Ukraine News. Monday 10 September. [Ukrainian sources]

MONDAY HEADLINES:
The Pentagon denies the RF statement that the US has used phosphorus ammunition in Syria.  Elimination of Zakharchenko: Russia pointed to the Kremlin's hand.  FSB accused Ukraine of cooperation with the "Islamic state" for the murder of the leader of the "DPR".  Ukraine won a space crash in Russia.  How Putin's police detained people at rallies throughout Russia. At rallies against pension reform in Russia detained 1018 people.  Protests in Russia: media union has announced the detention of 14 journalists.  Ruble is rapidly depreciating: the dollar for the first time in 2.5 years has risen above 70 rubles..  Russian Orthodox Church Threatens Retaliation Against Istanbul-Based Patriarch. Germany can join blows on Assad regime objects.

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The Pentagon has no information about the use of phosphorus ammunition in the Syrian province of Deir-ez-Zor on September 8.

As informs Censor.NET with reference to the " Correspondent", reports Reuters with reference to the representative of the American defense department Sean Robertson.

"Currently, we have not received any reports on the use of phosphorus ammunition," he said.

At the request to comment on statements by the RF Ministry of Defense on the use of phosphorus ammunition by US aircraft during strikes in the Syrian province of Deir-ez-Zor Robertson noted that "none of the military units in the area are equipped with phosphorous ammunition."

Earlier, the head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Contingent Parties in the republic, Lieutenant-General Volodymyr Savchenko, said that two American F-15s attacked the Syrian province of Deir-ez-Zor forbidden phosphorous ammunition.

Recall that in late August in the Russian Ministry of Defense said that the US is charging force to Syria to launch missile strike. The Pentagon denied this information, calling it propaganda.

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After the Russian mass media began to expose the divider of the liquidated Alexander Zakharchenko , Alexander Timofeev, it became clear that the Kremlin stands behind the elimination of the leader of the DPR.

This was written on his Facebook page by a Russian sociologist Igor Eidman.

"There was no time to cool down the body of Zakharchenko, and the Russian media have already begun to expose his immediate mother-in-law, Timofeev," Tashkent. "The last doubts disappeared because Zakharchenko was killed on the instructions of his Kremlin-employer supervisors, and they were scheduled to be"Tashkent" crash, but that miracle survived,"- wrote Eidman.
He noted that a similar story happened with the so-called LNR.

"There, some Plotnytsky was displaced by force and now sits in Russia under investigation." The LNR almost did not reach an open clash and an internecine war. "It seems that the situation in the DPR did not repeat itself, the lost trust of the spectator simply killed," Eidman says.

He emphasizes that the reason in both cases is one - "small gangsters are not ranked".

"The charges are standard: squeezing property, business trickling, robbery from the budget. In general, all the things that Putin's brother is engaged in on an incomparably larger scale, and the methods are similar: murder, torture, jail for uncontrollable", - said the sociologist.

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The FSB of Russia said that the Security Service of Ukraine allegedly helps the radical Islamist group "Islamic State" to "clean" the leaders of the self-called "LNR" and "DPR".

It was reported by the Federal Russian Information Agency TASS with reference to the FSB.

The Federal Service said that on September 9, a Russian Magomedov Medzhid was detained in the Smolensk region in 1988.

He, according to the FSB, was part of an "Islamic state" and supposedly commissioned by the "Right Sector" and the SBU planned to kill one of the leaders of the self-called "Donetsk People's Republic".

Against Magomedov opened a criminal case.

The tale of the Security Service of Ukraine Olena Hitylanskaya in a comment to Gromadskyi said that such a statement by the FSB is another fake from Russia.

On August 31, after the explosion in the restaurant "Separ", the leader of the "DNR" militants Alexander Zakharchenko died. This information was publicly acknowledged in his press service.

As a result of an assassination attempt on the leader of the so-called "DNR" by Alexander Zakharchenko, 12 people were injured and the guard Zakharchenko died.

In Donetsk, due to the death of Zakharchenko, they closed the exit from the city . In addition, the so-called power of the "DPR" closed all the checkpoints, in particular the checkpoints on the Russian border and the administration border with the "LNR". In the "republic", too, they complained and abolished classes in schools .

The Russian federal agency Interfax, referring to sources among the security forces of the DPR, reported that Donetsk detained suspects in an attempt on Zakharchenko was supposedly "Ukrainian saboteurs".

