Ukraine News in brief. Monday 30 October. [Ukrainian sources]

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TODAY'S HEADLINES:
Manawort in the United States has been charged with 12 articles, in particular, against US interests. Trump says that Manafort transactions were before their cooperation. .Ex-Adviser Trump acknowledged that he was lying to the FBI regarding "the Russian cause".  Tymoshenko called "ex-president of Ukraine" in accusation of Manaforth.  Granting lethal weapons to Ukraine being actively discussed, US Special Envoy to Ukraine Volker says.
Some forces collect biological material from Russians - Putin.  Fitch forecasts accelerated GDP growth in Ukraine. 

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Donald Trump's former head of government, Poll Manaforth, and his former partner, Rick Gets, on Monday filed charges for 12 articles, including a conspiracy against US interests.

This is stated in the text of the accusation, published by the US Department of Justice, Censor.NET reports , referring to Interfax-Ukraine .

Also, former colleague D. Trump is accused of money laundering, misleading the government by false statements, false documents on their financial accounts, as well as other articles.

The document emphasizes the cooperation of P. Manaforth with ex-president of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych, as well as cases of non-payment by P. Manaforom of taxes. The topic of likely coordination of Donald Trump's headquarters with Russia during the 2016 US election campaign did not affect the indictment.

"Between 2006 and 2015 ... P. Manafort and R. Gates concealed from the United States their activities as agents that promote the interests of Ukraine and its political parties and leaders, and received millions of dollars for it," reads the indictment. Ministry of Justice, where it is also specified that former members of Trump actively supported the "Party of Regions", which was headed by the former President of Ukraine V. Yanukovych.

Earlier, The Wall Street Journal wrote that Manhattan's prosecutor was investigating Mr Manaforth's money laundering case. The investigation was conducted jointly with the Special Prosecutor Robert Muller, then the newspaper reported.

P. Manafort joined the D. Trump election campaign in 2016, but soon resigned after a rigorous campaign of accusations in the media began in connection with his relationship with former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych.

Earlier it was reported that the name of Manaforth was revealed in documents of the "black bookkeeping" of the Party of Regions , investigated by NABU.

Recall that on May 31, People's Deputy Sergei Leshchenko (BPP) and journalists Sevgil Musayev-Borovik and Anton Marchuk published , in their words, part of the documents on the "black bookkeeping" of the Party of Regions for the second half of 2012. According to published materials, the PR spent 66 million dollars in political corruption during this period. The documents also included the American lobbyist and political technologist Paul Manaforth, who was forced to leave the US presidential contender Donald Trump because of the scandal with the "black bookkeeping".

Later, People's Deputy of Ukraine Sergey Leshchenko in the article "Manaforth and Yanukovych laundered money through Kyrgyzstan" said that the "Party of Regions" paid for the services of political technician Paul Manaforth using offshore jurisdictions and banks of dubious reputation.

ua.censor.net.ua , Original in Ukrainian / Українською мовою

Crimes suspected by political technologist Paul Manaforth could have taken place before Donald Trump's election campaign

The current United States president said on Twitter.

"Sorry, but it was a few years ago, before Manafort became part of the Trump campaign," Trump said.

In addition, he says that in Manaforte's actions there was allegedly no conspiracy against the US in favor of Russia:

"There is no conspiracy here!".

He also wonders why Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party's activities are not considered in this case.

Sorry, but this is years ago, before Paul Manafort was part of the Trump campaign. But why aren't Crooked Hillary & the Dems the focus?????

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 30, 2017

-Recall that Manaforth served the Kremlin, Viktor Yanukovych, the Party of Regions and the Opposition Bloc for a long time. According to some US media, in general, from these customers, a political technologist could get $ 80-100 million rewards .

-After NABU voiced compromise on Manaforth, he was fired from the Trump team.

-In August, the FBI searched the Manafort home without warning . Investigators were primarily interested in documents about his Russian and Ukrainian clients.

-On the eve of the FBI, it revealed 13 "suspicious" transactions from accounts of offshore companies related to Manaforth worth about $ 3 million. FBI representatives suspect him of money laundering ex-president Viktor Yanukovych .

-On October 30, it became known that Manafort intends to surrender to the American federal authorities against the background of an investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election.

