Ukraine News in brief. Saturday 30 December. [Ukrainian sources]

SATURDAY HEADLINES:
It's time to suspend Russia's membership in Interpol - Browder.  Russia wants Ukraine to be part of a large Russian orbit, Volker.  It became known about the massive loss of Russian troops in the Donbas.  Russia provoked another diplomatic scandal from the United States.

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William Browder, the founder of Hermitage Capital Management (HCM), called on Russia to suspend Russia's membership in Interpol for "unacceptable abuses" by the mechanisms of work of this international organization.

This British financier wrote on Friday, December 29, in his microblog Twitter, and informs Tsensor.NET.

According to Browder, Russia has appealed to Interpol for the seventh time after his arrest, "after the previous five requests have been rejected as illegitimate and politically motivated."

Earlier, the representative of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation, Mikhail Reznichenko, said that the agency was preparing another request for the announcement of a businessman for international search and his extradition to Russia.

This move is due to the fact that the Tver District Court of Moscow on December 29th again in absentia sentenced Browder to nine years imprisonment for "deliberate bankruptcy and tax evasion." For the first time in the indictment, the amount exceeded 522 million rubles, now - 3.5 billion rubles.

In October 2017, Russia has already requested the arrest of Browder in the Interpol base, after which the businessman canceled the US visa. However, after review, Interpol has deleted the request, and the US has resumed the permission document.

Hermitage Capital Management from 1995 to 2006 was one of the largest foreign investment funds in the Russian stock market. In 2007, the prosecutor's office suspected his subsidiaries of tax evasion. After the searches at the company, the lawyer of the fund Sergey Magnitsky accused the officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the prosecutor's office of using the materials they received to steal over $ 230 million from the state.

In response, the prosecutor's office accused Magnitsky of dodging taxes. He was arrested and died at the SIZO in November 2009 at the age of 37. In 2012, the United States adopted the "Magnitsky Law", which initially extended to lawyers involved in a SIZO, and then to other individuals responsible for gross violations of human rights.

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In Russia, they want to preserve the influence over Ukraine in the context of the ideology of the "great Slavic family" and make Kyiv part of a large Russian orbit

This was stated by a special representative of the US State Department for Ukraine Kurt Volker in an interview with the Russian radio station "Echo of Moscow" .

"I think that Russia wants Ukraine to be part of a large Russian orbit, a part of a large Slavic family, had good relations with Russia and a government that is friendly to Russia. But ironically, the output is exactly the opposite. more skeptical about Russia, more nationalistic and pro-Western than ever, "Volker said.

"I would like to see the world in Ukraine in 2018. And this requires from Russia the withdrawal of troops, armaments and any support from the Donbas, but this requires security guarantees. It takes time and safe space to meet the requirements of the Minsk treaties: hold local elections, hold an election campaign, so that the Verkhovna Rada begins the process of amnesty, so that the special status of the regions for which the Council has already voted was carried out after the elections, for all this, peacekeeping forces are needed in the Donbass, "he added.

"Russia demands that Ukrainians interact directly with proxy forces in Lugansk and Donetsk, which in fact have no relation to these regions, these groups have no basis or legitimacy, and even under the terms of the Minsk agreements, these forces must be disbanded , and normal state administration has been restored. There should be regular elections to oblast authorities and all along with the special status of the regions, which was previously approved by the Ukrainian parliament, "the politician noted.

"We want to see the restoration of Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity, security and protection for all citizens of Ukraine, regardless of nationality, ethnicity or religion, and on a more fundamental level, as President Trump stated many times, we want peace," Volker said, answering to the question of what the administration of the US president is seeking for Ukraine.

Asked about the status of the Crimea, he replied: "We do not recognize the seizure of Crimea by Russia, its declared annexation. Fortunately, there are no active military actions in the Crimea, as in the Donbass, so we need to focus on solving problems in the places where fighting is taking place. ... With the Crimea, I think we have a long period of discrepancy over its status. "

Earlier, Kurt Volcker called the decision of Washington to provide Ukraine with weapons to lift Obama's restrictions.

espreso.tv  In Ukrainian/український

During the last week in the donbas, there has been a decrease in the intensity of fire attacks on positions of Ukrainian troops and human settlements in Ukraine's controlled territory However, the Russian occupation forces have intensified the firing of armoured vehicles by increasing the number of sniper groups in the area of contact with the ato forces, and there has also been an increase in the we of the enemy From 20 to 29 December 29, artillery units " 1 AK DNR " and " 2 AK LPR " of the operational group of the Russian occupation forces carried out some 120 fire raids of 152 mm and 122 Mm artillery systems, 82/120-mm mortar, 122 mm mlrs " hail ", 122-mm portable " Hail-p " Launchers, bmp and tanks. The most intense anti-personnel attacks were carried out by the enemy in the area of the Ukrainian troops in the area of populated, the old aydar, novoaleksandrovka, lapteva, novotoškovskoe, Trinity, svitlodarsk, gladosovo, novoluganskoe, lozovoe, travnevoe, zaytsevo, verhnetoreckoe, novoselovka, sands, sands, mine, Butovka ", Novotroitske, water, piŝevik, kamianka, pavlopolʹ, lebedinskoe and shyrokyne.

