Ukraine News in brief. Tuesday 2 January. [Ukrainian sources]

TUESDAY HEADLINES:
In the West, they were told what Putin is afraid of and how he will lose power in a few days.  Empire of Evil: The USA Today editorially severely criticized Russia.  In the West they pointed out a big mistake of the EU towards Ukraine.  In the US they were told about the real power of Putin's army.  A loud assassination of a lawyer near Kiev: a video appeared, as police chief struck at protest rallies. At a rally demanding to find the killers of Nozdrovsky there were 500 people with the placards "Make a verdict for yourself". The daughters of the murdered Nozdrovsky are threatened, the People's Deputy.  In the United States, it was predicted how Russia would have fought against its opponent.  Pro-Russian President of Moldova temporarily deprived him of his authority.  Supporter of the Russian opposition Maltsev left the Russian Federation.  In the EU, they do not understand that they are dealing with a bandit: in the West pointed out the problem of negotiations with Putin in Ukraine.  The first day of biometric control the border of Ukraine crossed almost 2000 Russians. The Netherlands today will publish the names of Russian criminals involved in a terrorist attack with Boeing MH17, "Echo of Moscow".

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Russia's withdrawal from the world-wide world of interbank financial

communication channels (SWIFT) will seriously weaken President Vladimir Putin's position and he will lose power in a matter of days.

This opinion was expressed in an interview with "Apostrophe" by a French political scientist and journalist, Olivier Vedrin.

"The US should publish a list of sanctions in February, I think it's key to avoiding problems before the election, Putin can do something before the election, but he is very afraid of this February list," the Western expert says.

According to Vedrin, "if the West wants to weaken Putin, then one must do just one thing - turn off [Russia from] SWIFT."

"If we do this, in two to three days Russia will be economically ruined, and Putin will not be president, because people around Putin do not want to lose their money. And their families in the US, Europe, their money - in European and American banks... This will be the end of Putin. It's very easy, "said the political scientist.

apostrophe.ua    In Ukrainian/український

Russia today can be called the term used by US President Ronald Reagan in relation to the USSR in 1983 - the "Empire of Evil."

This is stated in the editorial article of USA Today.

"Today's history is repeating itself. Today's Russia is a pale version of the communist regime, which finally dissolved in 1991. But Russian President Vladimir Putin, very angry with this crash, is inclined to turn back this past glory," the editorial staff writes.

The foreign policy of the Russian Federation, the newspaper writes, is aimed at creating an international chaos. The publication gives examples.

"Russia invaded neighboring Georgia in 2008 and Ukraine in 2014, where the military operations continue and 10 000 people were killed. Its illegal annexation of the Crimea was the first attempt to change European borders after World War II, Russian troops sent to Syria strengthened the regime of Bashar al-Assad and committed atrocities, bombed the convoy of humanitarian assistance to the United Nations and the hospital", - emphasizes the publication.

"The CIA, the FBI and the NSA came to the conclusion that Putin ordered a cyber and propaganda attack to influence the presidential election in 2016 in the United States and undermine public confidence in the American democratic process. Russian trolls published false stories on Facebook, which involved 140 million Americans and Russian hackers stole thousands of letters from the leaders of the Democratic Party. Since then, such attacks have been taking place in Germany, France and the Netherlands, "the editorial board notes.

"Another type of Russian aggression is the sale of weapons to the Taliban in Afghanistan and North Korea's oil. The Kremlin also provides refuge to a number of cybercriminals, sends fighter jets that target US military aircraft in Syria and NATO planes over the Baltic, and also send submarines to the most important Atlantic submarine cables , which accounts for 97% of global communications, "said USA Today.

"Reagan called on the audience in 1983 to" beware of the temptation ... to ignore the facts of history and the aggressive impulses of the evil empire. "Thirty-five years ago, these words again deserve attention," - summarizes the edition of the publication.

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The European Union made a big mistake without giving Ukraine an official prospect of membership in the organization.

