Ukraine News. Friday 2 November. [Ukrainian sources]

FRIDAY HEADLINES:
The EU criticized Russia's sanctions against Ukraine.  United States made an important statement on sanctions against Russia.  Only sanctions can not resolve the situation with Russia, - Merkel.  The fact that Ukraine succeeded in getting rid of economic dependence on Russia is an achievement that can not be underestimated - Merkel.  If the Russian Orthodox Church doubted in the rights of the Ecumenical Patriarch, it would have to renounce its own autocephaly.  Constantinople: There is no longer a Moscow Patriarchate in Ukraine.  Constantinople commented on the possibility of abolition of autocephaly of the Russian Orthodox Church.  Hackers sell personal information to thousands of Facebook users, most from Ukraine.  The Military Court in Rostov-on-Don will re-examine the case of Ukrainian Mushroom on November 6.  Germany, together with its partners in the EU, support an important decentralization reform in Ukraine, - Merkel.  The strategic goal of Ukraine and Germany - to increase joint trade turnover to 10 billion euros, - Groisman at a meeting with Merkel. US Energy Secretary Rick Perry will visit Ukraine next week.

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In the European Union, they criticized the introduction of sanctions against individuals and certain Ukrainian companies

This was stated by a spokeswoman of the European Union on Friday, Ukrinform reported .
"The decision of the Russian government to introduce financial measures against Ukrainian people and companies is ungrounded. Steps aimed at exacerbating the situation and undermining the search for a solution in order to restore the territorial integrity of Ukraine must be avoided," the EU stressed.

_Recall, Russia imposed sanctions against 322 Ukrainians and 68 companies. Among those who are subject to appropriate sanctions, judges of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, deputies of the Verkhovna Rada, officials of the Presidential Administration, heads of executive bodies and large Ukrainian companies, and others.

_The Ministry of Foreign Affairs considered the introduction of Russia as a continuation of Russia's aggression against Ukraine.

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The introduction of the second package of sanctions against Russia for the use of chemical weapons does not have a time frame.

This was stated on Thursday, November 1, at a briefing by the US State Department's official representative Robert Palladin.

According to Palladino, in accordance with the law, the executive should submit a report to Congress on Russia's compliance with chemical weapons requirements by November 6. After that, consultations will begin.

He clarified that the United States and other OSCE countries repeatedly insisted that Russia investigate "alarming reports of extrajudicial executions, torture, arbitrary detention and other violations and abuses in Chechnya."

"Russia failed to respond to repeated manifestations of international concern ... Therefore, the administration will continue to work with our European partners to expose human rights violations and human rights violations in Russia," the representative of the State Department said.

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that the situation with Russia can not only resolve sanctions, it is necessary to act politically from the European Union.

She reported this during a meeting with students of the Taras Shevchenko National Taras Shevchenko University, Censor. NET with reference to Direct.



"Only sanctions can not resolve the situation. It is necessary to act politically from the EU, to make it clear that the topic is not forgotten, so we work within the Norman format, where Germany and France meet at different levels with representatives of Ukraine and Russia. I think that it is important that we continue our negotiations in this format and could show that Russia has a great responsibility in this format, "Merkel said.

Angela Merkel noted that Germany is in favor of moving to a regular agenda, as if there are many other problems in this world that are important.

"It is important for us that Ukraine does everything to fulfill its obligations in the Minsk process, for example, it is very important that the law on special status in the parliament be extended, it was quite difficult to obtain a majority in the parliament. Everyone says that there every day soldiers are dying, and it's important that everyone should work on this law, and it would be right if it was continued and did not give grounds for Russia's intrigues, "German Chancellor Angela Merkel said.

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Ukraine managed to reorient and move away from trade and economic dependence on Russia.

This was announced by German Chancellor Angela Merkel at a meeting with students of the Taras Shevchenko National University, Censor.NET with reference to Direct.

"However, Ukraine has achieved a lot in recent years: By 2011, it was completely dependent on Russia, it has now completely turned to the other side, completely reoriented on other trading partners, and if it succeeded in moving away from this economic dependence, this may be unacceptable for many, but nevertheless this is an achievement that can not be underestimated, "she stressed.

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Regarding the ROC, "certain decisions" will be applied in case of continuation of resistance of the autocephaly of the Ukrainian Church.

