Ukraine crisis. News in Brief. Friday 17 July [Ukrainian sources]

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Comments by Nelson (in Ukraine)

News -
Update at midday - В зоні АТО обійшлося без загиблих, 2 поранено
No dead, 2 injured in ATO area. Perhaps the lowest figure for months.
Perhaps Putin has told the Russians to stop killing around the MH17 anniversary?

Admin sent me to Kiev this morning to check out the situation there.
The first thing I noticed - several checkpoints outside the city with Pravi Sector flags. And men in masks.
No problems. Frankly, it makes me feel safer.
I met a worker for Batkivshina. He has met Tymoshenko. Knowledgeable about politics. We had a good chat.
Mukachevo - he said not just cigarette smuggling, but that the whole area around there was involved in smuggling.
Cigarettes, alcohol, electronic goods, but also drugs coming in the otherway, for example from Amsterdam to Ukraine.
Western news on Ukraine dominated by the anniversary of MH17.
Not a bad report in the Telegraph, but... but... that idiot Roland Oliphant adds his own commentary, trying to make out a case that all is unclear.
There is nothing unclear. Putin shot down the plane with a missile system from Russia.
But Oliphant, just like Shaun Walker, has lived in Russia for well over a decade.
He values his residency document far more than telling the truth to the readers of his paper.
Scumball.
You will recall that Oliphant was the scumball who advised idiot editor David Blair of the Telegraph to write that Ukraine was being "heavy handed" in its war against Putin's 5000 tanks. Too many British scumball journalists living cushy lives in Moscow. And being "economical with the truth" for a (allegedly) payback from their ultimate boss, Mr Putin and the Kremlin machine.

Weather -
Humid. Kiev - clouding over as I left. But warm. 26. Some sunshine.

Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov, who fled to Russia said that does not communicate with the fugitive ex-president Viktor Yanukovych.

"We had (Viktor Yanukovych - Ed.) Somewhere in two or three days after he and I came to Russia, a short telephone conversation. After that - no, "- he said the former official, reports" Echo of Moscow ".

Despite the fact that he lives in Russia more than a year, the former prime minister argues that political asylum is not received. Azarov also confirmed that there is still a Ukrainian passport.

"I - a citizen of Ukraine", - he said.

Meanwhile, Azarov grandson is studying in Vienna, as a citizen of Russia. However, the Court has not yet received the production of suits, Viktor Yanukovych, Mykola Azarov and their sons.

glavcom.ua: In Russian

Australian authorities are going to check the authenticity of the common media company News Corp video allegedly made a year ago by militants of Donbass at the crash site of Boeing in the Donetsk region. This was stated by Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, Australia, reports "TASS" .

"I can not confirm the authenticity of the video, however, suggests that this may be part of the investigation of the Commission of Inquiry of the Netherlands", - said Bishop, expressing "deep concern" that the video was released just a year after the disaster.

Australia's Foreign Minister also reiterated the need for the UN Security Council resolution on the establishment of an international tribunal to prosecute those responsible for the disaster Boeing.

As reported by "Commander" , the network has video captured militants immediately after the collapse of the Malaysian Boeing in the Donetsk region July 17, 2014.

glavcom.ua: In Russian

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said that soon possible full-scale military invasion of the Russian Federation to Ukraine.

He said this in an interview with CNN on the occasion of the first anniversary of the collapse of the Boeing-777 in Donbas.

"I have proof (a possible invasion of Russia. - Ed.) Of intelligence," - said Poroshenko.
He explained that in recent days in the area of ​​terrorist operations in eastern Ukraine killed eight Ukrainian soldiers, another 16 were injured.

The President also added that due to the escalation of Russia's aggression in the Donbass, and there are victims among the civilian population.

As reported by the "Observer", formerly a military expert Sviatoslav Stetsenko said that the crisis in Russia could trigger a large-scale offensive of the army of the Russian Federation to Ukraine . At the same time the aggressor expects that the situation in our country will allow for the so-called peacekeeping operation.

obozrevatel.com: In Russian

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine based on the Security Service announced persona nongrata Acting Consul General of the Russian Federation in Odessa, the press service of the SBU.

"According to Art. 23 of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry handed a note to the Russian side with the requirement to urgently leave the territory of our country acting Consul General of Russia in Odessa ", - said in a statement.

As the head of the SBU Basil Gritsak, the decision is made because of the incompatibility of its diplomatic activity, as well as for violation of the provisions of the said Convention.

He assured that the Security Service will continue to be foreigners working against our country under the guise of status.

"Today, the Russian diplomat left the Ukraine", - reported in the SBU.

glavcom.ua: In Russian

The head of the Duma Committee for International Affairs Alexei Pushkov believes that the changes to the Constitution of Ukraine in the part of the decentralization of power "far from Minsk Agreement." About this he wrote in Twitter.

"Nuland hurry. Poroshenko amendments in the draft Constitution far from Minsk Agreement, and close only watered. fantasies of Poroshenko, "- said in a statement

Recall July 16, the Verkhovna Rada endorsed the decision №2217 / AP about the direction of the Constitutional Court of the law on amendments to the Constitution in terms of decentralization .

Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland, commenting on proposals for changes to the transitional provisions of the Constitution relating to the special order of the government in some areas of Donbass, said : "If we talk about a single sentence, which concerns the need for the adoption by the Verkhovna Rada of the law about special Status of Donbass, this is a direct quote from the Minsk agreements signed by Ukraine. And the purpose of this is to ensure peace and restore the territorial integrity of Ukraine in the east. Therefore, it will respond to any inquiries regarding Ukraine's compliance with the Minsk Agreement, whether these are requests from Lugansk and Donetsk or Moscow. And now we can say our commitment sustained."

glavcom.ua: In Russian

Russian President Vladimir Putin - a conservative and he will never agree to sweeping reforms in the country. This opinion was expressed Russian political scientist Stanislav Belkovsky in an interview with "Elephant".

"The ruling elite of the Russian Federation clung to the concept of life-giving, whereby the very design and construction of any steps on Russian soil reflects a basic psycho Vladimir Putin. And Putin can not, in my opinion, nor understand, let alone predict, if not initially agree that Putin, first of all, not a reformer and a conservative, therefore, whatever the situation in the country in economic, social and t. e., it will not make radical reforms ", - he said.

Belkovsky also believes that Putin - a strategy, not tactics.

"Therefore, to say that there will be in 2018 or even in 2017, in relation to it is not necessary, he does not know what will happen in a few months. And, thirdly, Putin is not a theorist and practitioner, so there can be no self-contained concept that Putin would run, whether it's communism, "Russian world" or democracy, "- said the analyst.

He notes that Putin cites different concepts only to justify their action. "Putin may use any concept, to quote some of Berdyaev, Ilyin is, despite all the differences between these philosophers when he needed to justify some completely practical actions and solutions. His task - to preserve the situation, to fill this sprawling building foundation liquid nitrogen or some more material of this order to have enough for our age, which fully meets the psycho conservative tactics and practice, "- said Belkovsky.

glavcom.ua: In Russian

On the part of the militants have escalated sabotage and terrorist activities ("small war") in the tactical and operational-tactical forces rears ATO. This was on his Facebook page said the People's Deputy, coordinator of the "information resistance" Dmitry Tymchuk.

"In the last day recorded performance of combat missions in the rear of Ukrainian troops by several DRG enemy (the main part - special forces of the GRU of the General Staff)," - he wrote.

According to the group "IP", DRG militants actively undermine the terrain, "hunt" for single Ukrainian military forces, as well as transport logistics, move without the outposts.

glavcom.ua: In Russian

In Kharkiv and Odessa regions US citizens should exercise special vigilance, according to the State Department.

The US State Department recommended that US citizens not to travel to the Crimea and the Donbass, and those who are there, you must leave immediately. This is stated in the updated guidelines on the presence of Minister of US citizens on the territory of Ukraine, according to "Ukrinform".

"The US State Department recommends its citizens to defer all travel to the Crimean peninsula, occupied by Russia. Russian Federation is likely to continue in 2015, will continue in their attempts to Crimea illegal annexation and occupation of this part of Ukraine", - the document says. In the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, in the territories temporarily controlled by terrorists, US citizens are threatened with further abductions for ransom...........

gordonua.com: In Russian

'Sickening' footage of Russian-backed rebels arriving at MH17 crash site emerges [in English]
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ukraine/11745808/Sickening-footage-of-Russian-backed-rebels-arriving-at-MH17-crash-site-emerges.html
Footage from the MH17 disaster shows Russian-backed rebels handling bodies and rummaging through the bags of dead passengers as they express shock that the aircraft they brought down was a commercial aircraft.
Describing the footage as “sickening to watch”, Julie Bishop, Australia’s foreign minister, said it was further evidence that the attack on the plane was deliberately targeted by a missile....
Tony Abbott, Australia’s prime minister, said the video further highlighted that “this was an atrocity, it was in no way an accident”.
"They may not have known that they were shooting down a passenger plane but they were deliberately shooting out of the sky what they knew was a large aircraft," he told ABC News.
“Rebels don’t get hold of this kind of weaponry by accident. I mean, this was obviously very sophisticated weaponry. We are confident that it was weaponry that came across the border from Russia, fired, and then shortly thereafter, once it was realised what had happened, went back into Russia.”

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MEGA SCUMBALL REPORTER Roland Oliphant - Shaun Walker school of journalism - they worked together at RIA Novosti - adds comments for the Telegraph. Idiotic comments... Walker and Oliphant are Moscow residents, loyal to Putin. Idiots. The scum of the earth. Oliphant....

There is also a lot of confusion.....
Often, it turns out to be half-true ....
Then there is talk about a second aircraft ....
It could simply be a matter of confusion......
It could be a quickly thought-up excuse,.....

Such is Roland Oliphant, "journalist" for RIA Novosti and The Telegraph.
Very much (allegedly) on the Putin payroll. He has been before - works or worked for RIA Novosti, the Russia propanganda machine.
He also hangs around all the time with Shaun Walker - Walker is highly intelligent and produces very clever propaganda for the Kremlin, Russiaprofile, and reproduces it also for the British Guardian.