This was stated in an interview with "Apostrophe" by French political scientist Olivier Vedrin.

"It was a big mistake on the part of the EU not to recognize Ukraine's prospects of becoming a member state of the EU. This is a major political mistake: the EU does not fully understand what is happening in the conflict between Ukraine and Russia. I will return to the mentality: in Brussels, Ukrainian mentality and Russian do not understand mentality, they want Ukraine to act like France, Germany or other Western European countries, and this, in my opinion, is a big mistake in the European Union. "There is a general problem of understanding Western Europe of Eastern Europe," says a political scientist.

He stressed that Brussels would stimulate Ukrainians the prospect of our country's membership in the EU.

"In my opinion, the European Union should say: the future of Ukraine is EU membership. Why, because it will push for reforms." If tomorrow the EU said: okay, Ukraine, you will be a member of the European Union - then the Ukrainian government could tell people, but the EU said that while the process of Ukraine's membership in Ukraine is not its program, okay, it's diplomatic, but I think it's a big mistake. Because the incentive needs to be given, you need to give the Ukrainian government that can stimulate Ukrainians." , - said Vedrin.

He also said that Ukrainians treat the state in a completely different way than the inhabitants of Western Europe.

"For Western Europe, France or Germany, the purpose of the state is to serve, to help people, to provide them with something good." In the Soviet Union, the state was against people, and now Ukrainians think: you are talking about the need for reforms, but I do not trust, because I know that the state has always been against us. I will save my money, protect myself or emigrate to Western Europe because I do not trust the state, "the French expert says.

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Russia intends to use its troops, first of all, to protect its own territory and understand the consequences of a military conflict with an opponent such as NATO.

This is stated in the material of the famous American "think tank" RAND.

According to analysts, there is no evidence that countries such as the United States and China are currently preparing offensive military action against the Russian Federation. However, the conflict between these states and Russia can not be completely ruled out, for example, as a result of misunderstanding or coming to power in these countries of more aggressive or military leaders.

According to experts, Russia considers the annexation of Crimea and the destabilization of eastern Ukraine as a strategic defense activity: the aim was to maintain the balance of forces around Russian borders, to keep Ukraine as a buffer and to prevent its rapprochement with NATO. At the same time, it is noted that Ukraine does not share this point of view regarding Russia's defensive actions.

In general, RAND analysts highlighted a number of aspects that characterize the current state of affairs in the military sphere of the RF:

1. The Russian armed forces are focused on protecting their homeland, as well as vital industrial and human settlements, using a layered, integrated air defense system, and a limited number of defensive reference points and buffer powers, in order to obtain space and time for responding to potential attacks or invasions. .

2. Russia is hoping to defend its territory and avoid a rival equalizer (or approximately equal force) by deploying defense systems and weapons with extended range of action. This weapon can provide benefits to Russian forces that carry out offensive operations near their borders (for example, in the year 2014, the Russian Federation repeatedly supported pro-Russian militants on the Donbass by fire from the Rostov region, ed.).

3. Taking into account the weakness of Russia's conventional armed forces in a protracted war with equal rivals (or roughly equal forces), it will try to use indirect strategies and asymmetric responses in various areas to eliminate imbalances.

4. The ultimate cover for Russia is its arsenal of tactical and strategic nuclear weapons; Russia may threaten to use or use its nuclear weapons in response to a conventional armed attack that could undermine control of the regime over the state or threaten Russia's nuclear deterrence.

5. Some Russian and Soviet operations were associated with a sudden brutal strike aimed at achieving the objectives of the campaign in a very short time; This aspect is likely to remain in place, especially in planned operations.

6. Recent reforms have made it possible to significantly increase the percentage of Russian ground forces in high-availability unforeseen circumstances, while the total number of units has been reduced; units can move on the railroad to respond quickly to a crisis situation.

7. Normal and unconventional approaches to military action are likely to be confused in many potential conflict scenarios; special forces forces, paramilitary forces and loyal civilians can provide goal orientation, situational awareness and some offensive action.

