Ukraine News in brief. Monday 2 October. [Ukrainian sources]

MONDAY

TODAY'S HEADLINES:
Facebook will convey to the US Congress information on the purchase of Russian ads during 2016 presidential campaign.  Russian police have been sentenced because of a service in the US Army.  In the courts there are 4200 cases of corruptionist.  Prosecutors in the case of suspects in crimes at the Maidan police said the judge turned it down.  Witnesses in the Maidan case were pressured and threatened to withdraw from office: For the dispersal of the Maidan, the Berkatovts received 3-5 thousand hryvnias.  The invaders will call 2 thousand Crimeans to the Russian army.  The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine demands from the Russian Federation to stop discrimination of Crimean Tatars.  

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Facebook reported Sunday that on October 2, it is going to convey to the US Congress information contained in three thousand advertisements for political content.

According to Tsensor.NET with reference to Radio Liberty , this political advertisement a month before and after the presidential elections in 2016 placed in the social network, probably people from Russia.

Head of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, on September 21, on Facebook, said he had backed an investigation into the US Congress. Zuckerberg spoke of the nine steps that his company is taking to prevent governments from using Facebook to interfere in the election.

In particular, Facebook will make political ads in the social network more transparent so that people can see which of them are placed in connection with the elections.

Colin Stretch, chief attorney at Facebook, said in a separate blog that Facebook did not disclose content under any circumstances, but the social network wants to help protect the integrity of the US election.

The disclosure by the Facebook website of the fact that Russians bought advertising in this social network during the 2016 presidential campaign prompted the Federal Election Commission of the United States to declare on September 14 the need to "revise and modernize" electoral law.

The Kremlin denies suspicions about Moscow's involvement in Facebook's announcements during the US presidential campaign.

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In St. Petersburg, up to 2 years old, the colony was sentenced by a police officer Sergei Kulakov, who, when arranged in the internal affairs authorities, concealed several years of service in the US Army and participation in hostilities.

It is reported by Interfax-Russia with reference to the court.

Kulakov was found guilty of "exceeding official authority" and sentenced to 2 years of prison general regime.

He is also deprived of the right to hold public office for 2 years and fined 10 thousand rubles.

He was accused of hiding data that "he received American citizenship, served in the US Army, participated in hostilities on the side of that country."

Subsequently, Kulakov returned to Russia and resigned to work in the police again.

Law enforcement agencies of the RF at the same time do not believe that the man "again settled in the Russian police to harm the security of the Russian Federation."

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Attorney General of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko supports the idea of ​​creating an Anticorruption court, which should deal with court proceedings against VIP-corrupt officials.

As Tsensor.NET reports , Lutsenko said about this on the TSN . Week .

"I was still in prison, saying that I would be the country's greatest optimiser, and I remain with him." So, it's not very easy, but it's not what we wanted in our dreams on the Maidan, and yet, in a year and a half in this position, we were able to to reveal more than 7 thousand acts of corruption and 4 thousand bribe-takers and robbers are in court. "I emphasize that 4,2 thousand bribe-takers are in courts." Therefore, my greatest dream is that we have courts, "he said.

Lutsenko noted that the problem is not only in quality but also in the number of judges.

"The problem is not only in what judges, but how many of them.In the Pechersk court of Kiev - only a total of five judges are considering hundreds of the most resonant cases. Therefore, in addition to the integrity of judges, which, of course, is the number one issue, there is a question and the number of judges, I support the idea of ​​creating an Anti-corruption court that should deal with VIP corruption cases, but in parallel, as long as this is all set up (at least a year, perhaps, and more), we must immediately fill the courts with new judges who are selected on a competitive basis basis like and will be able to play the role of anti-corruption judges on the cases already existing, recorded, transferred to the court cases ", - said the Attorney General.

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The prosecutors announced the appeal to the judge Vitaliy Pysantsy, who was supposed to consider the measure of restraint by Anatoly Seredinsky, deputy head of the Preventive Activities Department of the National Police, and Igor Babych, Head of the Prevention Department of the National Police, who are suspected of coordinating and promoting the activities of special forces during EuroMaydan.

This is reported by the Gromadsky correspondent.

"The petition was filed on September 29. According to the CPC, adherence to reasonable timeframes for consideration of this petition falls within the competence of the investigating judge. This request should not be considered urgently, not later than 72 hours from the moment of filing. But on Friday for unknown reasons, it was not considered , and today is scheduled beyond the time limits. We believe that such actions raise doubts about the impartiality of the judge in this case ", - said the prosecutor Denis Ivanov.