The video referred to above.
This youtube video is a longer - 4 minute - version of that above in the Telegraph report.
It includes subtitles in English.
Clearly the Russians were expecting a military plane, but they shot down a Malaysian airliner.

Horror video reveals MH17 crash aftermath



Fairly early on they want to find the black box flight recorders. They say - "orange". "yes, orange"...
Interesting that they want to find these quickly.

Clearly the Russian terrorists are very angry that they shot down a civilian airliner. One of the guys is swearing.
Another says "who gave them the right to flight over here " "corridor".
Putin was expecting dead Ukrainians, and instead he got dead Australians, Malaysians, Dutch, English, and so on.
And lots and lots of children.
Another great success for Putin and his aspiring Russian empire. The devil himself would have been proud of this willful act of mass murder.

From one Russian attrocity to another - the kidnapping of nadia Savchenko.
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16:00
Nadia Savchenko was transferred from Moscow to Rostov (Pulse of Kiev)
http://politics.puls.kiev.ua/person/339222.html

16:01
OSCE observers recorded the arrival of armed men from Russia into east Ukraine (ATN)
http://atn.ua/obshchestvo/nablyudateli-obse-zafiksirovali-pribytie-iz-rossii-na-vostok-ukrainy-vooruzhennyh-lyudey
[More of Shaun Walker's "DNR guys" who shot down MH17. Heroes for Shameus Milne and Walker and Oliphant. Scumballs]

В зоні АТО обійшлося без загиблих, 2 поранено
In the ATO zone, no dead, but 2 injured  - Ukrainska Pravda
http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2015/07/17/7074797/
During the past day in the area of ​​ATO none of the military killed, 2 wounded fighters.
This was during the briefing said AP spokesman for the ATO, Colonel Andrey Lysenko.
"For the past day because of fighting Ukrainian soldiers died there, 2 - were wounded in Donetsk direction," - he said. We know that military personnel were injured near the Donetsk airport.
In Lugansk area the situation is somewhat worse. Near the village of Old Aydar military and Armed Forces successfully repulsed the attack without loss saboteurs who tried to cross the Seversky Donets.
Also for the first time in recent weeks, militants had 3 powerful shelling positions of Ukrainian army to Bahmutskiy track - comes to the village and Novotoshkivske Orehovo.
On Thursday in the area of ​​ATO were 2 flights UAV enemy.

MH17 disaster: New footage shows rebels picking through dead passenger's luggage
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/mh17-disaster-new-footage-shows-rebels-picking-through-dead-passengers-luggage-10396132.html
The video shows the dawning realisation that a civilian jet, rather than a Ukrainian military plane, had been shot down over Ukraine...
They had reportedly been sent on a mission to find Ukrainian pilots believed to have parachuted down from the supposed military aircraft....
In one shot, a man wearing military fatigues and what appears to be a rebel Donetsk People’s Republic ID can be seen.
The militants seem wary of the filming, with one saying: “I don’t like it if it’s leaked on the internet.”

[That's why Shaun Walker and Roland Oliphant are in Moscow. They can cover it all up... maybe this, maybe that, maybe Obama shot it down... the CIA...
Such as the British resident "journalists" in Moscow. ]

16:44
The UN Security Council, only Russia against the Tribunal in the case of downed over Donbas "Boeing" - Zubko (Segodnya.ua)
http://www.segodnya.ua/politics/pnews/v-sovbeze-oon-tolko-rossiya-protiv-tribunala-po-delu-sbitogo-nad-donbassom-boinga-zubko-632718.html
[Terrorist nation.
Supported by its "journalists" and propaganda machine - RIA, Shaun Walker, Roland Oliphant, and other terrorists.
Blood on their hands - Austrialian blood, Dutch blood, English blood, ... ]

The one thing that controls Putin's terrorist acts - the oil price
Down a little during the past day.
Will it drop below 50? We will see.
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www.bloomberg.com/energy/

Crude Oil & Natural Gas
INDEX UNITS PRICE CHANGE %CHANGE CONTRACT TIME ET 2 DAY
CL1:COM
WTI Crude Oil (Nymex)
USD/bbl. 50.98 +0.07 +0.14% AUG 15 09:24:08
CO1:COM
Brent Crude (ICE)
USD/bbl. 57.16 +0.24 +0.42% SEP 15 09:23:27

The hryvnia - has been falling a little during the past week.
I saw 23.5 / 24.2 yesterday. Today live -
www.kurs.com.ua

КУРСЫ ВАЛЮТ В УКРАИНЕ Currency exchange in Ukraine
ВАЛЮТА ПОКУПКА [1] ПРОДАЖА [1] КОММЕРЧЕСКИЙ [2] НБУ
Currency  ...  buy      ...       sell      ...      commercial     ...     nbu
USD 23.137 24.529 24.6000 21.986687

EUR 24.812 26.728 26.7086 23.892933

GBP 34.554 38.264 38.2851 34.225659

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine supported a draft bill on holding scheduled elections to local councils and of village and city heads on Oct. 25, 2015.

The bill was voted in favor by 237 deputies, Censor.NET reports.
Read more: Verkhovna Rada passes local elections law
10 deputies voted against the document, 26 abstained from the vote. 52 have not voted at all.

