Ukraine News. Friday 5 October. [Ukrainian sources]

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Germany followed the other countries accused Russia of hacking attacks.  Tymoshenko secretly met with oligarch Pinchuk - Investigation of Schem.  US and Canada in OSCE urged Russia to abandon elections in occupied part of Donbas.  Russian penitentiary agency claims Sentsov stopped hunger-striking.  The Office of the Ukrainian Ombudsman verifies the information disseminated by the Russian media, about the termination of the hunger strike by Sentsov.  US Senate recognizes 1932-1933 famine as genocide against Ukrainians.  NABU conducts searches at a judge of the Higher State Court.  Interpol president Hongwei has disappeared in China without a trace.  According to the results of the year, the GDP growth in Ukraine will be more than 3%.  In Moscow, a crash fighter MiG-29.  At night, Boroday was constantly subservient to sleep with prostitutes in the VIP room of a 5-star hotel, - terrorist Girkin.  Indonesia stopped purchasing Russian Su-35 fighters because of the threat of sanctions.  Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary will discuss with the US ambassador the situation with the Ukrainian-Hungarian relations.

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Germany's government joined the United States, the Netherlands and Canada, accusing Russian intelligence of large-scale hacker attacks.

This is reported by DW.

According to German government spokesman Stefan Zayberg, Germany, "with a probability that borders on confidence", is based on the fact that the APG28 hacker group is the intelligence service of Russia's GRU.

Zayberg stressed that this confidence is based on the totality of "their own system of sources and facts gathered." Also, Berlin "fully trusts" the data of British and Dutch special services.

"Germany condemns such attacks on international organizations and institutions of its allies," Zayberg said.

Earlier, the United States accused 7 Russians of organizing hacker attacks on anti-doping organizations. It is about the employees of the Main Intelligence Agency of Russia (GRU). According to the American investigation, they also involved US-led attacks, the Westinghouse energy company and the Chemical Weapons Ban Treaty.

Four of the seven named US Russians were previously accused of hacking attacks in the Netherlands . They reported that they were caught by Russians back in April when they tried to break the network of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in The Hague, which studied the poisoning of the former intelligence officer Sergei Skripal . At the same time they were sent back to Moscow.

The Netherlands named the names of Russians. These are Alexei Moronets, Yevhen Serebryakov, Oleg Sotnikov and Alexey Minin. In the United States the same names were named , also in the list of Ivan Ermakov, Artem Malyshev, Dmitri Badin.

Subsequently, Canada also accused Russia of hacking attacks.

Recall, the Netherlands accused the Russian Federation of attempting to steal the investigation into the MH17 disaster . Also, on October 4, Britain accused Russia of military intelligence in cyber-attacks all over the world.

The Russian Federation Council called the British accusations of cyberattacks a new informational attack and added that it would be "a brick in the building of the wall of the new Cold War against Russia."

In February 2018, The Washington Post reported that Russian spies had hacked an attack on the 2018 Olympics during the Games opening ceremony.

Russian athletes competed at the Winter Olympics -2018 under a neutral flag. Such restrictions were introduced for the country after the doping scandal.

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Presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko meets with billionaire Viktor Pinchuk unofficially.

As Censor.NET reports, this is stated in the investigation of Schem.



According to journalists, they twice witnessed how cars used by Tymoshenko and Pinchuk were in one place and then left him almost simultaneously. It was April 18 and September 24th.



Journalists twice tried to ask Tymoshenko that she was united with Pinchuk. However, in the first case, she did not want to answer the questions of journalists, referring to the preparation for a speech in the parliament. And in the second case, she left the session hall through the box of the speaker of parliament.

In addition, its one-party members in both cases interfered with the work of journalists.



"Sergey Vlasenko - first closed the lens of the camera, and another deputy Vadym Ivchenko prevented the operator from taking off the passage of Tymoshenko on the sidelines," - noted in "Schemes."



Later, journalists still managed to talk with Tymoshenko.

When asked how many times during the past six months she had unofficially met with the oligarch Victor Pinchuk, she replied:

"Dear friends, Viktor Pinchuk has actually organized a YES forum in Ukraine, and that is precisely because I needed to prepare my participation in the YES forum," said the presidential candidate.

