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People's Deputy of Ukraine Nadiya Savchenko was preparing terrorist attacks, which could affect up to 10 thousand people.

This was announced on Thursday, August 2, during a briefing by the director of the Kiev Research Institute of Forensic Experts Oleksandr Ruvin, according to Ukrainska Pravda.

According to him, up to 20 people were required to carry out a terrorist attack allegedly planned by the People's Deputy Nadiya Savchenko and the negotiator Volodymyr Ruban. So, directly to strike from four mortars found in Ruban, could have up to 10 people.

Ruban added that supposedly scheduled 44-46 shots could be completed in a maximum of 15 minutes. Minimum range of these mortars - 460 meters, maximum - 7 kilometers.

The investigation believes that they could be placed on Trukhanov Island or on barges.

"One barges are enough to install all 4 mortars, two hydro=cycles in order to then leave, for example, in Hydro=park and hide there among the population", - said Ruban.

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Attorney General of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko confirmed the completion of the investigation on the people's deputy of Ukraine Nadia Savchenko and the head of the Center for the release of prisoners "Officers' Corps" Vladimir Ruban.

Reported Cenzor.NET with reference to Interfax-Ukraine.

"The investigation into the case of People's Deputy of Ukraine Nadia Savchenko and Ruban's citizen was completed. During this investigation, we received all the necessary evidence confirming the leading version of the preparation of a large-scale terrorist attack in the center of the Ukrainian capital by using weapons that were provided to instigators Savchenko and Ruban with the knowledge of Russian Officers in the position of Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel in the territory of the "Donetsk People's Republic" after consultations held by Savchenko and Zakharchenko (leader of the so-called "DNR" Alexander Zakharchenko - ed.)", - said Y. Lutsenko at the landfill of the CSO "Alpha" (shooting range "Koncha-Zaspa", Kyiv region) on Thursday.

The Attorney General noted that the next step is to get acquainted with the materials of the case.

"After the completion of this procedure, the case will be referred to the court. Given the number of evidence obtained, I believe that this year the court should begin and enter the active phase, and when it can make the final decision, I will not comment, as the trial is the exclusive competence of the judges, which will be assigned,"- he added.

According to the prosecutor general, lawyers and defendants in this case use all processes "as a tribune for their bleaching, and often for anti-government slanderous applications."

"What happened during the pre-trial investigation by Savchenko and Ruban and their defense suggests that the next process will be used to discredit the Ukrainian state," Yulia Lutsenko added.

In turn, the first deputy head of the SBU, Vitaly Malikov, said that "currently, suspects Savchenko and Ruban, together with their defenders, are investigating criminal proceedings, after which the indictment will be sent to the trial."

He also noted that the pre-trial investigation of the leader of the so-called. DNR O. Zaharchenko and other representatives of the occupying power of the Russian Federation in certain territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions who participated in the preparation of terrorist attacks in Kiev and identified by the SBU employees.

Read: Suspect in state betrayal Ruban proposed an agreement with the investigation to exchange in the "DPR". The prosecutor's office refused, - lawyer Rybin (updated)

Recall that on March 15, 2018, the Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko submitted to the Verkhovna Rada three applications : the removal of immunity, detention and arrest of People's Deputy Naddia Savchenko. She is suspected of trying to organize an" armed state coup by terror".

Savchenko herself, commenting on these allegations, said: "I was planning to show the authorities what might be. I began to create surrealism."

The Standing Committee unanimously voted and recommended the Verkhovna Rada to support the submission of the Prosecutor General.

On March 22, the General Prosecutor's Office published operative audio recordings and video materials on the involvement of Nadezhda Savchenko in organizing and planning a terrorist attack in the Ukrainian parliament.

The same dayThe Council revoked the immunity , as well as granted the detention and arrest detention of Nadiia Savchenko.

After such a decision, Nadia Savchenko was arrested in the premises of the Verkhovna Rada and taken to the SBU's investigatory detention facility .

.23 March Savchenko announced a hunger strike . On the same day, the court chose her preventive measure in the form of detention until May 20 . In addition, Savchenko complained to the representatives of the ombudsman on video surveillance in the cell.