Presenting the document, Poroshenko Bloc faction leader Yurii Lutsenko announced: "This draft stipulates for elections to be held on Oct. 25 this year, except for the occupied territories and territories where Russian-supported mercenaries and Russian occupational forces operate. At the same time, this bill solves the issue with elections at Ukraine-liberated territories. For instance, Shyrokyne village. Can elections be held there? This should be decided by the the Central Elections Commission, which shall present a relevant decision to the Rada. We believe this mechanism enables to hold elections in all locations where standards of fair, transparent, and safe elections are secured."

censor.net.ua: In Russian

For those of you who read French, the Australian-released video is now beginning to reach the western press in various countries, like France:

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« C’est un avion civil » : une vidéo montre les rebelles prorusses découvrant le crash du MH17
"It's a civilian airliner" - a video shows the Pro-Russian rebels discovering the crash site of MH17
http://www.lemonde.fr/europe/article/2015/07/17/c-est-un-avion-civil-une-video-montre-les-rebelles-prorusses-decouvrant-le-crash-du-mh17_4687321_3214.html
[basically a translation from the English from the Australian news]

[Also - about the families suing Strelkov- Girkin, the Russian military officer for shooting down MH17]

MH17 abattu en Ukraine : des familles portent plainte contre un chef de guerre russe
http://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2015/07/16/mh17-abattu-en-ukraine-des-familles-portent-plainte-contre-un-chef-de-guerre-russe_4685971_3210.html

US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland said this at a briefing in Kyiv, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

According to her, Ukraine carries out its obligations. Now it is time for the other party to do its work required by the Minsk agreements.

According to her, 228 votes of people's deputies of the Verkhovna Rada for amendments to the Constitution have given a strong mandate for the first real decentralization of the country, which, in particular, is intended to fight corruption.

"It was an important step for deoligarchisation and desovietization of the country in order to free the country of the past structures and to come closer to Europe," she said...........

time-ua.com

The German press also now covering the video story, showing the suprise of the terrorists, thinking that they have shot down an Ukrainian military plane.
Girkin clearly knew he had the capability - from Russia - the Buk system - of shooting down high-flying planes - and he clearly was expecting something else.
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Video von MH17 - "Es ist widerlich das anzusehen"
http://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/article144121923/Video-von-MH17-Es-ist-widerlich-das-anzusehen.html
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Australian press
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Never-before-seen footage reveals Russian-backed rebels arriving at the wreckage of MH17
http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/never-before-seen-footage-reveals-russian-backed-rebels-arriving-at-the-wreckage-of-mh17/story-fnizu68q-1227444676268
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According to the French le monde the video is 17 minutes long, but the longest version I can find to date is 4 minutes - posted further up this page.
Supposedly the 17 minute version was posted by the Sydney Daily Telegraph. But I can't see anything there.
I thought perhaps the Sydney Morning Herald - much better known, - but can't find a longer version there either.. If somebody finds a 17 minute version, please post!

“The majority of Serbs do not recognize the crimes of Milosevic” or the genocide they carried out against Bosnian Muslims, Croatians and Kosovo Albanians. They talk about these events in religious terms and view themselves as having defended their own people against “’a satanic attack on the Orthodox world.’”

By Paul Goble* for “Windows on Eurasia”:

Russia and Serbia have a long history of warm and close ties, reflecting their similar situations and especially the propensity of people in each to draw parallels between the Serbian-Croatian wars and the Russian-Ukrainian ones, Kseniya Kirillova says. But despite that, Moscow is on its way to “losing Serbia just as it has already lost Ukraine.”

The reason for that, the US-based Russian analyst says, is that Moscow is overplaying its hand, supporting Serbian nationalists against the Serbian government which has shown itself more than willing to cooperate with Russia but does not want to break all ties with the European Union and the West (ru.krymr.com/content/article/27123352.html).

Moscow’s miscalculations, she suggests, is that Serbian nationalists like their Russian counterparts find it “very difficult” to imagine that members of their nation can live beyond their state borders and are inclined to declare territories beyond their own borders as “sacred” to their nation and state.

Like many Russians today, Serbs call for the annexation of Kosovo in the name of defending their co-nationals and demand that borders be redrawn on the basis of the ethnicity of residents and that they should all be included “in the borders of “’a single large country.’” And also like Russians, the Serbs feel that those attacking them represent “a mortal danger” to them.

In addition, both Serbs and Russians, the Russian analyst says, view their own sufferings as holy, “do not see their own guilt” for specific crimes, and “do not remember the evil which their people visited on others,” even though they “well remember” that which was imposed on them.

“The majority of Serbs do not recognize the crimes of Milosevic” or the genocide they carried out against Bosnian Muslims, Croatians and Kosovo Albanians. They talk about these events in religious terms and view themselves as having defended their own people against “’a satanic attack on the Orthodox world.’”.................

Read further at link: ukrainebusiness.com.ua

In the city of Kyiv region Irpen Security Service of Ukraine detained two arms smugglers from large arsenal.