As informs Censor.NET, the representative of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, Archbishop Telmsky Iov, stated in an interview with "Air Force Ukraine".

In particular, Archbishop Iov emphasized that on a world level, Constantinople and nobody else is a judge or arbiter.

Legally, the Ecumenical Patriarch has the absolute right to declare autocephaly, this is his privilege, if the ROC doubts as to this, she must renounce his autocephaly.

"The patriarchal status was given to him in the XVI century by the Ecumenical Patriarch Jeremiah II, and this document clearly states that the Moscow bishop is given the right to call himself a patriarch while he is to recognize the Patriarch of Constantinople as his head," the archbishop said.

He added that some canonists believe that, since these new patriarchy, new autocephaly were created by the Ecumenical Patriarchate, at a certain point, if the Ecumenical Patriarchate recognizes it as necessary, he may also abolish this status.

On the question of the journalist, does this mean that at some point Constantinople can simply abolish the Russian Church (its autocephaly), Bishop Iov answered diplomatically:

"We hope that the Orthodox Church of Russia will come to mind and return to unity with the Ecumenical Throne because the Ecumenical Council does not want to break with relations with it, but if this situation continues for a long time, of course, the Ecumenical Throne will be forced to make certain decisions to ensure unity the church", - said the archbishop.

Earlier, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow called the process of giving Constantinople an autocephaly to the Ukrainian Church for a global order to destroy the "island of freedom" - the Russian Orthodox Church.

On October 11, following the meeting of the Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, a decision was announced stating that Constantinople continues the procedure for granting autocephaly to the Ukrainian Church. In addition, a letter was canceled Synod of 1686, after which Kiev Metropolia came under the jurisdiction of Moscow, renewed canonical and status and UOC Kiev Patriarchate Filaret and the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church Macarius.

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From October 11, 2018, the hierarchs of all Ukrainian churches in the eyes of Phanar have the same status - the hierarchs of the Ecumenical Throne

This was stated by a representative of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, Archbishop Telmsky Yevov in an interview with the Air Force Ukraine.

According to Job, one of the points of the historic decision of the Ecumenical Throne of October 11 was the abolition of the synodal act on the transfer of the Kievan Metropolitanate - that is, actually the territory of Ukraine, under the administration of the Russian Church.

"By abolishing the act of 1686, the administration was canceled by the Moscow Church of the Kyivan Metropolitanate and all dioceses in Ukraine ... From the canonical point of view, this means that today in Ukraine, the UOC-MP no longer exists. All the bishops are now in Ukraine de facto in accordance with this decision of the synod the bishops of the Ecumenical Throne, and they now have to wait for the Ecumenical Patriarchate's directive regarding its further functioning and existence in the future of providing autocephaly to the Orthodox Church in Ukraine, "said Archbishop Iov.

Archbishop Iov stressed that in resolving the Ukrainian question, the Ecumenical Patriarchate "does not get anything".

"If the Ecumenical Patriarchate wanted to get something, he could simply revive his metropolitanate (in Kyiv) by the end of the seventeenth century, but Constantinople did not want it. Constantinople wants to give Ukraine autocephaly so that Ukraine has its own church," he said.

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In the case of the Russian Orthodox Church, "certain decisions" will be applied in case of continuation of the resistance of the autocephaly of the Ukrainian Church

This was stated by the representative of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, Archbishop Telmiskiy Iov, in an interview with the Air Forces of Ukraine.

In particular, Archbishop Iov emphasized that on a world level, Constantinople and nobody else is a judge or arbiter.

Legally, the Ecumenical Patriarch has the absolute right to declare autocephaly, this is his privilege, but if the Russian Orthodox Church has doubts as to this, it must renounce its autocephaly.

"Her patriarchal status was given to him in the XVI century by the Ecumenical Patriarch Jeremiah II, and this document clearly states that the Moscow bishop is given the right to call himself a patriarch while he is to recognize the Patriarch of Constantinople as his head," said the archbishop.

He added that some canonists believe that, since these new patriarchy, new autocephaly were created by the Ecumenical Patriarchate, at a certain point, if the Ecumenical Patriarchate considers it necessary, he may also abolish this status.