The enemy continues to actively conduct reconnaissance of the ato forces with the use of uav to attack them. Over the course of the week, 14 flights of uav were recorded, including 2 of them, the flights-10 flights (one was destroyed by apu), which were carried out in the operational and tactical depth of the ato forces.

From 19 to 28 December 28, confirmed losses of Russian occupation troops in donbass were 39:

1 AK-9 OŠMSP MP (Novoazovsk) 5 B / c, 3 Omsbr (Gorlivka) 20 b / c, 11 WMD (Makiivka) 9 B / s,;

2 AK-6 Omsp (Kadievka) 1 B / c, 7 Omsbr (Brianka) 3 B / c; 2 Omsbr (Lugansk) 1 B / c.

About 1700 tons of DBS (G / D) were delivered to the Russian Federation from 20 to 29 December 29 in order to ensure the terrorist activity of parts and compounds 1 AND 2 Art. Rovenky and mušketovo (Donetsk).

The North-West of the verhnekalʹmiuskogo reservoir on the road between yasinovataya and colony no. 32 saw the movement of a mobile force of the Attention has been given to the unusual composition of the group - a pair of uralov with 100-MM PT-tools like MT-12 "rapier", kamaz with zu-23-2 in the body, onboard ural and MT-lb with priceplennym and začehlënnym 120 - mm-hmm. - mm-hmm.

A Battery (6 plants) of 122-mm mb-21 "hail" has been recorded between amvrosievkoj and auspicious. ALSO IN COLUMN 3 of the urals, kamaz and 2 MT.

The 120-mm mortars battery (on the trailer of uralov) is a 4-mm battery, also btr-80 and 2 Kamaz.

In the area of yasinovataya in the forest area in the area of altitude 272.2, the occupants were at least 2 tanks and several light bbm. It appears to be a bronegruppe, formerly a network of the IP group in the area and vasilʹevki area.

The Russian occupation command has intensified efforts to spread misinformation among the civilian population about the intensification of hostilities during the Christmas and new year holidays. The Territory's control of the territory has been strengthened by the administrative and police regime, and the utilities have been conducting the refurbishment of the basement premises in shelters A circular has been sent to hospitals and medical institutions to plan and carry out activities aimed at the preparation of medical facilities to receive a large number of wounded.

At the same time, the command of the parts and units of the two "Army Corps" is subject to information with reference to the intelligence of the occupiers that apu will be on the offensive immediately on several fronts In some of the headquarters of the occupation forces, some " reliable data " about some " move of heavy artillery " and " American drums ". the attack allegedly begins with the shelling of artillery and rocket attacks on the headquarters, PU and kp of the occupiers, warehouses and supply points. (chuckles) The Simultaneous " IHB DNR " and " IHB LPR " claimed that dozens of Ukrainian we were already in the occupied territory to create chaos and panic before the onset of " of ".

The command of the 1th ak dpr is once again focusing the attention of commanders of the employees and units on the need to stop " social networks of soldiers " who " spread sensitive information ". placement of photo and posts detailing the details of the units The Army Corps is forbidden. In the ranks of the militias, it is widely believed that such bans are being put in place to "hide the mess and corruption" of the occupation forces

The So-called " Special Commission to capture and collect evidence of war crimes of the Ukrainian authorities in donbass " continues to be held in " DNR " during the period of work of the " Commission " in the register of 9247 cases Of these, 403 were injured, 774 were wounded; 62 were injured; 62 were injured; 141; prisoners and detainees were detained; 44; 7850. 1214 folders were created with photos and photos. The main task of the "Commission" is to create conditions to avoid the responsibility of the Russian Federation for these victims and destruction, trying to pin the blame on the Ukrainian The members of the commission decided to strengthen their support for their work, which should include the initiation of new referrals of victims. In particular, in January 2018, it is envisaged to set up a series of thematic billboards with relevant appeals to the inhabitants of the occupied Subsequently, the materials collected will be used to accuse Ukraine of war crimes against the local population.