Local citizen and resident of Kyiv tried to established illegal supply channel firearms, including from abroad. During searches in the homes of detainees police seized 17 military pistols Austrian brand " Glock », more than 50 stores them, ten units of automatic weapons American and Ukrainian production, 40 thousand cartridges of different calibers. Security services also found on the premises improvement and equipment for the collection of weapons and ammunition manufacturing.

Opened criminal proceedings under Art. 201 (smuggling) and Art. 263 (illegal handling of weapons, ammunition or explosives) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Continued urgent investigative actions.

sbu.gov.ua: In Ukrainian

The Russian president and the permanent members of the Security Council of the Russian Federation discussed the draft amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine and their compliance with the agreements Minsk.

Told reporters the press secretary of the Russian president, Dmitry Peskov, reports Tass.

During the meeting, along with the current issues of foreign policy and domestic socio-economic agenda an exchange of views on the implementation of "Minsk agreements", including on the eve of compliance approved by the Verkhovna Rada the draft amendments, - he explained.

24tv.ua/news: In Ukrainian

Ex-Yanukovych party MP Mykhailo Lanyo attempted to leave Ukrainian territory

Mykhailo Lanyo, Ukrainian lawmaker believed to have been involved in a conflict in western Ukrainian town of Mukacheve, which resulted in a shootout on July 11, tried to flee Ukraine, according to a Border Guard Service official, an UNIAN correspondent reports.

Vasyl Servatyuk, deputy head of the Border Guard Service of Ukraine said at a meeting of a Parliament's temporary investigative commission into a Mukacheve incident that the MP changed his mind right at the border check point: "At the Tisa checkpoint there was a routine ID check. The deputy changed his mind and returned back to the Ukrainian territory."..........

To read further go to this link: uatoday.tv/news

18:44
Putin is trying to cover up his crime in Ukraine, - Die Welt (Hvilya)
http://hvylya.net/news/digest/putin-pyitaetsya-skryit-prestuplenie-v-ukraine-die-welt.html
The Russian side has been a year trying to conceal the circumstances of the crime. It does this because the circumstances she personally is very well known. Installation of "Buk" with four missiles happened before left Russia and went to the barracks across the border to the launch site. After the crime, only three missiles, she went back to Russia.
There are many theories about the perpetrators. But only one, it is this, provable observation many eyewitnesses. International Commission of Inquiry in its report apparently came to the same conclusion.
Nonetheless, advocates of the Putin regime still shift the responsibility to Kiev.
[people like Shaun Walker, Roland Oliphant, and other "journalists" of the Putin regime.]

Normandy talks confirmed for July 17

Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko has announced "urgent" 'Normandy' format talks on the Donbas conflict will be held on July 17.

"I have been informed that the urgent Normandy' format conference call will take place", Ukrainian media quoted President as saying at a meeting with heads of law enforcement agencies in the Dnipropetrovsk region.

Poroshenko added: "We pay and should pay great attention to de-escalation of the conflict in the country's east, and coordination of our actions with our pro-Ukrainian global coalition partners.".........

uatoday.tv

19:09
Zakharchenko invited relatives of the victims of the Boeing 777 to visit the "DNR" (Gordonua.com)
http://gordonua.com/news/war/Zaharchenko-priglasil-rodstvennikov-pogibshih-na-Boeing-777-posetit-DNR-90087.html
In the village of Grabovo near Torez militants "DNR" organized a memorial service at the crash site of the Boeing 777, according to the "fourth estate".
During the rally, the leader of the militants, "DNR" Alexander Zakharchenko laid flowers at the monument to victims of the plane crash, ...
In his speech, Zakharchenko plane crash blamed the Ukrainian authorities
[No doubt a PR idea of Putin. These Russians are revolting in the extreme.
Like Hitler laying flowers at Aushwitz in 1943. ]

Russian State News Agency Deletes Quiz on Ill-Fated MH17 Plane [in english]
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/russian-state-news-agency-deletes-quiz-on-ill-fated-mh17-plane/525798.html
State-run Russian news agency RIA Novosti launched an online quiz Friday about Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, exactly a year after the plane was downed over war-torn eastern Ukraine, but deleted it the same day after being swamped with comments about its insensitivity, the Lenta.ru news website reported....
By noon on Friday, the quiz was heading the list of media materials most popular in social networks, ...
Correct answers were rewarded with a picture of burnt fragments of the plane popping up with the caption: “Congratulations! Your answer is correct,”...
[The Russians are truly sick in the head.
RIA - Roland Oliphant who works for the Telegraph works for RIa.
Shaun Walker also - Russiaprofile, and now taken over by RIA. Walker also writes for The Guardian. ]

[This hasn't gone down well in Europe. Belgium paper - Shaun Walker's friends not too popular there today, or in Holland I would think...]

Russisch agentschap Ria Novosti moet quiz over MH17-crash na enkele minuten weer verwijderen
http://nl.metrotime.be/2015/07/17/news/russisch-agentschap-ria-novosti-moet-quiz-over-mh17-crash-na-enkele-minuten-weer-verwijderen/

Crash du vol MH17: le quiz de mauvais goût d'une agence russe
http://www.lalibre.be/actu/international/crash-du-vol-mh17-le-quiz-de-mauvais-gout-d-une-agence-russe-55a8f36935708aa437057899
[quiz "in bad taste" by a Russian agency]

[In polish here... ]
http://kresy24.pl/70736/to-nie-ludzie-to-potwory-ria-novosti-oglosila-konkurs-z-nagrodami-w-sprawie-katastrofy/

[One of the questions from the "quiz".
How must the relatives feel about this? And what must be their impression of Russia now?
Not that it was probably very high anyway. ]

Ukraine today sparked a new diplomatic row with Russia by expelling Moscow's top envoy to a Black Sea region now governed by the pro-Western former president of Georgia.