She clarified that he did not cook her personally. At the same time, his team did.

"But we met and discussed the participation of our team in the YES forum," she added.

According to journalists, Pinchuk and Timoshenko's first "Schedule" meeting took place in YES for five months and the second one a week later.

In addition, journalists asked Tymoshenko to confirm whether she met with Pinchuk when they recorded how the car policy and billionaire were in one place and then almost simultaneously left him.

"I can firmly say that we will cooperate with Victor Pinchuk - all that concerns the YES forum and all that is about training, well, in fact, Ukraine, before the new political iteration of the political after the presidential election, it has very fundamental international relations and I believe that these international ties can help Ukraine on many issues, "she said.

Tymoshenko also said that Pinchuk does not finance and does not help her in an advertising campaign.

"Absolutely not. Here I want to tell you, and never in my life I will not break this line," - said the presidential candidate.

But, according to journalists referring to the report of the public movement "Honestly," Tymoshenko's party has transferred almost 11.5 million hryvnias to the Starlite brand content company, which is associated with the oligarch.

"The fact that the party may be shadowy, which is reflected in the public reports of the source of funding, is evidenced by the eloquent fact proclaimed previously by" Honestly" and "Bihus Info": the party reported on tens of thousands of hryvnia received from pensioners' contributions and, as it turned out, some of these donors did not know that they supported political power from their pockets, "journalists note.

They also asked Tymoshenko about the expediency of conducting non-public dialogues with the oligarchs.

"The fact is that there are public meetings, but there are meetings where publicity is not feasible in my opinion. We are talking about the future of the country, and I will talk with everyone who can add something to the future of Ukraine," Tymoshenko replied.

The "Schemes" turned to Victor Pinchuk with written questions and asked whether he financed the party "Batkivshchyna" and personally Yulia Tymoshenko, and that was discussed at their meetings.

In a press office of the fund, the businessman replied that Viktor Pinchuk, within the limits of his activity, meets with various politicians and opinion leaders.

"Neither Victor Pinchuk nor his business is funded by any political force or person. (...) For Viktor Pinchuk, as a public figure, and for his Foundation, one of the main priorities for the moment is the issues related to possible external interference the 2019 elections in Ukraine, disinformation campaigns, falsifications, manipulations, cyber attacks, fake news and related threats and risks for Ukraine, as well as possible counteractions to these challenges to ensure fair and transparent elections in 2019, "the answer is.

The press service said that to address these issues, Victor Pinchuk and his Foundation attracted the best foreign experts in these areas.

"Accordingly, this circle of issues Victor Pinchuk discusses and will continue to discuss in 2018 -2019 with Ukrainian state and political leaders, including with the leader of the Batkivshchyna Party "Timoshenko Yu.V."- noted in the press office of the Victor Pinchuk Foundation .

Co-founder of the Chesnoy public movement, Oleg Rybachuk, believes that Tymoshenko could initiate a meeting with Pinchuk itself, because "Pinchuk is interested in every election as the owner of three television channels in every election."

ua.censor.net.ua  In Ukrainian/український

Representatives of the United States and Canada in the OSCE called on Russia to abandon plans for holding elections in the occupied territories of the Donbas.
This is reported by Censor.NET with reference to Ukrinform.

"We condemn the announcement of so-called elections that will take place in controlled areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions on November 11. Such" elections "will be in violation of the Minsk accords, as they should be conducted in accordance with the legislation of Ukraine, the OSCE standards, under the ODIHR's monitoring. more legitimate than the so-called referendum in the Crimea under the sidelines of Russian automats, "said Natasha Kair, a Canadian representative to the OSCE during a meeting of the Permanent Council of the OSCE in Vienna.

The Canadian diplomat called on Russia to take advantage of the influence of its supporters to stop the preparations for these illegitimate elections.

The US representative in the OSCE also called on Russia to abandon the "elections" in the occupied districts of the Donbas.

