

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In Vitebsk (Belarus), policemen detained a Russian priest in a brothel with prostitutes.

As reported by Censor.NET , this was stated by the official representative of the Office of the Investigation Committee for the Vitebsk region Svetlana Sakharova on Facebook.

"The Vitebsk city department of the Investigative Committee is investigating a criminal case under part 1 of Article 14 and part 2 of Article 171 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus (attempting to organize or using prostitution or creating conditions for prostitution, involving persons outside the country for Prostitution) against a 39-year-old citizen of the Russian Federation The grounds for initiating a criminal case were materials received from employees to counter drug trafficking and trafficking ie persons of internal affairs bodies of Vitebsk suspect man arrested", -. she writes.

According to 47news.ru , the detained man is the father Nikolai (Kireev) from the church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul in the Vsevolozhsk district of the Leningrad region. The priest left on August 2, told his family that he was going on a pilgrimage to the Moscow region. The last time he contacted was on the day of August 3, then he stopped answering calls.

In the evening of August 4, the wife of Nikolai's father went to the police. On the same day he was detained.

The priest was not a visitor to the brothel. The operatives said that he intended to take the women to St. Petersburg. He is suspected of recruiting a living commodity.

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