To the journalist's question, does this mean that at some point Constantinople can simply abolish the Russian Church (its autocephaly), Bishop Iov answered diplomatically:

"We hope that the Orthodox Church of Russia will come to mind and return to unity with the Ecumenical Throne because the Ecumenical Council does not want to break with relations with it, but if this situation continues for a long time, of course, the Ecumenical Throne will be forced to make certain decisions to ensure unity the church", - said the archbishop.

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Journalists from the Russian service of the BBC reported that unknown attackers posted personal information to the Internet of 257,000 Facebook users. Even private messages are available for 87,000 profiles. The kidnappers supposedly offer to buy information for 10 cents per profile.

This is reported by Censor.NET with a link to the Public Radio.

Although hackers claim to have personal information from 120 million accounts, this information has not been confirmed and has not been denied. An investigation conducted by Facebook showed that malicious users received data through malicious browser applications.

In the published data, the largest amount of information about Ukrainian users: 47,000 people indicated Ukraine as their country of residence. This was reported by the BBC's head of digital security, Digital Shadows Richard Gold. Russian - 12000. On the site where information is available - 200 countries and territories, there are profiles from the United Kingdom, USA, Brazil and the countries of the former USSR.

The information was posted on the site, the exact data that the BBC does not report for privacy and security reasons.

Here's what writes about the discovery of BBC journalist Andrew Zakharov:

"In the beginning of September, a blackmail forum for Blackhatworld on search engine optimization revealed a mysterious post from a new user with the nickname FBSaler." We sell personal information to Facebook users. Our database contains 120,000,000 accounts, with country-specific sampling. The cost of one profile is 10 cents,"- he wrote.

The user added a link to the Fbserver site, which, as an example, provided some information. The Russian BBC service did not find confirmation that 120 million accounts were available to hackers, but FBserver really got personal data from social network users.

In early October, Fbserver stopped working, but restarted twice on a new platform. The last "mirror" portal was called Socialser21 and worked until October 29, now it is also unavailable."

The BBC reports that the network has got more personal users:

"One-third of all the data (81,000 profiles) in open access were posted personal messages counted in the Digital Shadows. The Russian BBC service contacted five Russian citizens from Moscow, Belgorod and Perm, whose personal correspondence was available. on Socialser21, and they all confirmed its authenticity.

In private messages of citizens you can find greetings with holidays, discussion of the concert Depeche Mode, complaints of the mother-in-law for the betrayal of the son-in-law, correspondence with fans, clarification of the relationship between the two lovers and the complaint that "there is no lumen in life routine.""

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A military court hearing in Russian Rostov-on-Don in the case of Ukrainians Paul Gryb will be held in private.

The Caucasus District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don in mid-November will begin a re-examination of the case of a Ukrainian citizen Pavlo Gryb, who has been accused by the aggressor country as supposedly promoting terrorism, said the spokeswoman of the court, Elena Katkalo, reports Censor.NET, referring to Interfax- Ukraine.

"The court session is scheduled for November 6 at 10:00 Moscow time," A. Katkalo said.

She added that the meeting would be closed.

Recall Pavel's father Igor Gryb told about the kidnapping by RF special services of his son in Belarus: "The FSB vomited Pavel to Gomel, under the guise of meeting with the girl, and detained." Pavlo Gryb on August 24, 2017 went to a meeting with the girl, whom he had previously only talked through social networks, to Belarus. After that disappeared.

When Igor arrived in Belarus, he was informed that his son was wanted by the FSB of the Russian Federation. The border authorities of Belarus refused to inform their father of any information about his son. Paul's father is confident that the RF special forces carried out this operation in order to lure his son into Belarus and "put on him handcuffs there for posts in social networks." At the same time, the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine officially confirmed the intersection of Paul Gryb with the border with Belarus.

On September 7, 2017, the Director of the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Vasyl Kyrylych said that 19-year-old citizen of Ukraine, Pavlo Gryb, who disappeared in the Belarusian city of Gomel, is in the administration of the FSB of Russia in Krasnodar.

According to Russian media, investigators believe Pavlova Gryb is alleged to be a supporter of the extremist UNA-UNSO banned in Russia and suppose that he allegedly inclined a famous resident of the Kuban to blow up a homemade explosive device at the exit line in the Sochi school.