The SSU spokeswoman Elena Hitylanskaya in a comment to Gromadsky did not confirm information about the alleged arrest of "Ukrainian saboteurs." The SBU considers two versions of the assassination of the leader of the "DPR" Zakharchenko.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia said that according to the explosion and murder of Zakharchenko allegedly stands "Kiev regime". Russia considers it a terrorist act. Russian President Putin called the assassination of Zakharchenko destabilizing and appealed to the residents of the Donbas.

The Russian edition Kommersant reported that militants are looking for supporters of the assassination of former leader of the self-proclaimed "DPR" Alexander Zakharchenko among his environment .

The office of the Ukrainian ombudsman was informed that in Donetsk they were released from confessions of 4 detainees for the murder of Zakharchenko.

On September 7, in the self-titled "Donetsk People's Republic", Denis Pushkin was appointed interim executor of the duties of the leader of the "republic".

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Ukrainian specialists managed to intercept data from Russian satellites and stop the attack on the enemy.

This was stated by the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko.

"On the eve of our Independence Day, on the eve of our parade (the military parade in Kyiv, the Apostrophe), they traditionally tried to spoil our holiday. The company strengthened the Zholobok settlement area in the 1.5 km offensive, concentrating artillery, salvo fire systems, mortars, tried Satellite images, intelligence work, made it possible to timely pull up reserves, timely pull up artillery, timely concentrate (Armed Forces - Apostrophe) and meet the enemy so that it would not have been haphazardly so next. once to do"- said Poroshenko.

He noted that this was made possible by experts in various fields.

"This was made possible by experts in communications specialties, specialists in satellite technology, as we did interception from Russian satellites, which means that Ukraine has already created a very strong school that allows us to defend our native land on an equal footing," he added.



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On Sunday, September 9, in Russia, during protest actions against raising the retirement age, more than 1018 people were detained.

It is reported by ATS-Info.

So, on the morning of September 10, it became known about more than a thousand detainees. Most detained in St. Petersburg - there were more than 452 people trained in departments. In addition, in the northern capital, law enforcement officers beat a participant of the action and detained an elderly man and a 10-year-old child. Specifies that in St. Petersburg there were many adolescents detained.

In addition, more than 180 people were detained in Yekaterinburg, Krasnodar was in third place in terms of the number of detainees. In Moscow, shares were arrested 43 people.

The main requirements of the rallies - to send the government to resign, to stop the process of passing the law on raising the retirement age and to hold a referendum on this issue. There were slogans about the resignation of President Putin.

Let's also note that on this day in Russia there were elections of governors, mayors and deputies. That is why the opposition chose this day for mass rallies.





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In Russia, during yesterday's rallies against the pension reform, 1018 people were detained.
This is reported by the Russian human rights portal "ATS-Info", reports Censor.NET.

According to the organization, the highest number of detainees was in St. Petersburg and Yekaterinburg (452 ​​and 183 respectively). In Krasnodar, 60 people were detained, in Omsk and Moscow - 43.

Among the detainees in Moscow are oppositional Mark Galperin, Pussy Riot members Veronika Niklushina and Petro Versilov, lawyer of the Anti-Corruption Foundation Lyubov Sobol.

The authorities of Moscow, St. Petersburg and most other cities did not agree.

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The Russian trade union of journalists and media staff said that during the protest actions against the pension reform in various cities of Russia, 14 journalists were arrested, and against the other three applied force.

This is stated in the message of the union.

The largest number of journalists were arrested and beaten in St. Petersburg. There were six cases of violations of the rights of media workers.

According to "Rosbalt", during a protest in St. Petersburg law enforcement agencies hit the head of a photo correspondent Alexander Polukeyev. She was diagnosed with concussion.

Also, in St. Petersburg, another journalist Georgy Markov got a ribbon on the ribs, and then on his head, when he wanted to remove the moment of the capture of the leader of the "Libertarian Party" Mikhail Svetov. And David Frenkel photographer "Mediazone" hit his fingers in which he held the camera. The journalist "Rain" Maria Borzunov was hit by the ribs in the light of the beating of protesters in Moscow.

In the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, they promised to check the circumstances of the detentions of journalists.

In 38 cities of Russia, on September 9, on election day in all regions of the federation, more than 1018 people were detained , who went out to protest against raising the retirement age. The protest of people was previously convened by oppositional Alexei Bulk.

The main requirements of the rallies are to send the government to resign, to stop the process of adopting the law on raising the retirement age and to hold a referendum on this issue. There were slogans about President Putin's resignation.