8. At operational and tactical levels, Russia will most likely focus on humiliating the enemy's command centers and its ability to strike at a distance by using kinetic attacks, cyber / electronic warfare and the direct action of their armed forces.

9. There is a limited amount of precision non-nuclear weaponry in Russia that can be used against basic operational and strategic objectives, especially if they are in fixed, already known places.

10. On the ground, Russian tactics are likely to focus on massive indirect impacts (especially from distant distances), the results of which will be to use high-power military units with great firepower.

apostrophe.ua  In Ukrainian/український

In Kiev, at a rally under the regional police department of the Kiev region came out about 500 people

This is reported by Espresso.TV.

People demand to find the killers of human rights activist Irina Nozdrovsky and fairly investigate the case of the murder.

People came with posters, which says "Make a verdict for yourself." They chant "Shame".

The traffic on Volodymyrska Street has been restored.



-Recall that on Jan. 1, around 12:00, a naked-body human defender's body was found in the river near Demidov.

-Nozdrovsky was involved in the investigation of the death of her sister Svetlana Sapatinskaya, who on September 30, 2015 in the village of. Demidov was shot dead by nephew of the head of the court of Vyshgorodsky district Dmitry Rososhansky. In May 2017, Rososhansky was sentenced to 7 years in prison, his defense appealed.

-On December 28, Nozdrovsky refused to release Rososhansky's amnesty .
Nozdrovsky was last seen on December 29 at 17:00 when he called his mother.

-The search for a missing human rights defender was carried out by police and volunteers.

-Death of human rights defender of Nozdrovsky is being investigated as a murder .
-The police summoned for an ex-bride's murdered human rights defender.

-The police questioned about 50 people in the murder case.

espreso.tv  In Ukrainian/український

A video was posted on the network, like the regional police department of the Kyiv region, where about 200 activists gathered to investigate the murder of a lawyer Irina Nozdrovsky, one of the activists struck the head of the police of the Kiev region Dmitry Tsenov.

The video has been posted to the Facebook social network.


Tsenovo came to the activists, saying that this case is under his personal control.

At this point it ran to one of the activists and repeatedly hit him.

As seen in the video, then between activists and police officers struck up a fight.

Previously, "Apostrophe" published an exclusive photo report from the walls of the Main Department of MIA of Ukraine in Kiev, where activists demanded to find yurystky involved in the murder of Irina Nozdrovskoyi.

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People's Deputy Mustafa Nayyev said that the daughter of a murdered human rights defender, Irina Nozdrovsky, is threatened.

He said this in a comment to Espresso.TV.

"The police did not pay attention to the threats of Irina, she was threatened just in the courtroom." The father of the defendant (Rososhansky, who killed the sister of Nozdrovsky, ed.) Threatened Irina that she was "badly finishing." And her parents were told they would burrow Another daughter, she turned to the police, but there was no reaction, she was not given protection. Now the Daughters of Nozdrovsky are threatened, but they do not pay attention to it, "Nayem said.

He says that now it is not about one murder, but about two - the murder of Nozdrovsky and the death of her sister in an accident two years ago.

"During the investigation into the death of the sister of Nozdrovsky investigators, the police were not effective enough, attempts were made to distort the results of the narcological examination, delayed the investigation of this case, and there was a chance that Rososhansky, who actually killed her sister, could be released," the People's Deputy added.

He believes that the number of people who came under the Ministry of Internal Affairs is a consequence of distrust.



-Recall that on Jan. 1, around 12:00, a naked-body human defender's body was  found in the river  near Demidov.

-Nozdrovsky was involved in the investigation of the death of her sister Svetlana Sapatinskaya, who on September 30, 2015 in the village of. Demidov was shot dead by nephew of the head of the court of Vyshgorodsky district Dmitry Rososhansky. In May 2017, Rososhansky was sentenced to 7 years in prison, his defense appealed.