Commissioner for Human Rights Lyudmila Denisova exercises personal control over the observance of constitutional rights of Hope Savchenko.

Savchenko accuses the crimes stipulated by the articles: "actions aimed at forcible change or overthrow of the constitutional system or the seizure of state power", "preparation for a crime", "committing a crime by a group of persons, a group of persons under a preliminary conspiracy, an organized group or a criminal organization" "encroachment on the life of a state or public figure", "terrorist act", "the creation of a terrorist group or terrorist organization", "the illicit handling of weapons, combat supplies or explosives".

According to the Prosecutor General's Office, Savchenko was a member of Volodymyr Ruban, who was detained on March 8 at the KPVV "Mayorskoye" during an attempt to transport large quantities of weapons from the territory of the Donetsk region under the control of the Russian occupation administration. Savchenko had previously stated that he planned not a terrorist act, but only a "political provocation."

Ruban is suspected of illicit handling of weapons and preparation of terrorist acts, including armed attacks on state officials and political leaders, including President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, Interior Minister Arsen Avakov, former Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk and NSDC Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov. Ruban himself rejects the allegations.

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Attorney General of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko believes that, in the event of an agreement with the investigation, the head of the Center for the release of prisoners "Officers' Corps" Volodymyr Ruban may report high-ranking officials from the Russian Federation involved in plans for destabilization in Ukraine.

"At the moment, we can talk about the role of the actual leaders of the paramilitary units on whose territory Savchenko Ruban's duo received weapons and ammunition for preparing them for the terrorist attack. These names are known to us, the investigation in this part is also ongoing, but will these be the last highest figures of Russia - I can not say right now, this should be the answer to the investigation, and this is exactly where I see the possibility of concluding an agreement with Mr. Ruban, who obviously knows more about the plans of the Kremlin than Savchenko, "he said at a briefing at the training ground. CSO "Alpha" (shooting range " Koncha-Zaspa, Kyiv region) on Thursday, Censor.NET reports, referring to Interfax-Ukraine.

Y. Lutsenko also noted that if V. Ruban wants to be exchanged for Ukrainian prisoners of war, then such an opportunity will be available to him immediately after the completion of the trial. "If the court will support our evidence and make a legitimate decision, then, of course, condemned terrorists can theoretically be the subject of exchange. On whom, in what proportion, it is not exactly Ruban's decision, and certainly not his lawyer," he pointed out.

Read also on Censor.NET: Medvedchuk currently has no status in the Savchenko-Ruban case, but we are studying its possible links with any anti-Ukrainian activity, - Lutsenko

At the same time, according to him, N.Savchenko did not speak with similar initiatives to exchange himself for Ukrainian prisoners of war.

"It's not a ridiculous thing, it's not a political matter - it's a case of a terrorist act against the Ukrainian state..., a thread that leads to the supreme leadership of the Russian Federation," Yuriy Lutsenko told.

He stressed that the alleged "commanders of the military units, senior officers of the Russian armed forces, who loaded this deadly cargo for Savchenko-Ruban," was the basis for such a statement.

Y. Lutsenko also said that after the information was disclosed to him by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, "these persons were re-transferred to other places of service" as a reward.

"Moscow, as always trying to close the tracks, but the military prosecutor's office all clearly fixes and for everything will come the time of payment," - said Yuriy Lutsenko.

Recall that on March 15, 2018, the Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko submitted to the Verkhovna Rada three applications : the removal of immunity, detention and arrest of People's Deputy Nadia Savchenko. She is suspected of trying to organize an " armed state coup by terror".

Savchenko himself, commenting on these allegations, said: " I was planning to show the authorities what might be. I began to create surrealism."

The Standing Committee unanimously voted and recommended the Verkhovna Rada to support the submission of the Prosecutor General.

On March 22, the General Prosecutor's Office published operative audio recordings and video materials on the involvement of Nadia Savchenko in organizing and planning a terrorist attack in the Ukrainian parliament.

The same dayThe Council revoked the immunity , as well as granted the detention and arrest detention of Nadiia Savchenko.

After such a decision, Nadia Savchenko was arrested in the premises of the Verkhovna Rada and taken to the SBU's investigatory detention facility.

