Ukraine News in brief. Saturday 10 February. [Ukrainian sources]

SATURDAY HEADLINES:
Private intelligence in the United States told what internal conflict between the Putin secret services might lead to.  In Russia, they indicated an indicative change in the Kremlin's aggressive rhetoric towards the West.  There were new details of the mass death in Syria of Russian mercenaries. Due to the crisis in Russia, "economic separatism".  Orban declared the end of the "era of the Russian gas monopoly". Putin's allies shot down an Israeli fighter during an attack on terrorist bases in Syria.  

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In Russia there is a fierce battle between the FSB and Roshvardiyeyu for influence over other security forces in light of the preparation of the reform of special services.

This is stated in the material of the private American intelligence-analytical company Stratfor, which is at the disposal of the "Apostrophe".

At the moment, the option of reforming the Federal Guard Service is being considered, making this body independent from the Russian Guard and the FSB.

It is also proposed to make the FSB a comprehensive special service by reviving the Ministry of State Security, which existed in Stalin's times.

apostrophe.ua  In Ukrainian/український

Sanctions from Western countries forced Russia to step away from aggressive behavior in the foreign policy arena. Currently, the Russian Federation is trying to get out of the conflict with minimal losses.

This was told by the Russian political scientist Lilia Shvetsova to the "Apostrophe".

"At least for the last two years, we see all the signs that the Kremlin is trying to move away from its policy, which can be called testing of Western humility - when the Kremlin tried to find where this" red line "was in relations with Europe and America, throwing stones into European and western windows", - said the expert.

Changes in the behavior of the RF are traced in relations with the United States and other Western partners.

"At least twice the Kremlin offered Washington a large-scale, fantastic program not just for cooperation, but for a partnership that could not have existed even during the" honeymoon "of the relationship between Medvedev and Obama," Shvetsova said.

According to her, such a step by Vladimir Putin did not give any visible results.

"The results of Putin's conciliatory behavior did not lead to practical conclusions, but look at Putin's reaction to Congress's actions, Congressional law (on sanctions," Apostrophe") in August 2017 (Putin did not use any" reverse "), this" Kremlin list" "(he said: Well, we expect, we can answer, but we will not answer, we do not want to complicate the relationship!) Here he is really absolutely honest: Moscow is not ready for confrontation with the West, until confrontation with Trump," - the expert believes.

apostrophe.ua  In Ukrainian/український

One Russian mercenary from a private military company (PKK) described details of the battle in Syria near the city of Deir-ez-Zor.

The story of a mercenary of the Russian Federation has been published by Russian blogger Anatoly Nesmian, nicknamed el-murid, who actively monitors the events in Syria. The source of this information is not indicated.

Thus, the Russian mercenary claims that under his leadership were 33 citizens of the Russian Federation and 11 more "added", as well as three tanks. Of these, after the battle, 17 people survived, 8 of which were subsequently hospitalized. All three tanks were destroyed. It is also noted that the artillery mercenaries suffered considerable losses. The Russians claim that the US Army fought against them.

Also, information on the massive loss of Russian mercenaries in Syria is also present in one of the militant groups in the social network VKontakte.

It indicates that 253 Russian citizens were deported in the outskirts of the city of Deir-ez-Zor, of which 217 people died.

As reported by the "Apostrophe", Reuters recently announced the destruction of more than 100 fighters in the area of ​​the city of Deir-ez-Zor, who fought on the side of the government forces of Syria.

apostrophe.ua  In Ukrainian/український

In a number of regions of Russia there was a manifestation of protectionism

In Russia, due to the crisis, regional authorities close their borders to products from other Russian regions to support local producers. This is stated in the report prepared by the antimonopoly authority, which was at the disposal of RBC.

The document notes that in a number of regions there was a manifestation of protectionism, contrary to the constitution of, which consolidates the "unity of the economic space and the free movement of goods and services." The agency believes that this leads to economic separatism, which "is a threat to the economic integrity and national security of the state." In Russia, regional economic separatism was characteristic of the 1990s.

The form of economic separatism The Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation calls for the establishment of written and oral prohibitions on the importation of goods from other regions. Examples include unreasonable refusal of local veterinary authorities to import meat products that have been made in another subject of the federation.

In addition, regional authorities unreasonably refuse to grant subsidies to market participants registered in other entities. The FAS found a similar violation in the Orenburg region.

Discriminatory terms may be imposed on market participants who are not local. The Ministry of Economic Development of Saratov region monitored the presentation of vodka produced in the region in stores, including whether it is "at the level of eyes" in order to increase sales.

Director of the regional program of the Independent Institute of Social Policy Natalia Zubarevich in a conversation with RBC noted that in this case it is incorrect to use the term "separatism". In her opinion, so regional authorities are trying to replenish budgets with all the tools available to them.

glavcom.ua  In Ukrainian/український

Prime Minister of Hungary Victor Orban said that after the signing of an
agreement on the supply of gas from Romania in the country came the end of the "era of the Russian gas monopoly"

Hungary is going to receive more than 4 billion cubic meters of gas from Romania, Radio Liberty reports .

Victor Orban also noted that Hungary has completed the construction of the pipeline to Romania and by 2021-2022 intends to buy more than 50% of the required gas in the neighboring country.

Earlier Orban said that it was not worthwhile to demonize President Vladimir Putin.

espreso.tv  In Ukrainian/український

The Israeli F-16 fighter sank and crashed in northern Israel as a result of fire from Syria air defense systems.

This is reported by CNN, informs Tsensor.NET.

According to Israeli troops over the territory of the country was intercepted Iranian drone, launched by Syria. The military decided to destroy the UAV control center on a controlled territory.

In response to the attack on Israeli aircraft, the Assadites used an air defense system and fired a F-16 fighter that fell on Israeli territory.

According to available information, pilots were able to catapult and survive.

ua.censor.net.ua  In Ukrainian/український