-The US Federal Prosecutor's Office has filed a 12-point indictment of Manaforth, from a US-US conspiracy to money laundering through foreign banks and financial accounts.

espreso.tv , Original in Ukrainian / Українською мовою

George Pappadopoulos, a former advisor to US President Donald Trump on foreign affairs George Papadopoulos admitted that he gave FBI's false testimony in investigating Russia's interference with the US presidential election in 2016.

This is reported by the CNN .

Papadopoulos lied to the FBI agents "about the timing, extent and nature of his relations and cooperation with certain foreign citizens, who, as he understood, had close ties with senior government officials in Russia," the prosecution said.

The source reports that in March 2016 by email, Papadopoulos suggested organizing a meeting of leading Russian officials and top managers of the campaign Trump on the topic "Meeting with the leadership of Russia - including Putin."

-Recall that in August the FBI searched the Manafort home without warning . Investigators were primarily interested in documents about his Russian and Ukrainian clients.

-On the eve of the FBI, it revealed 13 "suspicious" transactions from accounts of offshore companies related to Manaforth worth about $ 3 million. FBI representatives suspect him of money laundering ex-president Viktor Yanukovych .

-The US Federal Prosecutor 's Office issued a lawsuit on October 30 against former US President Donald Trump's campaign leader Paul Manaforth.

-As indicated in the indictment, he and his former business partner, Rick Gates, received tens of millions of dollars in revenues from work with Ukrainian political parties and leaders. To hide the money earned in Ukraine from 2006 to 2016 by the US authorities, they were laundering money. through foreign companies.

-Manafort himself served the Kremlin, Viktor Yanukovych, the Party of Regions and the Opposition Bloc for a long time. According to some US media, in general, from these customers, a political technologist could get $ 80-100 million rewards. From the team of Trump he was released after NABU voiced his available compromise.

espreso.tv, Original in Ukrainian / Українською мовою

In an indictment on former leader of the campaign, Donald Trump Paul Manaforth, Yulia Tymoshenko named ex-president of Ukraine

This error was spotted by journalist Christopher Miller. In his Twitter, he outlined a documentary that states that "Yulia Tymoshenko was the President of Ukraine to Yanukovych."

Oops! They went and made Yulia Tymoshenko a president in the Manafort indictment (h/t @_shamanska) https://t.co/6EumDSOMjZ pic.twitter.com/xdDXQyqBHe

— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) October 30, 2017

The US Federal Prosecutor's Office has filed charges against former US President Donald Trump's campaign leader Paul Manaforth.

As indicated in the indictment, he and his former business partner, Rick Gates, received tens of millions of dollars in revenue from working with Ukrainian political parties and leaders. To hide the money earned in Ukraine from 2006 to 2016 by the US authorities, they were laundering money. through foreign companies.

Manafort himself served the Kremlin, Viktor Yanukovych, the Party of Regions and the Opposition Bloc for a long time. According to some US media, in general, from these customers, a political technologist could get $ 80-100 million rewards . From the team of Trump he was released after NABU voiced his available compromise.

-Recall that in August the FBI searched the Manafort home without warning . Investigators were primarily interested in documents about his Russian and Ukrainian clients.

-On the eve of the FBI, it revealed 13 "suspicious" transactions from accounts of offshore companies related to Manafort worth about $ 3 million. FBI representatives suspect him of money laundering ex-president Viktor Yanukovych.

espreso.tv , Original in Ukrainian / Українською мовою

U.S. Envoy on Ukraine Conflict Kurt Volker said Saturday in Kyiv that the release of the Crimean Tatar activists by the Russian authorities might indicate Moscow’s willingness to make steps in resolving the conflict in Ukraine’s east.

This was reported by Censor.NET citing the Voice of America.

Volker said meeting with Akhtem Chiygoz and Ilmi Umerov that their release was a minor positive signal.

Earlier, the U.S. Special Envoy to Ukraine held talks with Kremlin representative Vladislav Surkov describing the meeting as constructive but showing no tangible results. The U.S. official said they were trying to understand whether it was possible to find a common ground on how peacekeepers could be used to resolve the conflict.

He believes this step can be effective only if peacekeepers are endowed with broad powers and will be able to operate throughout the region.

Volker also accused Russia of supporting the ongoing conflict in the Donbas, noting however that Moscow started realizing that the continuation of the aggressive policy in the eastern Ukraine was at odds the Kremlin's interests.