.23 March Savchenko announced a hunger strike . On the same day, the court chose her preventive measure in the form of detention until May 20 . In addition, Savchenko complained to the representatives of the ombudsman on video surveillance in the cell.

Commissioner for Human Rights Lyudmila Denisova exercises personal control over the observance of constitutional rights of Hope Savchenko.

On July 14, Savchenko again declared an eternal hunger strike through an arrest

.Savchenko is charged with crimes stipulated by the articles: "actions aimed at the forcible change or overthrow of the constitutional order or the seizure of state power", "preparation for a crime", "committing a crime by a group of persons, a group of persons under a preliminary conspiracy, an organized group or a criminal organization" , "encroachment on the life of a state or a public figure", "terrorist act", "the creation of a terrorist group or terrorist organization", "the illicit handling of weapons, combat supplies or explosives."

According to the Prosecutor General's Office, Savchenko was a member of Volodymyr Ruban, who was detained on March 8 at the KPVV "Mayorskoye" during an attempt to transport large quantities of weapons from the territory of the Donetsk region under the control of the Russian occupation administration. Savchenko had previously stated that he planned not a terrorist act, but only a "political provocation."

Ruban is suspected of illicit handling of weapons and preparation of terrorist acts, including armed attacks on state officials and political leaders, including President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, Interior Minister Arsen Avakov, former Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk and NSDC Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov. Ruban himself rejects the allegations.

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President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko signed the Law of Ukraine "On Amendments to the Law of Ukraine" On the Judiciary and Status of Judges "in connection with the adoption of the Law of Ukraine" On the Highest Anti-Corruption Court".

He announced this on Facebook, informs Censor.NET.

"I appeal to the High Qualifications Commission of Judges with a request to conduct a competition as soon as possible, and to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine - to request, as soon as possible, our international partners regarding the delegation of representatives to the Public Council of International Experts.

I also appeal to all worthy lawyers: take part in the competition. The speed and effectiveness of combating corruption in Ukraine will depend on your principled position!"- wrote the head of state.

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On August 1, the final stage of the competition for the best number of service of the anti-tank missile complexes "Sturm-S", "Competition", "Fagot" and "Stugna-P" took place in the area of ​​the operation of the United forces.

It is reported by Censor.NET with reference to the press service of the HQ headquarters.



"The finals of the competition took place in two stages: at the beginning of the anti-Tankist teams of the Joint Forces, they demonstrated personal skills in overcoming the special barrier of obstacles, after which the soldiers fired anti-tank missiles for real-life purposes. It should be noted that one hundred percent accuracy.

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The Canadian private sector is positively responding to the reforms in Ukraine, despite the fact that the problems still remain.

As the Cenzor.NET referring to Ukrinform, this president told the Canadian-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce Zenon Potichny.

"Dissatisfaction is inherent in human nature, so complaints and some questions arise, but in general changes in recent years in Ukraine give rise to positive feedback," said Potichny.

According to him, there are still a lot of work ahead in Ukraine, but we have already managed to achieve significant progress.

"Whatever they say, but in the years since the Revolution of Dignity, everything has been done in Ukraine a lot. People continue to complain about corruption, bureaucracy and raider attacks, but as KUTP and our members, we see many changes. Not all, of course , ideally, but the government should pay tribute to the successes achieved, "said the president of KUTP.

Recall that the Free Trade Agreement between Canada and Ukraine came into force on 1 August last year. Canada immediately lifted 98% of customs duties on Ukrainian goods. For Canadian goods, 72% of duties were immediately canceled, and for 7 years, duty free exports would increase to 98%.

The agreement also mutually opens up public procurement markets. Certain sections of the document protect electronic commerce and intellectual property.

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Russia has no ecclesiastical property in Ukraine.

This was stated by the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyivan Patriarchate Filaret in an interview with "Direct" television channel, reports Censor.NET.