"Minsk agreements remain the best way to peace in the conflict, but Russia and its puppets are trying to create a recession by announcing pseudo-election on November 11. Together with the international community, the United States is calling for the abandonment of these plans," the American diplomat said.

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Deputy Chief of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service, Valeriy Maksimenko, said Ukrainian filmmaker Oleh Sentsov stopped the hunger strike he went on May 14.

"It's true, he stopped the hunger strike. Moscow's best nutritionists have developed a special diet for him to take him out of the hunger strike," Maksimenko told Interfax on Friday, answering the relevant question, Censor.NET reports citng UNIAN.

As reported, Sentsov was arrested in Russian-occupied Crimea in spring 2014 and in August 2015 he was sentenced to 20 years in prison following an unfair trial where he faced "terrorism" charges stemming from his opposition to Russia's occupation of Crimea.

He has been serving his term in a penal colony in the town of Labytnangi, Russia's Yamal. He went on a hunger strike on May 14, demanding that Russia free all Ukrainian political prisoners.

Sentsov's cousin, Moscow-based journalist Natalya Kaplan says his condition is critical and things are "catastrophically bad."

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In the office of the Human Rights Ombudsman, Lyudmila Denisova, clarifies the information of the Russian mass media about stopping the hunger strike by Ukrainian political prisoner Oleg Sentsov.

As informs Censor.NET, this was reported by Ukrinform in the press service of the ombudsman.

"Now we clarify the information disseminated by the Russian media, the end of the hunger strike Sentsov," - the press service reported.

Earlier, the Russian news agency "Interfax" reported the cessation of the hunger strike by Sentsov . The publication refers to the words of Deputy Director of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia Valery Maksimenko. He claims that the best dietitians in Moscow developed for Sentsov a special diet to get him out of hunger strike.

On May 16, 2018, lawyer Oleg Sentsov said that his client May 14 declared an endless hunger strike. Thus, Sentsov demands the release of all Ukrainian political prisoners who are in Russian prisons.

On August 8, sister O. Sentsov, Natalia Kaplan, reported that he continues to starve in the Russian colony, almost does not get up. "Everything is not just bad, everything is disastrously bad. Oleg sent me a letter through a lawyer, he almost does not get up. He wrote that the end is close, and he is not about dismissal," - wrote N.Kaplan on his Facebook page.

After that, L. Denisova turned to Russian colleague Tetyana Moskalkova and chairman of the Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights under the Russian President Mikhail Fedotov asking them to discuss any conditions for the exchange of Ukrainian director for his salvation. The Ukrainian ombudsman emphasized that the situation with O. Sentsov calls for an immediate response in view of the deterioration in his health due to the prolonged hunger strike.

In early September 2018, Sentsov handed over his unfinished films and scripts from Crimea to his colleagues.

On September 18, the Verkhovna Rada appealed to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, offering a candidate for a Ukrainian filmmaker, a political prisoner, Oleg Sentsov to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. For the corresponding decree No. 9040 , 245 deputies voted.

On September 24, sister Oleg Sentsova, Natalia Kaplan, told her brother had lost hope.

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The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a resolution, the first-ever legal act by the U.S. Congress in which the Ukrainian Famine of 1932-1933, also known as Holodomor, is recognized as genocide against the Ukrainian people with the blame for it being put on Joseph Stalin.

"In particular, the operative part of the document includes the recognition by the Senate of the findings of the U.S. Commission on the Ukraine Famine (dated April 22, 1988) that 'Joseph Stalin and those around him committed genocide against the Ukrainians in 1932-1933'," the Embassy of Ukraine in the United States said in a statement, Censor.NET reports citing Ukrinform.

The resolution also condemns the systematic violations of human rights, including the freedom of self-determination and freedom of speech, of the Ukrainian people by the Soviet government. It extends its deepest sympathies to the victims, survivors of the famine, and their families, and encourages dissemination of information regarding the Holodomor of 1932-1933 in order to expand the world's knowledge of this manmade tragedy, the embassy added.

"We are sincerely grateful to the U.S. Senate and the main co-authors of the resolution - Senate Ukraine Caucus Co-Chairs, Senators Robert Portman and Richard Durbin - for this historical decision. The resolution is the result of fruitful cooperation of the Embassy of Ukraine in the U.S., the Ukrainian community of America, and Ukraine's friends in the U.S. Senate," the report says.

