Ukraine News in brief. Saturday 11 November. [Ukrainian sources]

SATURDAY HEADLINES:
Putin said that Manafort was working with Yanukovych, but not with Russia.  Putin promised US "mirror" response through "oppression" of Russian propagandists, RT & Sputnik.  Ukraine, USA, Germany and France have a draft resolution on peacekeepers in the Donbas.  Putin says he has not received offers from the United States regarding peacekeepers.  In Russia, they said that Putin and Trump agreed on a joint statement on Syria.  Trump foolishly stood up for Putin before journalists regarding election interference.  Trump: Putin insulted on Russia's interference with American elections. No terrible thing happened, guilty of a frustrated meeting with Trump will be punished - Putin. Spanish authorities have said that Russian hackers have been interfering with the Catalan crisis. Israeli soldiers said they shot a Russian drone that spied on Syria in the disputed territory. S & P has confirmed Ukraine's credit ratings with a stable outlook.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin said former head of the US presidential campaign Paul Manaforth worked with ex-president Viktor Yanukovych

This is reported by the Russian media.

"As for Mr. Manaforth, he is also associated with Russia, but the only thing that binds him is that, as a manager or owner of a US PR agency, he contracted and, as a businessman, also worked in this area, in including with President Yanukovych,"- he commented.

Putin stressed that Russia has nothing to do with it.

"It's just empty chatter and a desire to use any clue to fight the incumbent president. But this is not our business, let them deal with themselves," Putin said.

-Paul Manaforth is a former Party of Regions political technologist and former head of the Donald Trump Election Campaign.

-On October 30, charges were brought against him and Richard Gates, which contained 12 points , including the obstruction of US government agencies, money laundering, non-payment of taxes, fraudulent activities and work as a lobbyist for a foreign institution without registration, a criminal offense in the United States.

-Manaforth and Gates were sent under house arrest.

-In addition, it turned out that Manafort lied about the assets, had 3 passports and traveled under the name of the fake name. He explained this need to keep confidential.

-The political scientist estimated his strength at $ 28 million, while the prosecutor's office did not agree with such an assessment, and for the release from house arrest offered $ 12 million collateral.

-The court in Washington refused to be released from Manaforth's house arrest.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin called the US actions against Russian RT and Sputnik "an attack on freedom of speech" and warned of Moscow's "mirrored" response

Putin told journalists today at a press conference following the results of the APEC summit, Russian news agency RIA Novosti reports.

"There is no democracy without freedom of speech. Attacking our mass media in the United States is an attack on the freedom of speech, without any doubt," Putin said.

It is reported that now in the State Duma, deputies are proposing to include foreign media - CNN, Voice of America, Radio Liberty - in the law on foreign agents.

"What is currently being discussed in the State Duma - I saw it yesterday - maybe it's too drastic, but it's natural, because at the level of representative bodies often there are extreme assessments, sharp judgments and hard sentences. But we're sure to answer we will have to formulate, and it will be a mirror, "Putin said.

Earlier, the US Department of Justice appealed to the Russian television company RT, formerly Russia Today, to register a US broadcasting office as a "foreign agent".

As you know, in a report released by the American secret services in January, Russia intervened in the 2016 presidential election. Separately, this report names the television channel RT, which experts consider "the main tool of international propaganda of the Kremlin". The document states that RT America "positions itself as an American channel and deliberately tries to hide any legal ties with the Russian government."

-Recall, Twitter has banned advertising from accounts of Russian propagandists RT and Sputnik.

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Ukraine, the United States, Germany and France have in fact prepared a draft resolution on the United Nations peacekeeping mission to the Donbas.

According to the Censor. NET, referring to UNIAN, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Pavlo Klimkin, said on the air of Inter TV channel.

The diplomat commented on the meeting scheduled for November 13 by the Special Representative of the US State Department, Kurt Volcker, with the assistant to the President of the Russian Federation, Vladislav Surkov.

"As for the meeting on Monday, I am more likely to deal with it very carefully, if not skeptically. I spoke with Kurt several hours ago, we agreed on the basic parameters our position", - the head of the Foreign Ministry said.

"We have actually prepared the text of the resolution, our project. I mean ours, because it is the United States, Germany and France, and we work with Great Britain, with a very clear logic, and the main thing, of course, is the whole territory occupied and And, of course, security is up to the moment when we can begin preparations for the transition period, which is still very difficult, "said Klimkin.

"We have a plan on how to push further. Well, and of course, the question of the time frame - we will watch," - said Klimkin.

At the same time, the minister stressed that "we have a joint project, we have the full position that we need." "This is the non-recognition of this Russian colony of the Russian protectorate. The logic that should make the mandate of ... a future peacekeeping mission, including, of course, control, security, disarmament.This is the geography - the whole territory, and of course the border.For borders, it does not make sense at all, therefore pressure should be on Russia,»- said Klimkin.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia did not receive offers from the United States to host 20,000 peacekeepers in the Donbas

He stated this in response to a request to comment on the relevant publication The Wall Street Journal, reports TASS.

"I have not heard about it, I do not know anything about it, so it's impossible to comment," Putin said.

He assured that there were no US proposals for peacekeepers.

"If there are any proposals - let's see," Putin added.

-As you know, the Wall Street Journal , referring to diplomatic sources in the United States and other Western powers, said that the United States was preparing to offer Russia a plan to host 20,000 UN peacekeepers throughout the conflict in Ukraine in the coming days.

-Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Alexander Turchinov said that Russia began to levy military forces on the borders of Ukraine, which wants to "repaint" UN peacekeepers.

-Foreign Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin said that the draft UN resolution on peacekeepers is practically ready.

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US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin agree on a joint statement on the conflict in Syria

Tass reports.