-On December 28, Nozdrovsky  refused to release Rososhansky's amnesty.
Nozdrovsky was last seen on December 29 at 17:00 when he called his mother. The search for a missing human rights defender was carried out by police and volunteers.

-Death of human rights defender of Nozdrovsky is being  investigated as a murder.

-The police  summoned for an ex-bride's  murdered human rights defender.

-The police  questioned about 50 people  in the murder case.

-On January 2, a rally demanding a murder of  human rights defender Irina -Nozdrovsky was held in Volodymyrska Street, Kyiv, under the regional police department in the Kyiv region.

-About 500 people came to the rally.

 espreso.tv  In Ukrainian/український

The Constitutional Court of Moldova temporarily suspended the powers of President Igor Dodon at the request of a group of deputies from the ruling coalition

This is reported by Russian "Interfax".

The decision is due to the fact that last week Dodon repeatedly rejected the nominees proposed by the prime minister of five ministers and two vice-premieres. Under the law, the president has the right to reject candidates only once.

The Constitutional Court ruled that the duties of the president temporarily pass to the chairman of the parliament or the prime minister. In the coming days, one of them will sign decrees appointing new members of the government.

-Recall that the Moldovan parliament did not take into account the opposition of President Igor Dodon to the so-called law against Russian propaganda.

-On November 14, President Igor Dodon said that Moldova was a neutral country, and therefore should abandon its armed forces.

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Supporter of the leader of the "Art Training" movement Vyacheslav Maltsev, Ruslan Galliull, left Russia.

He spoke about the ATS-Info project.

He said that he had decided so because of the threat of prosecution. According to Galliullin, he is now in one of the European countries.

Galilelli was arrested by FSB officers on November 4 on suspicion of extremism. Later he was released under a non-withdrawal subscription.

Earlier, Vyacheslav Maltsev, a leader of the "Art-training" movement, filed a criminal case under the heading "Organization of a terrorist community".

He also departed from Russia and said he was receiving asylum in the EU.

hromadske.ua  In Ukrainian/український

Western countries at the moment do not understand how to conduct peace talks on Donbass with Russia.

This was stated in an interview with "Apostrophe" by a French political scientist and journalist Olivier Vedrin.

"The EU is very weak, and France and Germany do not understand Putin, they are dealing with a gangster, a Soviet man, for whom there is only a winner and defeated, he wants to be a winner, and the loser, in his opinion, should lose everything." Therefore, with Putin it is impossible to agree - you can only be stronger than it", - said the expert.

At the same time Vedrin notes that to bring peaceful negotiations from a deadlock can only new sanctions against Russia.

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For the first day of biometric control the border of Ukraine crossed almost 2000 Russians

During the first 24 hours of biometric control, the Ukrainian border crossed 3,3 thousand foreigners, more than half of them Russians.

This was announced by the spokesman of the State Border Service Oleg Slobodian.

"During the first day of the operation of the system of biometric control the border crossed over 3 300 foreigners from the category subject to biometric control, of which almost 1,900 - citizens of Russia. The system worked without crashes, there were no conflicting situations or provocations. Citizens react calmly, "he said.

On the border with Russia, Ukraine in the test mode launched biometric control on December 27th.

Since January 1, biometric control has been implemented in Ukraine for all foreigners.

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The Netherlands today, on January 2, will publish the names of those involved in the death of the Malaysian "Boeing", knocked down over the Donechchina.
As informs Tsensor.NET, this is reported by the Russian edition of "Echo of Moscow".

"The investigation established the names of one hundred and twenty persons involved in the organization and execution of a terrorist attack against crew members and passengers of the flight, and then killed 298 people, of whom 80 were children," the report said.

A snapshot of terrorists, posted on Facebook's "Echo of Moscow" page, posing at the wreckage of the beaten "Boeing," sparked a sharp critique of users.



"How can you make a photo on the wreckage of a plane, on corpses, how it is not human and nicot!" - writes one of the commentators.