The draft of a similar resolution was also approved by the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives of the U.S. Congress and is currently awaiting consideration during a plenary session, the embassy added.

As reported, in late September, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the U.S. Senate approved and recommended for approval by the U.S. Senate of a resolution recognizing the Holodomor of 1932-1933 as genocide against the Ukrainian people.

Earlier, President Petro Poroshenko commended the efforts of the Ukrainian community in the United States in recognizing the Holodomor of 1932-1933 as genocide against the Ukrainian people.

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The National Anti-Corruption Bureau conducts searches at one of the judges of the Supreme Economic Court of Ukraine, who is suspected of unlawful enrichment.

Reported Cenzor.NET referring to "Interfax-Ukraine".

"The detectives of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau carry out authorized searches at one of the judges of the Supreme Economic Court as part of the investigation of criminal proceedings regarding possible illegal enrichment, incorrect data entry, and receipt of the proceeds of crime", the agency informed the press service of NABU, without specifying At the same time, which of the judges is mentioned.

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In France, an investigation into the disappearance of Inter Milan's president, Maine Hongwei, has been launched.

As informs Censor.NET, reports Reuters with reference to sources in the French police. According to their information, investigative actions started after receiving a statement about its disappearance.

According to Europe1, a 64-year-old man traveled from France to China on September 29. Since then, during the week, no one from him received any information: it is unclear where the husband is and whether he is alive.

It is noted that the disappearance of Hongwei told the authorities his wife. The woman lives with her children in Lyon, where the headquarters of Interpol is located.

Maine Hongwei became president of the organization in the fall of 2016, replacing the first woman in this post, Frenchman Mireille Balestrazi. Before that he served as Deputy Minister of Public Security of China, and also headed the National Central Bureau of Interpol in the PRC.

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The first vice-prime minister of Ukraine, Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine Stepan Kubiv, said that speaking from the rostrum of parliament, the correspondent of Censor.NET.



"The forecast remains positive, and by the end of the year GDP growth will be over 3%. More importantly, this is not a speculative heating up of the economy, it's a real economic growth, the Ukrainian industry is growing," Kubov told.

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The MiG-29 fighter suffered an accident in the Moscow region.

As informs Censor.NET, this is reported by the TASS source in the security structures.

"The MiG-29 fighter, owned by the Leningrad Branch named after Gromov, suffered an accident in the Moscow region," the source said.

According to the interlocutor of the agency, the pilots catapulted.

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"Both pilots catapulted," said the source. It clarified that MiG-29 fell outside the settlements.

According to preliminary data, there are no victims and destruction on earth. At present, representatives of the operational services are being sent to the accident site.

According to a source in the airline, the search group of the Flight Research Institute named after Gromov helicopter Mi-8 flew to the place of the crash of the MiG-29 fighter.

"The search group of the flight research institute headed the Mi-8 helicopter to the site of the accident," said the interlocutor. He clarified that "the plane fell 50 km from the airfield LDI in Zhukovsky, in the east of the Moscow region."

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Former DPRK terrorist leader, FSF ex-officer Igor Girkin (Strelkov) on his page in social networks told about the roaring life of former Russian mercenary leader Alexander Borodaya.

This is reported by blogger Necro Mancer, reports Censor.NET.

"But Alexander Yuriyovych - he is not the same, no!" Inspirational cheek "- is an indispensable part of his" image."... The distribution of money that came to the needs of the republic from Konstantin Malofeyev (a significant part of which he" distributed "to his own and his (such as Simunin's pocket), as well as the distribution of interviews with journalists - these were, of course, not their only "public responsibilities." He also talked very much, used strong (and expensive) drinks, regularly used "specific" paid female services and proudly walked around one and half dozen to the teeth of armed guards ( in my case, there were only 4 people in any case) ... And at night - while regularly subservient Alexander Yuriyevich slept with prostitutes in the VIP room of the 5-star hotel, where he lived permanently - we all worked... Oleksandr Boroday - man

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The Indonesian authorities have decided to postpone the purchase of 11 Russian Su-35 fighters. The reason for delaying the contract was fears of possible sanctions on the part of the United States.