He also said that the United States was actively discussing the possibility of providing Kyiv with military equipment and lethal weapons for protection of its territory.

The U.S. official says the issue is not as controversial as it may seem since the Ukrainian authorities require these weapons solely for the country's defense.

Earlier, Umerov and Chiygoz were released by Russia and extradited from Crimea to Turkey.

In 2016, FSB investigators initiated a criminal case against Crimean Tatar, deputy head of Mejlis and participant of Crimean Tatars national liberation movement Ilmi Umerov. He is charged with public calls to violate the territorial integrity of Russia.

Umerov's detention, search and the criminal case, and his keeping in psychiatric hospital and pushing through forced psychiatric expertise stirred global response.

Simferopol city court controlled by the Kremlin started hearing the case against Umerov on June 7, 2017. Umerov believes his case is politically charged.

On Sept. 11, the Supreme Court of Russia-occupied Crimea sentenced Chiygoz to eight years in prison.

On Aug. 2, 2016 Russian-controlled Supreme Court of Crimea started to consider materially "the case of Feb. 26" against Akhtem Chiygoz. Earlier, on July 20, 2016, during hearing in camera, the court divided "the case of Feb. 26" into two separate cases: one against Akhtem Chiygoz and another against the rest of the defendants.

After Crimea was occupied by Russia, Kremlin puppets started trials against Crimean Tatar activists who participated in protests in support of Ukraine's territorial integrity. The events took place on Feb. 26, 2014. According to occupant authorities, two protesters were killed in a stampede, 79 people received injuries. Those detained in connection with the case - Akhtem Chiygoz, Ali Asanov, and Mustafa Degermendzhy - were named political prisoners by Russian Memorial human rights center.

ua.censor.net.ua , Original in Ukrainian / Українською мовою

Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting of the Human Rights Council said that some forces are collecting biological material from Russian citizens.

Tsensor.NET informs.

"Biological material is collected throughout the country, and from different ethnic groups," Putin said in response to a message that some foreign forces allegedly capture the images of citizens who came to the polls.

According to the president of Russia, this is done purposefully and professionally.

"We are such an object of great interest," Putin explained, urging him to treat this situation without fear.

ua.censor.net.ua , Original in Ukrainian / Українською мовою

In 2018, the GDP of the country could increase to 3.2% due to the growth of domestic demand.

International rating agency Fitch predicted acceleration of GDP growth in Ukraine to 3.2% in 2018. According to Censor.NET with reference to 112 , this is stated in a message on the agency's website.

As stated in the agency, in 2017 Ukraine's GDP growth is expected to grow by 2%, while forecasts for the next two years have been improved - 3.2% and 3.7% respectively. In its preliminary economic forecast, Fitch predicted accelerating growth to 3%.

"Growth is likely to remain weaker than the" B "ratings, despite a recovery in its forecast. Fitch forecasts a 2% increase in 2017 and expects Ukraine to accelerate to 3.2% and 3.7% in 2018 and 2019, respectively, as a result of domestic demand Private consumption contributes to improving real incomes and expanding access to loans Investment (21.4% of GDP) is undergoing cyclical recovery, but it will remain below "B" (24%), "says the announcement agency.

"Fitch expects the next tranche of the program (possibly $ 1.9 billion) next year after the approval of the 2018 budget and an agreement between the IMF and the government on changing the formula for adjusting heating tariffs in households. Further payments from the IMF and other international partners will depend on progress on the agenda of structural reforms, first of all, land reform and achievement of results in terms of privatization and combating corruption, "the forecast says.

Analysts believe that in 2019 Ukraine should be expected to reduce inflation.

"Inflation will average 12.9% and will end by 2017 on the target group of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) by 8% -2% for the supply shocks (food prices). However, it is likely to gradually decrease over the forecast period the period and an average of 7.8% in 2019, is still higher than the average of 5%,"- said in the forecast.

The long-term default rating of the issuer of Ukraine left the agency at the level of "B-" with the forecast "Stable".

"Ukrainian ratings reflect weak foreign liquidity, high government debt burden and structural weaknesses, in terms of weak banking sector, institutional constraints and geopolitical and political risks," the report said.

ua.censor.net.ua/ , Original in Ukrainian / Українською мовою