"A snapshot that talks about the essence of the so-called fighters for independence," said another user.

Recall that the Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777, which traveled from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, was shot down July 17, 2014 in Toreza (Donetsk region). As a result, 298 people were killed.

"Censor.NET " repeatedly reported on the progress of investigation of the causes of the Boeing disaster of the MN17 flight, as well as unveiling exclusive hangar photos and photographs of the elements of "Buk-M1-2", which appear in the materials of the criminal case. The prosecutor's offices in the Netherlands and Australia have prepared a very convincing evidence base. In particular, it was found that the elements that struck "Boeing" exactly coincide with the filling of the combat part of the most recent Russian anti-aircraft missile "Buk-M1-2". The "Buk-M-1-2" complex was developed in 1997, put into service by the RF Armed Forces in 1998 and never delivered to Ukraine. Also, independent experts from Germany, England and Poland, studied fragment fragments and made their point: it is part of the Russian missile "Buk". The modern chemical examination absolutely accurately established the composition of the metal, discovered the particles of the material of the sheath and the glass of the very destroyed liner, which pierced these elements before striking people.

In November 2015, President Petro Poroshenko stated during a visit to the Netherlands that Ukraine was using membership in the UN Security Council to investigate the Boeing tragedy of the MN17 flight.

In May 2016, the Australian law firm LHD filed a lawsuit against Russia and Russian President Vladimir Putin in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on behalf of the relatives of the Boeing victims of the Malaysian Airlines flight MH17, shot down July 17, 2014 over uncontrolled territories of eastern Ukraine parts of the country.

The lawsuit, in which RF and V. Putin are identified as defendants and who claim compensation of $ 10 million for each passenger, was filed on May 9.

On July 17, 2016, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko stressed that only Russia prevented the investigation into the disaster of the Malaysian "Boeing".

"Russia, abusing the veto, blocked the decision by the UN Security Council to establish an International Tribunal to investigate the MNR flight downhill17, which is an indirect and logical demonstration of its involvement in the crime. Nevertheless, we, together with our partners, do everything in their power to ensure that all the perpetrators are brought to justice. this tragedy, "he said.

Last autumn, the International Investigation Team (JIT*) presented the findings that Malaysian "Boeing" was shot down by the "ground-air" missile from the "Beech" installation, which fired from the area of ​​the Donbas town of Snizhne (which at that time was under the control of the DPR ") The investigation team is represented by five countries: Malaysia, the Netherlands, Belgium, Australia, Ukraine. Russia refused to participate in the joint investigation of the group.

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The deputy head of the protocol of the Prime Minister of Ukraine Stanislav Yezhov, who is suspected of work on Russian special services, was fired from work on December 21, 2017.
This is written by Tsensor.NET with reference to Ukrinform, to which this information has been confirmed by the secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers.

"Yes, they were fired on December 21," the secretariat said.

Recall that December 20 officers of the Security Service of Ukraine detained an official of the Cabinet secretariat. Later it became known that the detainee was the deputy head of the protocol of the Prime Minister of Ukraine Stanislav Yezhov.

According to the intelligence service, a recruited official collected official information of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, in particular, on foreign travel and negotiations of the Prime Minister, which was then sent by e-mail to representatives of the Russian special services.

On December 21, Yezov was convicted of treason. He was detained until February 17 without the right to a pledge.

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Following the announcement of a list of 120 people involved in the Boeing MH17, they will be formally notified of suspicion.

According to Tsensor.NET, Deputy Prosecutor General Eugene Yenin said in a comment to Ukrinform.

"The disclosure of the names of those involved in the crash of the plane is a planned interim step and evidence that Ukraine and the Netherlands are paying the greatest attention to the investigation of the case. The next stage will be the official notification of suspicion," Yenin said.

The Deputy Prosecutor General added that the International Investigation Group will have some time to complete the pre-trial investigation and to bring to court indictments against suspects.

"We will offer suspects to volunteer before the Dutch court," said the official.