It is noted that the document was agreed upon by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. The application is specially prepared for the meeting in Danang.

A joint statement states that the Syrian conflict can not be solved by military means.

The document also states that the presidents have confirmed that the final political settlement of the conflict should be found within the framework of the Geneva Process in accordance with UN Security Council Resolution 2254.

-Recall that on April 4, a Syrian opposition to the city of Khan-Sheikhun suffered an air strike, which resulted in dozens of people killed because of chemical poisoning.

-US destroyers USS Porter and USS Ross have launched 59 rockets over the airship of the Syrian Government Army in the night of April 7 in response to a chemical bombardment of the Iddib Aircraft Aid.

-The foreign ministers of the G7 countries then did not agree on the introduction of new sanctions against Russia and Syria.

-On June 30, a United Nations mission officially found that sarin was used as a chemical weapon in Syria.

-The American authorities stress that the Kremlin must stop covering the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad, responsible for using chemical weapons.

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US President Donald Trump said that Russian President Vladimir Putin constantly assured him of his innocence of Russia 's interference with the US presidential election .

This is reported by CNN.

"He says he did not interfere, he says he did not interfere, I asked him again, but you can ask so many times," Trump told journalists.

It is noted that during the APEC summit in Vietnam, the presidents of the United States and Russia managed to talk three times.

"Every time he sees me, he says:" I did not do it. "And I believe that I really believe that when he tells me about it, he understands this, but he says:" I did not do it " . I think that he is very offended by this, "Trump said.

"I can not stand there and argue with him. I would have wished that he left Syria, to be honest, I would prefer to work with him in Ukraine, not to stand and argue," added the president of the United States.

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US President Donald Trump said that statements about Russia's interference in American elections are offensive to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Trump stated this after a brief meeting with Putin at the Asia-Pacific Summit in Vietnam, the BBC reports.

Trump said he had "two or three" brief conversations with his Russian colleague at the summit in Da Nang Harbor.

"He said he did not interfere. He says he did not interfere, I asked him again, "Trump told reporters before leaving for Hanoi.

Trump added: "I believe that these statements very offend him, and this is not very good for our country."

Putin, commenting on the meeting with Trump, called the US president "educated" and "comfortable in communicating" a man who looked "very correct and friendly" transfers "Interfax".

As you know, in January US intelligence accused Russian officials of interfering in presidential elections . In his report, intelligence called Putin the initiator of cyberattacks in the United States.

However, the newly elected US president, Donald Trump, said that cyberattacks did not influence the course of the election.

Recall that President Trump and President Putin met for the second time at the Asia-Pacific Summit in Vietnam on November 10. At first they shook their hands during the photo shoot, and subsequently held short-term talks.

Donald Trump met for the first time with Russia's president on July 7 as part of the G20 summit in Hamburg.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin said that a full-fledged meeting with the US leader Donald Trump at the APEC summit in Vietnam was not held as allegedly due to "inconsistencies in the protocol," the team members will be punished for this.

This is reported by Tsensor.NET with reference to Interfax.

Read also: Trump did not communicate with Putin at the Vietnam summit.

"As for a separate meeting, firstly, this was due to Mr. Trump's work schedule and my schedule, and unfortunately I did not succeed in meeting the protocol's formalities with which our teams could handle it. Well, they would be punished for this", - Putin said on Saturday to journalists in Danang at the summit of the APEC, answering a question on why there was not a full-fledged talks with the American leader.

"No terrible thing happened, we talked during today's meeting, talked, in general, and in general, everything we wanted was discussed," the Russian president said.

According to him, in the course of communication at the meeting, the topics of the summit were discussed. " They talked about what was discussed at the APEC summit itself, and talked about how to use the new opportunities that the digital economy provides for the development of economic ties," Putin said.

He also reminded that they and Tramp agreed with the joint statement on combating terrorism in Syria.

"Unfortunately, there is little time till we can talk more about the whole complex of our relations in detail, but there is something to talk about - both in the sphere of security and in the field of economic cooperation, which we have practically zero today," Putin said.

Before the start of the summit, representatives of Russia stated that they could hold a meeting between Putin and Trump. The White House denied these statements.

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It is reported that it was not an attacker, but an intelligence drone.
Israeli soldiers said they shot a Russian drone, which spied on the government of Syria at the Golan Heights, a controversial area controlled by Israel. This was announced by an Israeli military representative, Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus, reports Tsensor. NET with reference to 112 , reports Reuters.

"He (unmanned), apparently, is made in Russia and belongs to the Syrian regime", - said Konrikus.

He added that it was not an attacker, but an exploratory drone. In Israel, it is checked whether this is the case with Iran or the Hezbollah group.

Reuters notes that the Israeli military did not provide any evidence that the Russian drone was spying on Syria.

Earlier, the Ministry of Defense of Switzerland acknowledged that its staff conducted tests of reconnaissance drones at the Golan Heights.

The Golan Heights were captured by Israel in 1967 during the Six Day War. The annexation of the Golan Heights is not recognized by either the world community or the UN Security Council.

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Also, the short-term credit rating remained at the level of B, the rating outlook was stable.

The long-term and short-term sovereign ratings of Ukraine are kept at the level of B- / B, the forecast is "stable". This is reported on the website of the International rating agency Standard & Poor's (S & P), writes Tsensor.NET with reference to DW.

(S & P) has confirmed the long-term sovereign rating of Ukraine in foreign and national currencies at the level of B-. The short-term credit rating also remained unchanged at level B. The forecast for both ratings is "stable".

S & P analysts expect Kyiv to carry out "fiscal, financial and economic reforms"

If the Ukrainian government does not comply with the IMF's order and will not receive another loan, the sovereign rating of the country will be revised downward, warns S & P.

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