Ukraine News. Tuesday 1 MAY. [Ukrainian sources]

TUESDAY HEADLINES:
Trump asked Merkel for advice on how to deal with Putin.  The Russian "troll factory" is trying to undermine the US energy markets.  In Petersburg detained the demonstrators who carried the flag of Ukraine.  British fighters will patrol airspace over the Black Sea.  Macron has negotiated with Putin a nuclear deal with Iran over the phone.  

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At a meeting on April 27, 2018 in the White House, United States President Donald Trump asked German Chancellor Angela Merkel for advice on how to deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

As Censor.NET reports referring to the " League", about this CNN reported two sources close to the negotiations.

The publication notes that it is unknown what advice was given by Merkel Trump, recalling that the American leader does not always listen to the recommendations of his advisers.

According to media reports, the meeting between the German Chancellor and the US president, held by the theta-a-tete, was "calm", although Trump was somewhat "emotional" at a meeting with the German delegation, where it was about defensive expenditures that remained below the threshold, recommended by NATO.

For its part, Angela Merkel said that during a meeting with the American president they discussed Russia's policy, in particular the situation in Syria and Ukraine, and also discussed the possible consequences of US sanctions against the Russian Federation for Germany.

ua.censor.net.ua  In Ukrainian/український

Russian trolls are actively trying to undermine the US energy markets and influence the internal energy policy.

According to the report of the Committee of the House of Representatives of the United States of America, this is quoted by Censor.NET, referring to "112 Ukraine".

The report focuses on the activities of the so-called "factory trolls" in St. Petersburg. It is this institution that is "at the forefront" of the harmful interference of Russians through cyberspace.

The document, in particular, states that "Russia has been actively involved in concerted efforts to undermine US energy markets and influence its internal energy policy." It is indicated that the Russians tried to achieve this goal, in particular through the American media platforms Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.

At the same time, as American lawmakers have emphasized, this is not Russia's first attempt to harm the energy industry in the West. In this regard, it is recalled that in 2014, then-NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen drew attention to a coordinated Russian campaign against misinformation against shale gas extraction in Europe. The purpose of the advocacy effort was to create an illusion for Europe on the need to continue purchasing natural gas from Russia.

ua.censor.net.ua  In Ukrainian/український

A procession in honor of May 1 took place in the center of the Russian St. Petersburg. During the move detained several participants who carried the flag of Ukraine.

This is reported by the local paper "Paper".

It is noted that in general, law enforcement officers detained 10 participants of the so-called "antiwar colony".

"Three were arrested for the flag of Ukraine, one for flags of the United Kingdom, the United States, Finland, Israel, Georgia and the European Union. Another activist - for the flag "Apple" with the attached small flag of Ukraine", - said in a statement.

Видео Лёши Белозерова с моего задержания. pic.twitter.com/M9ZLqdKFf2

— Varya Zloy (@BukvaCe) May 1, 2018

Also detained were Barbara Mikhailova, who carried the portrait of Putin, and the LGBT activist Alexei Nazarov. Thus, all detainees -12 people.


TRANSLATION:
At Pervomae In St Petersburg Two (UPD: already much more) Detainees: Alexey Nazarova was detained for the rainbow flag, and me for a portrait of Putin in the column of the party of the dead.

The thing I've been detained is the work of the art group {Homeland} "9 stages of decomposition of the chief".

At the same time, the city also hosts a campaign against Telegram blocking, with about 200 people taking part.

hromadske.ua  In Ukrainian/український

British Typhoon fighters are taking part in NATO's air policing mission over the Black Sea.

According to the press service of the British Royal Air Forces, censor.NET informs with reference to UNIAN.

During the ceremony at the Mikhail Kogelnichanu air base in southern Romania, leading NATO officials accredited British fighters to participate in a mission to strengthen the aviation police over the Black Sea.

"Such airspace missions guarantee that we will be able to deal quickly and effectively with any possibility of aggression or threat to the Alliance or its members," said Paul Brummell, Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Romania at the ceremony.

ua.censor.net.ua  In Ukrainian/український

Presidents of France and Russia in a telephone conversation discussed the nuclear program of Iran and the forthcoming visit of Macron to Russia.

This is reported by the press service of the Elysee Palace.

"The Heads of State have expressed their joint desire to keep the achievement of the 2015 nuclear energy deal with Iran," the statement said.

The French president also emphasized that discussions on nuclear activities beyond 2025, the Iranian ballistic program, and the situation in Syria and Yemen "may be open, in close cooperation with Russia, other permanent members of the Security Council."

In the Elysee Palace, they stressed that Putin and Macro agreed to intensify contacts between their teams in order to "achieve concrete results, in particular regarding the Syrian crisis," in preparation for the visit of the French President to Russia on May 24-25.

Earlier, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had announced the disclosure of "secret documents" , according to which Iran violated the nuclear deal and continued to develop weapons.

The White House supported the statement by the prime minister of Israel that Iran had violated the nuclear deal.

In 2015, Iran entered into an agreement with the US and the leading countries to refuse to develop nuclear weapons in exchange for lifting some economic sanctions, including the ban on international oil trade.

The governments of the leading European countries consider the agreement with Iran an important condition for international security.

At the same time, a number of countries, including the current administration of the United States and Israel, express fears that the agreement does not provide firm guarantees for Iran's refusal to develop nuclear weapons.

hromadske.ua  In Ukrainian/український