The State Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said Kyiv had declared Moscow's consulate general in Odesa 'persona non grata' for conducting unnamed activities "incompatible" with his diplomatic work..........

uatoday.tv/news

High-tech weapon from which a year ago was hit by a passenger plane "Boeing-777", "Malaysian Airlines' could fall into the hands of terrorists from Russia. This is stated in the address of the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko on the anniversary of the tragedy.

"This could not happen without the participation, without direct orders from top political and military leadership of the neighboring country. Exactly one year ago camouflage ugly hybrid war unleashed against Ukraine was withdrawn, "- said the head of state.

He promised that in the fields of the Ukrainian village of Grabovo, where there was a plane crash, will be a monument to 298 innocent victims of a barbaric act of terrorism that took place a year ago. "Memorial to victims of crime. Crimes which is necessary not only to investigate but also punish you want, "- said Poroshenko.

He noted that our moral duty - to provide just punishment of those responsible in bringing down the aircraft. "This crime is a threat to the entire international community. Justice must be restored, and the willingness to defend the basic values ​​must be demonstrated. This act of cruelty can not have forgiveness in the modern world, "- said the President.

According to Poroshenko, Ukraine is ready to continue to provide all necessary support, information needed to bring the perpetrators to justice.

"A year ago we made a vow that those responsible for the tragedy would be punished. These are not empty words. Murderers must know that punishment is inevitable ", - said the President.

glavcom.ua: In Russian

In Crimea occupied by pilgrimage tours planned to attract about 20 million Muslims in Russia. This was at a meeting of the working group on the establishment of a center of religious tourism Deputy "Minister of Resorts and Tourism" RK Rustem Tagar.

He noted that the agency pays special attention to the development of pilgrimage tours. In his opinion, the prospects for development of this area are enormous. "Only within the framework of a tour of one denomination is able to attract Muslims from all over Russia, who number about 20 million, as well as pilgrims from abroad", - added Tagar.

In turn, "the head of Minkurortov" Sergei Strelbitsky stressed that religious tourism has a special place in the tourism industry of the Crimea. "Today, the work of the Ministry of Resorts and Tourism of Crimea aims to develop all types of tourism. I am sure that the meetings of the working group will allow us to effectively build a clear model of the development of religious tourism in the Crimea ", - quotes Strelbitsky press-service agency.

Following the meeting, the representatives of national-cultural autonomy of Crimea asked to prepare information about the little-known objects that later will be included in sightseeing tours. At the same time the leadership of the Crimean excursion guild asked to provide information on all religious tourist destinations in the peninsula, writes News of the Crimea .

As is well known, occupied Crimea is experiencing a second disastrous tourist season: beaches and resorts are empty.

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The American company Frontera Resources Corporation plans to begin construction in Ukraine LNG-terminal for liquefied natural gas. This was during the "hour of questions to the government," the parliament said the Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk.

"The American company Frontera begin construction LNG-terminal and start natural gas supplies to Ukraine due to the construction of this terminal," - he said.

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Today, July 17, in the town of Donetsk region Hrabovo supporters of the "Donetsk People's Republic" picketed.

In the area of ​​the crash site of a downed airliner Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 were about 200 people with the flags of the "republic" and placards with slogans: "Kiev stop shooting", "you have killed and continue to kill us." The network published photos from the event, according to Informator.lg.ua .






Recall, today marks a year since the terrible tragedy - the crash of the Malaysian "Boeing-777" in the sky over the Donbas.

Today, in many countries of the world will honor the victims of the crash . In particular, in Kiev will be closed funeral requiem.

July 17, 2014 was hit by a passenger plane "Malaysia Airlines" , which went from Amsterdam towards Kuala Lumpur. On board the aircraft, "Boeing-777" were 283 passengers and 15 crew members . Among the passengers were 80 children .

On the same day around 16:50, it was reported terrorist leader Igor Girkin, who boasted that in the area of Torez his fighters shot down allegedly another AN-26. It fell near Torez airliner airlines Malaysia.

The General Staff said that "Boeing-777" was shot down by a Russian air defense , most likely it is the C-300 or "Book". The network has the video , which can be seen as anti-aircraft missile systems "Buk" after the crime leaves the scene of the crime.

US intelligence confirmed that the Malaysian "Boeing-777" crashed near Donetsk, was shot down by a missile of class "surface-to-air" .

It established the international Commission of Inquiry to investigate the collapse of the "Boeing". July 2, 2015 Dutch investigators were sent to all the countries concerned to draft a report on the crash of the Malaysian Boeing MH17, which took place last summer in the Donbas. This investigation is carried out under the auspices of the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization). Investigators promise to publish the final results in October, although it is possible that on the right before.