Now, the petition for removal must fall on the auto-distribution and then a new judge will be determined. It is not known at this time whether it will happen today.

Sergei Pogotov, a third suspect in the police, was put under house arrest at night .

The GPU claimed pressure from the Interior Ministry to investigate Maidan's case .

Avakov on suspected policemen in the Maidan case said that the charges will be scattered in court.

Deputy Head of the National Police Oleksandr Fatsevych, who was on trial on September 29, protected the suspects in coordinating and encouraging special forces during the dispersal of the Maidan.

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Sergei Gorbatyuk, head of the Special Investigations Directorate of the Prosecutor General's Office, says there is pressure from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to witness witnesses in the Maidan crimes.

He spoke on this at a briefing on October 2.

"We have the facts that witnesses who gave evidence also had some pressure, including threats from dismissal," said Gorbatyuk.

He also added that there is a risk that the heads of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the National Police can influence the witnesses and said that "he warns all the leaders".

"We have a minimum of testimony from law enforcement officers regarding the events of the Maidan, and if they have already agreed to it, we must ensure that no pressure exerted on them," Gorbatyuk said.

It should be noted that Serhiy Gorbatyuk also told about the pressure from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to investigate Maidan's case.

Earlier, a suspect in crimes against Maidan, a former employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, was arrested for house arrest.

Avakov on suspected policemen in the Maidan case said that the charges will be scattered in court.

Deputy Head of the National Police Oleksandr Fatsevych, who was on trial on September 29, protected the suspects in coordinating and encouraging special forces during the dispersal of the Maidan.

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Soldiers of the special unit "Berkut" received from 3 to 5 thousand hryvnia for the use of excessive force against the participants of the Maidan in the winter of 2013-2014.

This was announced during a briefing by the head of the Special Investigation Department of the GPU Serhiy Gorbatyuk.

These payments were regular from December 2013 to February 2014. In total, UAH 50 million of illegal funds were paid.

According to him, the funds were aimed at the fact that the security forces "will carry out such actions against the protesters, including those illegal, after which the government can expect that the Maidan will be stopped", - said Gorbatyuk.

In December-February unit commanders received in the office of General Volodymyr Hrynjak "illegal funds in the amount of 600-800 thousand hryvnia for subordinate units: 5 thousand officers for 3 was appointed private. This means one payment. Such payments were made on a regular basis and we have data on payments of UAH 50 million, according to preliminary data ", - added Gorbatyuk.

On September 29, the GPU reported on suspicion of 3 former officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in crimes against the Maydanites. It turned out that 2 of the officials currently hold senior positions in the National Police. However, the court refused to consider choosing a preventive measure for them.

The prosecutor's office complained about the arrest of Sergei Pogotov, who at the time of the Maidan served as deputy head of the Department of Public Security of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Currently, he does not work in law enforcement agencies.

Also, the prosecutors requested the arrest of Igor Babych, who worked as the head of the preventive activities department of the National Guard, and during the Maidan, was the chief inspector of the organization of the service of the convoy units. He is suspected of coordinating the activities of special forces.

The third suspect is Anatoly Seredinsky. In 2014 he served as the head of the department of service management of the organization of the convoys units of the Department of Public Security of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He is suspected of coordinating the activities of special forces and encouraging them.

Let's emphasize that Oleksandr Fatsevich , deputy head of the National Police arrived to defend the suspects.

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In the annexed Crimea, more than 2,000 citizens will be called into military service in the Russian army.
This was announced on October 2 by the press service of the Southern Military District of the Ministry of Defense of Russia, reports Tsensor. NET with reference to the Crimea . Realia.

The law enforcement agencies claim that the conscripts "will carry out military duties on ships and in units of the Black Sea Fleet coast forces".

"According to the schedule, the first sending of recruits to the troops is scheduled for mid-October," the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Russia reported.

The Crimean human rights group appeals to the inhabitants of the Crimea with a request to report the facts of the call for a regular service to the Russian army from the territory of the annexed peninsula.

After the annexation of Crimea, the Russian authorities for the fourth consecutive year continues the recruitment of Crimeans to the ranks of his army. Massive propaganda service in the Armed Forces accompanied by a lot of massive events on the peninsula. Crimean people on the streets call for service in the Russian army, contrary to international law and the decision of the UN General Assembly, which prohibit it.

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine demands from the Russian Federation to stop discrimination of Crimean Tatars.

As Tsensor.NET informs , the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Marian Bets wrote on this page on Twitter.

"Cynical searches and detentions tested by the NKVD practice. We demand that the Russian Federation stop discrimination of the Crimean Tatars," she wrote.

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