Criminal cases concerning citizens of Ukraine will be heard in the Netherlands court under a special procedure, which is prescribed in a bilateral intergovernmental agreement.

"That is, a person will be on the territory of Ukraine, and testimony will be given to the Dutch court using modern information technologies," Yenin explained.

Recall that the Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777, which traveled from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, was shot down July 17, 2014 in Toreza (Donetsk region). As a result, 298 people were killed.

" Censor.NET " repeatedly reported on the progress of the investigation of the causes of the Boeing disaster of the flight MN17, as well as the publication of exclusive hangar photos and photographs of the elements "Buk-M1-2", which appear in the materials of the criminal case. The prosecutor's offices in the Netherlands and Australia have prepared a very convincing evidence base. In particular, it was found that the elements that struck "Boeing" exactly coincide with the filling of the combat part of the most recent Russian anti-aircraft missile "Buk-M1-2". The "Buk-M-1-2" complex was developed in 1997, put into service by the RF Armed Forces in 1998 and never delivered to Ukraine. Also, independent experts from Germany, England and Poland, studied fragment fragments and made their point: it is part of the Russian missile "Buk". The modern chemical examination absolutely accurately established the composition of the metal, discovered the particles of the material of the sheath and the glass of the very destroyed liner, which pierced these elements before striking people.

In November 2015, President Petro Poroshenko stated during a visit to the Netherlands that Ukraine was using membership in the UN Security Council to investigate the Boeing tragedy of the MN17 flight.

In May 2016, the Australian law firm LHD filed a lawsuit against Russia and Russian President Vladimir Putin in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on behalf of the relatives of the Boeing victims of the Malaysian Airlines flight MH17, shot down July 17, 2014 over uncontrolled territories of eastern Ukraine parts of the country.

The lawsuit, in which RF and V. Putin are identified as defendants and who claim compensation of $ 10 million for each passenger, was filed on May 9.

On July 17, 2016, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko stressed that only Russia prevented the investigation into the disaster of the Malaysian "Boeing".

"Russia, abusing the veto, blocked the decision by the UN Security Council to establish an International Tribunal to investigate the MNR flight downhill17, which is an indirect and logical demonstration of its involvement in the crime. Nevertheless, we, together with our partners, do everything in their power to ensure that all the perpetrators are brought to justice. this tragedy, "he said.

Last autumn, the International Investigation Team (JIT*) presented the findings that Malaysian "Boeing" was shot down by the "ground-air" missile from the "Beech" installation, which fired from the area of ​​the Donbas town of Snizhne (which at that time was under the control of the DPR") The investigation team is represented by five countries: Malaysia, the Netherlands, Belgium, Australia, Ukraine. Russia refused to participate in the joint investigation of the group.

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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announced in 2018 that Ukraine will receive Ukraine's defense weapons from the United States.

It is reported by Tsensor.NET with a link to the head of state page on Facebook.



"This year our country's military budget will record a record 86 billion hryvnias. We will receive a lethal defense weapon from our US partners, and we will continue to strengthen the Ukrainian army with the latest military equipment of domestic production," Poroshenko wrote.

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In the lists for exchange, militants claimed a witness in an investigation into the alleged downfall of the Malaysian "Boeing" MH17.

This information was confirmed by the head of the Security Service of Ukraine Vasyl Hrytsak in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine , Tsensor.NET. He said: "Of course, we did not give this person. He stayed with us. We could not do it under any circumstances."

We remind that on December 27, one of the most mass exchanges of held persons between Ukraine and the self-proclaimed terrorist organizations "DNR" and "LNR" took place.

Initially, an exchange of 74 Ukrainians for 306 supporters of the militants was foreseen. However, part of the supporters of the terrorists refused to return to the occupied territories. This is the largest exchange of detained persons between the parties since 2015.

On December 30, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko instructed the representatives of Ukraine in the Tripartite Contact Group to immediately arrange negotiations on a regular round of exchange of Ukrainian hostages.

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