At the same time, July 17, Ukrainian can be published report on the investigation of the disaster Malaysian Boeing. This was a few days ago, said Ambassador at Large MFA of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba. According to him, the document will be devastating for Russia as to prove the involvement of the leadership of this country to the tragedy that claimed the lives of nearly three hundred civilians.

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The well-known lawyer, a judge of the International Tribunal years 2002-2005. Vladimir Vasilenko interview with "Commander in Chief" talked about what would happen in the case of blocking the creation of the Russian Federation of the Malaysian Court of crash Boeing flight MN17.

Recall that the UN Security Council began work on a resolution on the establishment of the International Tribunal in the case of the downed Boeing MH-17. And the work of the Tribunal under the auspices of the UN can always be locked permanent Security Council members Russia, which opposed the establishment of such a court.

"Of course, Russia is likely to block the adoption of the resolution, said Vasilenko. - But this is an indirect confirmation of the fact that Boeing MH-17 was hit by a rocket launcher Russian Federation. Another court without a UN mandate can not be. The Court should only be created UN. Only then he will have the competence, legitimacy, will have the right to hear the case. "

"Russians have always talked about the fact that they are not involved at all in what happened, they have enough evidence allegedly showing that the Ukrainian Air Force shot down the plane. Of course, the proposal to establish an international tribunal proceeded from the assumption that Russia would provide all the evidence that she has to prove his innocence. If she does not agree, then, as I said, this may indirectly indicate the fault of Russia ", - said the lawyer

He spoke about what legal mechanisms exist to date to prove the involvement of the perpetrator.

"As you know, representatives of the prosecuting authorities, in particular Malaysia, the Netherlands, Belgium, Ukraine, Australia set up a joint investigation team, which is almost completed its work. Already prepared a preliminary report, in which the country within a month, they can submit their comments. The final version of the document to be presented on October 30. The report sets out the facts relating to the death of all the circumstances of this aircraft. To all the facts were appreciated from a legal point of view, to the wine was set specific individuals involved in this international crime, it is necessary to establish the International Tribunal. This court will be composed of independent judges with an impeccable reputation, who will be able to objectively evaluate the evidence collected by the Commission, consisting of representatives of different countries. That is, in this international commission, which is now investigating, may contain bias. Therefore, the task of judges will exclude any bias. On the other hand, they will be able to give a legal assessment of what happened, to identify the perpetrators and take the sentences, which will be recorded by the punishment of those responsible and compensation for damage. Simultaneously with the adoption of the UN resolution on the establishment of the court should adopt a resolution that would approve the statute of the court. The charter must be provided and the procedure for the formation of this body and the procedure for its operation. This is an ideal scheme, if the creation of this body still supports the UN Security Council, "- said the lawyer.

Vasilenko said that if Russia will object, there are two ways out of this situation.

"Firstly, there is adopted in the 1950 UN General Assembly resolution №377« Unity for Peace ". This resolution provides that, when the UN Security Council could not agree on the measures to be applied in order to prevent violations of the general peace, or questions related to the breach of the peace, then the General Assembly of the majority and it 2/3 everyone can take a decision. It follows that The General Assembly can also vote for the creation of such a body.

Secondly, there are five countries that initiate the creation of an international court. All these countries must recognize the Rome Statute accept the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court. Ukraine and Malaysia, if the latter is not a party to the Rome Statute, should declare a one-time recognition of the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court. Then, countries should collectively address the International Court of Justice to review the case of individual production "- summed up Vasilenko.

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Kazakhstan will not be used in two-way trade with Ukraine to Annex №6 Agreement on the establishment of free trade within the CIS.

This commitment is one of the provisions of the Protocol, adopted on the results of the twelfth meeting of the Ukrainian-Kazakh intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation.

Recall application №6 Agreement on the establishment of free trade within the CIS allows member countries of the Customs Union to unilaterally raise customs duties on goods from CIS countries that have concluded free trade agreements with third countries - unless it is detrimental to their national economy.

In fact, this point was accepted for blocking the conclusion of the Association Agreement with the EU, Ukraine and Moldova.

Official Moscow has repeatedly stated that it intends to use this opportunity as soon as from the beginning of 2016 will earn a free trade regime in Ukraine and the EU. To prevent this now works tripartite commission to find ways of eliminating the causes that can cause damage to the Russian economy from a free trade regime between Ukraine and EU.

In this context, the obligation to present Kazakhstan is very important for Ukraine. Russia may increase the tariff rates only together with other countries of the Eurasian Union: Belarus, Kazakhstan and Armenia.

Accordingly, the refusal of Kazakhstan from the use of application №6 significantly complicate Russia to fulfill its threats.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the establishment of a mobilization reserve of the Armed Forces. The document is available on the official portal of legal information.

The Government will ensure that measures for entering the reserve army of citizens in reserve.

This will happen as part of an experiment to introduce a new system of "training and accumulation of mobilization of human resources" in the execution of the presidential decree of May 2012.

Funding for the formation of the reserve will be allocated to the Ministry of Defense budget.

Currently, the mobilization reserves of the Russian Armed Forces are all Russians for military service.