In Russia, on September 9, there were elections of governors, mayors and deputies. That is why the opposition has chosen this day for mass rallies. In most cities, where the shares were announced, the authorities did not agree, therefore they are "unauthorized". In particular, it was not possible to reconcile the protest actions in Moscow and St. Petersburg.

On September 10, after mass arrests in Moscow, they made a "perpetual action" against the pension reform and Putin.

According to the exit poll, Moscow Mayor Serhiy Sobyanin confidently wins the mayor's election on the election.

It should be noted that in June the Russian authorities proposed to hold pension reform. According to a draft approved by the government, the Russians expect a gradual increase in retirement age: for men from 60 to 65 years old by 2028, for women from 55 to 63 years to 2034.

The introduction of pension reform was announced during the World Cup in the Russian Federation, which took place from June 14 to July 15.

On August 29, Putin offered to mitigate the conditions of the pension reform for women in Russia and announced that the retirement age for women should be reduced from 63 to 60 years.

On July 28, rallies against pension reform took place in Russian cities. The Russians protested against raising the retirement age.

The bill on pension reform in was the first reading in the State Duma. It is expected that the reform will be implemented from January 2019.

On September 2, there were protests in Russia against raising the retirement age.

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Trades on the Moscow Stock Exchange on Monday, September 10, opened with a diversified movement of quotations. The euro fell in the first minutes of trading, while the dollar rose.

As informs Censor.NET, this is written by the Russian edition of RBC.

At peak, the dollar reached the mark of 70.16 rubles, which became its highest index for almost 2.5 years. For the last time above this level, the US currency on the Moscow Stock Exchange rose on March 16, 2016, when the dollar was worth 71.44 rubles.

Having reached the peak mark, the dollar has fallen slightly. By 10:15 Moscow time, the value of the dollar on the Moscow Stock Exchange was 69.88 rubles, which is approximately 2 kopecks. lower than the closing level of trading on Sept. 7. The euro has reached the mark of 80.66 rubles, which is 26 kopecks. lower than the closing rate of Friday trading.

On Friday, September 7, the euro set a two-year record: its value for the first time since March 2016 rose above 80 rubles.

Vice Premier and head of the Ministry of Finance, Anton Siluanov, explained the fall of the ruble against the expectations of the second round of anti-Russian sanctions, as well as the instability in the markets of developing countries, first of all in Turkey.

In turn, the assistant to the president of the Russian Federation Andriy Belousov said that the weakening of the ruble exchange rate "so far" is not an issue for concern.

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The Russian Orthodox Church has threatened to retaliate against its Istanbul-based rival if it allows Ukraine to cut its spiritual ties with Moscow and thereby end Russian religious rule in the country.

Metropolitan Hilarion, head of the Russian Orthodox Church's External Relations Department, said on September 8 that if the patriarch of Kyiv was recognized, "we will have no choice but to sever relations with Constantinople."

Hilarion also accused Istanbul-based Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople of acting in a "despicable and treacherous way."

Bartholomew, known as the "first among equals" of Orthodox Christian leaders in the world, is expected to rule in the coming months on an appeal from Ukraine to break away from Moscow and create an independent church.

The Russian Orthodox Church is especially upset with a decision on September 7 by Bartholomew to send two envoys to Ukraine as a step toward declaring ecclesiastical independence for the church there.

The Istanbul-based Patriarchate said it will send two bishops to Ukraine "within the framework of the preparations for the granting of autocephaly to the Orthodox Church in Ukraine," strongly suggesting it had already decided to grant independence to the Orthodox Church in Ukraine.

"When one brazenly and cynically interferes in the affairs of a local Orthodox Church, one creates not only a hopeless situation, but threatens the global Orthodox world with a schism," Russian news agencies quoted Hilarion as saying.

Bartholomew's rival in Russia, Patriarch Kirill, has called the prospect of the Ukrainian church being separated from Moscow an "all-Orthodox catastrophe."

The Russian church claims authority over the church in Ukraine. But many Ukrainian parishes reject the Moscow Patriarchate and have formed a separate church that is pushing for recognition as a self-governing, or autocephalous, institution.

The Orthodox Church in Ukraine is therefore split between a branch whose clerics pledge loyalty to Moscow and one that is overseen by the unrecognized Kyiv-based Patriarch Filaret.

While Constantinople is the oldest Orthodox Church, Moscow is currently the most powerful, with the largest number of worshippers...........

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