"The fact is that no property is owned by the Moscow Patriarchate in Ukraine, it has no property, and the property of the church in Ukraine is the property of the Ukrainian church." Take the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, the Pochaev Lavra, for example, the ownership of the Ukrainian state. the state transferred its ownership to the use of the Ukrainian church of the Moscow Patriarchate, but when the Ukrainian church is recognized here, the Lavra, both one and the other, will be handed over to the Ukrainian church, because it is a Ukrainian shrine. It does not have these shrines, and those parishes that have built and their temples at their own expense, it is the property of these parishes, and not Russia. Therefore, Russia does not have its own church property, "he said.

Note that on July 28, the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew confirmed his intention to provide an autocephaly to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.

Recall that on April 17, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko announced that he had decided to appeal to the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew with a request to issue a tomos about autocephaly of the Ukrainian Local Church.

On April 18 he held a meeting with the leaders of the Orthodox churches of Ukraine and officially accepted the transfer to the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Appeal on the provision of the Ukrainian church of tomos on autocephaly with the signatures of all the bishops who supported this decision.

The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate urged the UOC-Moscow Patriarchate to support efforts for the canonical recognition of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Ukrainian Church Independence.

For his part, the representative of the UOC-MP, deputy head of the Department of External Church Relations of the UOC Archpriest Nikolai Danilevich said that an attempt to create a Ukrainian national autocephalous church would not produce results.

On April 19, the Verkhovna Rada supported the address of President Poroshenko to the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to grant the Ukrainian Orthodox Church an autocephaly.

On April 22, Poroshenko said that the Ecumenical Patriarchate began to consider the request of Ukraine.

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One of the hospitals in Finland has fired several doctors with Russian diplomas because of problems associated with their inadequate qualifications.

As informs Censor.NET with reference to Ukrinform, Yle reports.

"The New Central Hospital of South Karelia was forced to refuse the services of doctors who were studying in Russia because of problems with the lack of qualifications of freelance doctors who were recruited through recruitment companies," the report said.

The administration of the hospital emphasized that physicians who received education abroad have different treatment practices, and therefore have difficulties working with Finnish hospitals of a new type.

As you know, in Finland, medical education is much more focused on practice than in many other countries.

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Vice Prime Minister Pavlo Rozenko considers real increase to the end of the year of the minimum wage in Ukraine to the level of 4200 UAH.

He said this on the air on Channel 5, reports Censor.NET.

"I am an optimist in this matter, and I am convinced that, in order, in particular, to talk about raising pensions to Ukrainians in order to talk about wage legalization, to revitalize the purchasing power of citizens, this is our ambitions and our commitment to society - more this year to make 4200 UAH (minimum wage)", - said Rosenko.

"When, in what form, how quickly we will do it - we will definitely consult within the government, but I say once again: there is an appeal by the President of Ukraine regarding 4200 UAH, there are public obligations, which are fixed, in particular, in the draft state budget of Ukraine There is also a fixed figure there, and I am convinced that this year we will be able to do this, "the official said.

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Ukraine can not make progress on accession to the EU and NATO at its fault, Hungary does not have this attitude, said the representative of the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Tamas Menzier.

This is reported by Censor.NET with reference to UNIAN.

According to Menzer, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who expressed doubts about the realities of Ukraine's aspirations to become a member of the EU and NATO, talked about the "actual state of affairs". The representative of the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in turn, referred to the Ukrainian law on education, which allegedly restricts the rights of national minorities in Ukraine.

He also noted that, despite the "outright attack on the Hungarian community", Hungary continues to apply a "fair approach" to Ukraine and recently donated several tonnes of chlorine to the Transcarpathian region to provide water supplies.

"We expect that Ukraine will give the national minorities the rights they have been deprived of, and will put an end to their disenfranchisement status," concluded Menzhere.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine expressed strong protest to Hungary in connection with the unfriendly Budapest moves towards Ukraine - the Government of Hungary decided to establish an authorized minister responsible for the development of the Transcarpathian region and a program for the development of kindergartens in the Carpathian Basin.

We remind the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary on September 26, 2017, that it intends to block Ukraine's rapprochement with the EU and NATO through the law on education.

Hungary has already blocked the holding of the Ukraine-NATO Commission at ministerial level for three times due to claims to the language article of the Ukrainian Education Law. The Hungarian authorities explained that in this way, it exerted pressure on Ukraine, demanding a revision of the language norm of the law on education.