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The Special Patrol monitoring mission of the OSCE in motion-controlled by "DNR" in Komsomolsk was blocked by unknown gunmen and subjected to a thorough search. This is stated in a public statement on Friday evening July 16.

"Komsomolsk (controlled" DNI ", 42 km south-east of Donetsk), at the entrance to the" wartime "compound HMM cars were blocked with cars and uniformed armed men. The armed men checked cars HMM and outside (on the roof), looking for cameras and asked for some pictures, "- the report said.

The CMM OSCE reported that after 10 minutes searches patrol SMM was allowed to proceed further.


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In the near future and are Gorlovka and near Yenakiyevo Panteleymonovka could pass under the control of insurgents Igor Bezlera. As told «Informator» sealed source, currently Gorlovskaya checkpoints controlled Bezlera people.

Earlier it was reported that Igor Bezler preparing a plot against Alexander Zakharchenko. According to the source, under the command of Bezlera are several thousand fighters and equipment.

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Is this the caliber of thugs the little dwarf hires? What a 2nd rate group.

During a telephone conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin, Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel raised the issue of Russian gas supplies to Ukraine, the press service of the Kremlin.

"Also addresses the problems of supply to Ukraine of Russian natural gas", - the press service of the Kremlin.

The leaders discussed the situation in the south-east of Ukraine in the context of the Minsk agreement on 12 February 2015. It stressed the need for their continuous and comprehensive compliance in order to de-escalate the conflict.

Particular attention was paid to the issues of constitutional reform in Ukraine and the organization of local elections in the Donbass, as well as socio-economic reconstruction of Donetsk and Lugansk regions.

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Soldiers of the battalion "Dnepr-1" near Donetsk won at 1 km of the occupiers. Thus they destroyed the mortar battery and two barracks near Sand, transfers "TSN" .

The soldiers added that the road and the field near the reclaimed area they have cleared and are now securely held.

According to them, the losses among our soldiers during an operation there.

How many terrorists were killed - it is still unknown.

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President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko held a telephone conversation with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande and Russian President Vladimir Putin, during which called for the immediate implementation of the agreements Minsk.

It is reported by the press service of the gosudastva.

"The President of Ukraine expressed concern about the continuation of the escalation in the Donbass, and called for the full implementation of the agreements Minsk. Poroshenko said that Ukraine, unlike the other hand, performs the Minsk agreement", - the report says.

Poroshenko stressed the need for the unconditional and immediate release of all the hostages, including Ukrainian citizens illegally present on the territory of Russia, in particular Oleg Savchenko Sentsova and Hope.

German Chancellor and French President stressed the importance of the Ukrainian Parliament passes amendments to the Constitution in the part of the decentralization of power.

The two sides agreed to continue dialogue on next week.

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In the course of the evening of July 17 telephone conversation in the format "Norman Quartet" Russian expectedly expressed the interests of terrorists "L / DNI." Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he considers it necessary to end the blockade of Donbass and urged the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko to establish a direct dialogue with the terrorists.
This was reported by the Kremlin press service.

"The leaders discussed the situation in the south-east of Ukraine in the context of the Minsk agreement of 12 February 2015 stressed the need for their strict compliance and comprehensive in order to de-escalate the conflict ... Vladimir Putin once again stressed that the most important condition for the settlement is the establishment of a direct dialogue Kiev authorities with representatives of Donetsk and Luhansk, including in the framework of the Contact Group, "- said in a statement.

"Particular attention was paid to the issues of constitutional reform in Ukraine and the organization of local elections in the Donbass, as well as socio-economic reconstruction of Donetsk and Lugansk regions, which is a serious obstacle, as noted by the President of Russia, is the actual blockade of the regions", - said in the Kremlin.

As noted in the Kremlin, in the course of conversation, the President also touched upon the problems of supply to Ukraine of Russian natural gas.

As reported by the "Observer", the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko on Friday, July 17, held a telephone conversation with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande and Russian President Vladimir Putin, during which called for the immediate implementation of the agreements Minsk. Sogasno press service of the President of Ukraine, Poroshenko demanded that Putin immediately release all hostages held in Russia. It is noteworthy that in the message the Kremlin it does not say a word.

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Leaders of Russian bands "U-Piter" and "DDT" Vyacheslav Butusov and Shevchuk took part in the recording of the composition of the "Sonce-hmary" and sing in Ukrainian.

The corresponding audio recording was posted on the net.

The composition is called "Osіn panuє."

https://soundcloud.com/u-piter-1/epomdueo6hko

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Russia can not be brought to justice in The Hague for the destruction of MH17. This was stated in the "Channel 5", Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine for European Integration Elena mirror.

"Taking into account the positions of all countries in the UN Security Council, the issue will be discussed in the Security Council. And though Russia's unconstructive position, the possibility of creating such a tribunal is still there, "- she says.

But, according to the mirror, use a tool tribunal in The Hague is impossible.

"We must understand that neither Russia nor Ukraine nor Malaysia are not subject to the international court in The Hague. Therefore, this tool can not be used. Regarding the blocking Russian-making in the Security Council, it can not block this question at all, and only now, but we can pick it up again when the final report of the joint investigative team, "- she explained.

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