As Censor.NET informs, Kommersant writes about it.

According to the newspaper, the deadline for the delivery of the Su-35 was influenced by the restrictive measures that Washington was prepared to introduce during the law "On counteraction to US opponents with sanctions" (CAATSA). The United States has not given Indonesia guarantees not to apply restrictive measures.

It is also noted that the contract for production and delivery of Su-35 retains its legal force.

In addition, there are difficulties in Russia, as during the implementation of the agreement, it was planned to use a credit scheme, which would allocate funds to one of the commercial banks. But this threatens him with grave consequences, because in the United States this loan will be considered as an interaction with Rosoboronexport and will impose sanctions against the bank.

One of the interlocutors of the publication called the situation "unpleasant, but not at all critical".

"We are in constant interaction with our Indonesian partners, we are looking for ways out of the situation," he added.

Indonesia signed a contract for the Su-35 squadron in February, becoming the second foreign contractor for this type of fighter (the first export agreement for 24 cars worth over $2 billion was signed in November 2015 with China). Negotiations with Jakarta with varying degrees of intensity took three years: in 2015, Indonesian militants directly stated that there was a direct indication of the country's president, Joko Vido, to purchase the Su-35 to replace the outdated American F-5 Tiger fighter, who had served for more than 40 years and in fact completely Exhausted your resource. In the first place, the Ministry of Defense of Indonesia planned to replace cars that are armed with the 14th air force squadron of the country on the air base of Iswahyudi (Madion, Java).

The local media outlined that the purchased Su-35 would be part of the 11th squadron of the 5th Air Force of the Air Force of Indonesia (Sultan Hasanuddin Air Force Base in Makasar, Sulawesi), and the Su-27SKM and Su-30MK2 that are there are lining up in the 14th squadron.

The delivery of the first Su-35 fighter was to be carried out in October this year. The contract for the Su-35 is estimated at $1,154 billion, of which about half (about $ 570 million) is attributed to the counter deliveries of non-military products (rubber, palm oil, etc.).

It was reported that in September the United States imposed sanctions against China for the purchase of 10 Su-35 combat aircraft in 2017 and rockets for the C-400 ground-based missile systems in 2018.

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Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Syyyarto intends to meet US Ambassador David Kornstein about the Ukrainian-Hungarian conflict.

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

Siiyarto believes that such a talk is necessary because of the position of the United States, which urged Hungary not to block the cooperation between Ukraine and NATO due to differences between Budapest and Kyiv on the Ukrainian law on education.

"We expect United States solidarity," said Siayardo.

Earlier, US ambassador to NATO Kay Bailey Gatchinson urged Hungary to stop interfering with the Alliance's cooperation with Ukraine.

Recall that on September 19, a video appeared on the network, which allegedly recorded the process of issuing Hungarian passports to Ukrainians. People, in particular, make an oath and receive instructions from Hungarian diplomats: "Hide from the state structures of Ukraine the fact of obtaining Hungarian citizenship".

Foreign Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin said that he would require an explanation from his Hungarian counterpart. And if it turns out that the diplomats actually issued the passports of Hungary, the consul of this country will be sent to Berehove to their homeland.

Perhaps the expulsion of Hungarian consul Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Syyyarto called unfriendly step and threatened that his country could "slow down the integration of Ukraine into the EU".

On September 24, in Budapest, they promised that if Kiev decided to send a Hungarian consul, Hungary would respond to similar measures and send a Ukrainian diplomat.

On September 28, it became known that the prosecutor's office instituted a case of state betrayal on the issue of Hungarian passports.

On October 4, the Ambassador of Hungary in Ukraine Erno Keshkeni was given a note that the Hungarian Consulate in Berehove Zakarpattia Oblast was declared a non grata person and should leave the territory of Ukraine within 72 hours.

Later, the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs gave the Ukrainian consul 72 hours in order to leave the Hungarian territory in response to a similar move by Kyiv.

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