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The head of the National Intelligence Agency, Den Coats, said Russia is trying to influence the interim elections in the US that will take place in the fall of 2018 as well as the presidential election in 2020.

As reports Censor.NET, reports Reuters .

According to him, this "illegal activity" includes criminal actions aimed at suppressing voting and providing illicit financing of election headquarters, as well as cyber-attacks on the electoral infrastructure. In addition, the head of the intelligence said that the Russian side was trying to steal information from US officials and candidates for election.

"We will continue to monitor and warn about any such efforts," Coats said.

He added that not only Russia has attempts to intervene in American elections.

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The US Senate voted in favor of changes to the current legislation, which allow the president not to add to the list of sanctions the US Allies, who buy weapons from Russian manufacturers.

This is reported by Censor.NET with reference to 112.

Eighty-eight senators voted for the law, against 10. As the document had previously been approved by the House of Representatives, it was only necessary to obtain the signature of US President Donald Trump for its entry into force.

The law was backed by US Secretary of Defense James Matthews. In his speech, he said that Russia "must pay for its aggressive, destabilizing behavior," but it should not hit the countries with which the United States establish ties.

Thus, confident in the Pentagon, the changes adopted will be useful for the US and its allies, but will not be beneficial for Russia.

Senator-Democrat Robert Menendez, for his part, expressed concern that the changes adopted would weaken US pressure on the Russian Federation.

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A group of senators from both parties on Thursday presented a bill that, in their words, will increase pressure on Russia in response to Moscow's interference in elections, as well as its actions in Syria and aggression in the Crimea.

According to the Voice of America, Censor.NET reports.

"The current regime of sanctions could not force Russia to interfere in the upcoming interim elections of 2018," said Republican Senator Lindsay Graham. "Our goal is to change the status quo and impose erosive sanctions and other measures against Russia and Putin until it ceases to interfere." in electoral processes in the USA and to carry out cyber attacks against American infrastructure, will not leave the territory of Ukraine and will not cease to sow chaos in Syria."

According to Senator Democrat Bob Menendez, the new step is to make Putin understand "that the United States will no longer tolerate its behavior."

The bill includes restrictions on transactions involving Russia's sovereign debt, the energy sector and the import of uranium, as well as new sanctions against Russian politicians and oligarchs.

Russian edition of "Vedomosti" notes: "The new senators proposed sanctions include:

- sanctions against Russia's new government debt, including a ban on buying government bonds;

- sanctions on transactions related to investment and energy projects of Russian state and state-owned companies;

- new sanctions against politicians, oligarchs, members of their families and "other persons who directly or indirectly promote unlawful acts in the interests of Vladimir Putin";

- sectoral sanctions against any citizen of Russia who has the ability or ability to participate in criminal cybercrime;

- a report on the financial position and assets of Vladimir Putin;

- a report by the US State Department on the possible inclusion of Russia in the sponsors of terrorism;

- A requirement for US insurance companies to notify all beneficiaries of companies that purchase expensive residential property;

- the transfer to the NATO allies of surplus weapons "in order to reduce the dependence of some NATO countries on Russian arms production";

- adoption of the law "On Prevention of Cybercrime", which gives the prosecution the right to quickly block botnets and other hacking infrastructure. The new crime is introduced - "intentional attack on critical objects".

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President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin will begin to "rock" the situation in Ukraine since September this year.

This was stated by the military expert Oleksiy Arestovich in an interview with " Faktem".

"I do not really have a very optimistic outlook, since September everything will begin, people will come back from vacation - and how it will go." The situation is terrible: the Kremlin will actively swing the situation, especially the south, "he said.

According to Arrestovich, the hot points of destabilization can be Kherson, Berdyansk, Mariupol.

"We already see: there an activist - a fighter with separatists - was poured with acid, there ATOshniki kill Atoshnikov, in Kiev, a small conflict ends with shooting." The people have broken the chain. "There is a huge demand for violence in society," the expert said.

At the same time, he added that the battles on the Donbass will be continued, but pro-Russian politicians will come to the forefront on the eve of the election.

"The Kremlin will force the situation, accusing all" bloody junta ", saying:" Ukraine is not an enemy to us..."- he concluded.

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