Ukraine News. Saturday 2 February. [Ukrainian sources]

SATURDAY HEADLINES:
Russia after the US emerged from an important missile treaty: Putin made an insult statement.  "Venezuelan Yanukovych": In the United States, called for the overthrow of the dictator Maduro.  If Russia does not release prisoners of war Ukrainian sailors, Washington will stop the negotiation process with Moscow - Volker.  Putin's security forces captured a Japanese ship: photo.  

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, in turn, has announced the cessation of Russia's participation in the Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range Missiles (DRSMD).

This is reported by the Russian Ministry of Education and Science.

"We will do this, our response will be mirroring, American partners have announced that they will stop participating in the treaty, and we will stop," he said.

Also, the head of the Russian government instructed to stop attempts to initiate negotiations on the issue of DRSMD.

"All our proposals are still on the table in this area, the door for negotiations is open, but at the same time, I ask you not to continue to initiate any negotiations on this issue. Let's wait until our partners mature in order to lead us with equal rights, meaningful dialogue on this most important topic - both for us and for our partners, and for the whole world ", - Putin explained.

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On Friday, February 1, US Vice President Mike Pence called on the Venezuelan people "to put an end to the dictatorship," Nicholas Maduro, during his speech to Venezuelan emigrants in Miami, Fla.

Deutsche Welle reports.

"The time has come... It's time to put an end to Maduro's dictatorship," said the vice president, adding that the time for the talks had passed. According to him, at the very beginning, Maduro had all the possibilities for dialogue, but he did not want to use them.

It should be noted that all representatives of the administration of the United States of America, Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, are the most actively criticizing the incumbent Venezuelan President, outperforming even the adviser to Truman on the national security of John Bolton.

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US Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker said the United States would not move forward in negotiations with Russia until Russian authorities have not released Ukrainian sailors trapped near the Kerch Strait, said the US Embassy in Ukraine.
As the Tsenzor.NET, reported by Interfax-Ukraine.

"We call on Russia to immediately release the seamen so we try to get back to a diplomatic solution to this problem," Volker said.

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The Special Representative of the United States stressed that Washington has complete information on the situation in the Kerch Strait.

"We are aware of both the images and the video and the fact that Ukrainian colleagues are showing us this is blocking the passage through the Strait, prosecuting Ukrainian ships in international waters, firing them and sailors, who are still detained in Russia," he said .

In addition, according to K. Wolker himself, the possibility of strengthening sanctions against Russia for actions in the Kerch Strait is considered.

"I can say that both the United States and Europe are considering additional measures that can be approved if Russia does not return the seamen and will continue to control the Kerch Strait," he said.

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Russian border guards detained a Japanese fishing boat in the waters of the Sea of ​​Japan.

It is reported by NHK with reference to the power of Shimane Prefecture.

The Russian side claims that the Japanese vessel illegally caught fish in the exclusive economic zone of the Russian Federation.

As it is noted, the vessel "Nisino-maru-68" (Number 68 Nishino-maru) belongs to the cooperative, engaged in crab fishing. It came from a port in Tottori Prefecture for catching a crab. There are 10 people on board, including the president of the local fishing firm Hidji Kagami.

Russian officials report that the ship is currently in the port of Nakhodka. There were no information about the terms of release of the crew.



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The missile brigade is located in the Krasnodar region, 250 km from the border with Ukraine. Range of missiles - up to 500 km.

This is stated in a reply Head of Communications and Press Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Alexei Chornobay request for information , UNIAN reports Cenzor.NET.

"According to the results of processing requests for the Russian Federation to build a military group near the state border of Ukraine, according to the information of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and within the framework of open information, the following is reported: a rocket brigade deployed near the settlement of Krasnodar (250 km to the border with Ukraine) on the armament of which there are rocket complexes "Iskander-M" (12 launchers)", - the Defense Ministry says.

The Iskander-M complex is capable of launching ballistic or cruise missiles at a distance of 500 kilometers. Rockets can carry both conventional and nuclear warheads.

Recall that the American television channel FoxNews reported earlier about the placement of "Iskander-M" complex near Krasnodar. Journalists also published photos from satellites that feature rocket systems and bunkers.

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The government of Nicholas Maduro failed to take out Venezuela on a Russian aircraft and sell 20 tons of gold.

This is reported by The Bell.

It is alleged that the plan broke through the publicity and threat of sanctions for potential buyers and carriers. The Russian plane, which, according to the media, was to take gold to Dubai, on Saturday morning returned to Moscow.

The sale of gold to the UAE was to bring Maduro $ 850 million, which was perhaps the only opportunity to replenish its budget, which depends on the support of the army and other security forces. The main source of currency inflows into the country Maduro has actually lost after the introduction of US sanctions against the Venezuelan Petroleum State Monopoly PDVSA. On Thursday, European traders refused to purchase Venezuelan oil due to fears of secondary sanctions.

The buyer, a fund from OAU Noor Capital, announced that he will refrain from agreements with the government of Venezuela "to stabilize the situation." On January 21, 2019, Noor Capital acquired about 3 tons of gold from the Central Bank of Venezuela reserves, and at that time the deal was legal and in line with international law, according to the report of the fund. Opposition leader Huang Guaido announced the assumption of the powers of the head of state on January 23.

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