From the administration of the president of the Russian Federation, the people's council of lpr has been returned to finalize the draft law on freedom of conscience and religious organizations with a view to amending the provision of the privileged position of the content mp in the territory of the Republic, in 2016-2017 Despite the resistance of a number of " Deputies ", at the insistence of the then head of ". Carpentry, the draft law established "religious equality".

apostrophe.ua  In Ukrainian/український

Russia refused to issue a visa to a member of the US Congress delegation, Senator Democrat Jean Shakhin, after which Republican senators Ron Johnson and John Barras canceled their trip to Russia, scheduled for January 11th.

This was reported by DW with reference to the American edition of Politico.

The Russian embassy refused to issue a visa, explaining its decision by the fact that Shakhin is in the black list, drawn up in response to US sanctions.

In response, Johnson, who is also chairman of the Senate Committee on National Security and Government Affairs, said that the decision to deny a member of the Senate delegation is "extremely unfortunate and contrary to attempts to improve relations between our countries."

Shahin remarked that "he regrets the decision of the Kremlin to prevent the dialogue between the Senate and the Russian people," but "will continue its work aimed at ensuring that the Russian government was held accountable for its actions carried out in violation of international law and to the detriment of the Russian people."

apostrophe.ua  In Ukrainian/український

On Saturday, December 30, in Moscow (Russia), the unknown opened fire near Red Square.

This is reported by Telegram-channel Mash.

So, according to the channel, a young man shot a shootout near Red Square, catcjomg his girlfriend to a new lover.

According to some reports, among the victims in the shootout on Nikolsky two men and one girl. Two of them have a serious gunshot wound.

As reported by eyewitnesses, the cause of the conflict was undivided love. Just the surviving gap, a man caught his ex girlfriend with another guy. Having reached the pistol, he shot both. Thanks to the case, another person was injured.

 apostrophe.ua  In Ukrainian/український

According to the results of 10 months of 2017, the export of goods amounted to $35.2 billion and increased by $ 6.7 billion compared with the same period last year

The increase in the volume of export of goods took place in all commodity groups, the press service of the Ministry of Economic Development (MERC) reports.

Exports grew the most:

agri-food products and food industry - by $2.7 billion (by 22.8%);

metallurgical complex products - by $1.2 (by 17.3%);

mineral products - by $1.2 billion (by 52.8%);

machine building products - by $481.7 million (by 13.6%);

various industrial goods - by $252.6 million (by 28.8%);

chemical products and related industries -

for $182.3 million (by 11.5%);

Light industry products - by $95.1 million (by 12.0%);

wood, paper pulp and paper products - by $21.5 million (by 1.5%).

The largest share in Ukrainian exports is:

agricultural products and food industry (41.3%);

products of the metallurgical complex (23,0%);

machine building products (11.4%);

mineral products (9.4%);

chemical industry products (5.0%);

wood products (4.1%).

Over the course of ten months in 2017, supplies of Ukrainian goods to Australia and Oceania grew by 288.1%; America - by 62.0%; Europe - by 30,6%; CIS - by 15.8%; Asia - by 12.8%; Africa - by 8.6%.

Among the main trading partners of Ukraine in the export of goods in January-October 2017 - the European Union countries with a specific weight of 40.2% in the total volume of goods exports, Russia - 9.3%, Turkey - 5.7%, India - 5.2 %, China - 4.6%, Egypt - 4.3%, Belarus - 2.6%, the USA - 1.9%, Moldova - 1.6%, Iran - 1.4%.

At the same time, the foreign trade turnover of goods with the EU countries for 10 months of 2017 increased by 26.1% (or $6.4 billion) compared with the same period last year. Exports of goods to the EU countries amounted to $14.2 billion and increased by 30.3% (or $3.3 billion).

The main trading partners of Ukraine are also China, Turkey and the United States.

They accounted for 8.2%, 3.9% and 3.7% respectively of foreign trade in January-October 2017, respectively. Foreign trade turnover of goods with China in January-October 2017 increased by 15.5% compared with January-October 2016 and amounted to $6.1 billion. In January-October 2017, the volume of foreign trade in goods with Turkey increased by 16.9% compared to January-October 2016 and amounted to $2.9 billion. The foreign trade turnover of goods from the USA in January-October 2017 increased by 57.6% and amounted to $2.8 billion. Goods exports grew by 91.9% to $674.7 million.

In the summer, it was reported that Ukrainian exports to the European Union countries in the first half of 2017 increased by 26.1% and amounted to $8.2 billion.

. espreso.tv  In Ukrainian/український