Details of what this story began about, the essence of the case and the prosecution, as well as the court session, read in the article "There were no children plans to blow up the school!". Love-Agent History of Paul Mushroom".

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Decentralization is a very important reform for Ukraine, which empowers people and raises competition in local self-government. The difference between East and West Ukraine exists, as is the difference between rural areas and cities. But it is the decentralization reform that allows people to feel like the master of their region, their region and their city.

As informs Censor.NET and with reference to the Government portal, said in a speech to the House of Decentralization, Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel.

"Decentralization reform improves the financial climate in the regions and the tax component, and Germany supports this important reform with partners from the European Union. As far as I can see now, you have a great spirit of cooperation and significant results of the reform," Merkel said.

The German Chancellor thanked Vice Prime Minister Gennady Zubko and the Ukrainian government for their efforts to implement the decentralization reform.

"And I know that the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko is warmly supporting this reform," she said.

She noted that the "U-LEAD with Europe" program, which helps implement the decentralization reform, provides on-site high-quality training and seminars that give people hope for tomorrow. Ukrainians have a faith in the future.

In turn, Zubko thanked the Federal Chancellor Merkel for her appreciation of the decentralization reform and Ukraine's efforts to implement it. "Thank you to all our international partners, as well as to Special Envoy Georg Millbrudt and the Ministry of Regional Development for assistance in its implementation," said the Vice Prime Minister.

During the meeting at the ULEAD headquarters, the participants spoke on a further legislative route for reform, which was worked out jointly by Georg Millbrandt, the Special Envoy of the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany on governance reforms and decentralization in Ukraine.

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Ukraine and Germany set a strategic goal to increase their total trade turnover to 10 billion euros from the current nearly $8 billion. a year and now they are finishing their preparations for the Third German-Ukrainian Forum in Berlin.

As Censor.NET informs with reference to the Government portal, such opportunities were discussed by the Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groisman with the Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel. Germany is one of the strategic partners of Ukraine in the political and economic plane, as well as one of the largest humanitarian donors for Ukraine.

The Head of Government expressed gratitude to Germany and, personally, Angela Merkel for her leadership in strengthening Ukraine, overcoming the extremely serious challenges, and for a personal and consistent position to protect the territorial integrity of our country and the fundamental principles of international law.



Last time Angela Merkel visited Ukraine 4 years ago - in August 2014. And since then, Ukraine has changed significantly - including thanks to the support of the German Government, said Vladimir Groisman. Fundamental reforms take place in public administration, in the social sphere - education, medicine, energy sector, first of all, in the sector of efficient consumption of resources, decentralization is deepening.

"We are concentrating on financial stability, economic growth, and on this way, German business is coming to Ukraine more actively, and our bilateral trade is growing steadily, and I think that in the coming years we can reach the level of 10 billion euros of bilateral trade," said Vladimir Groisman. I would be glad to take part in the Third Business Forum between our countries at the end of November."



The Prime Minister noted that the Ukrainian economy is now giving good signals of growth. And it needs to be accelerated. The Head of Government invited the German business to intensify cooperation and take an active part in the privatization process.

"We are in a good measure of our relationship, and they have a good perspective," said Groisman.



"I am glad to be here again and see what has changed a lot over the past four years. We have a really close and friendly relationship." Germany advocated and supported the preservation of the territorial integrity of Ukraine and the promotion of economic development, "said Angela Merkel. At the end of November, during a business forum, we will be able to discuss our further joint plans in more detail."

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US Energy Secretary Rick Perry will visit Ukraine and Poland next week.

As informs Censor.NET with reference to Interfax-Ukraine, the newspaper "Hill" writes about it on Friday.

"During his trip, Perry will meet with experts on a range of topics, including nuclear power and cyber security," the publication reports, citing a press release circulated by the US Department of Energy.

According to the newspaper, the visit of the US energy minister will take place as part of the efforts of President Donald Trump to engage Ukraine and Poland in search of alternatives to the purchase of coal and natural gas from Russia.

In connection with this, Hill presents the statement made by R.Perry last year: "In recent years, Kyiv and many Eastern European countries have depended on Russia and relied on it in providing heating, and now it is changing."

"The US can offer Ukraine an alternative, we are pleased to announce that we will do it," the minister added.

The ministry informed that Perry will also visit Hungary and the Czech Republic.

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