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”Green light for torture”: Sentsov transferred to punishment cell
Ukrainian film director Oleh Sentsov, who was illegally sentenced in Russia for 20 years, has been transferred to a punishment cell, Sentsov`s cousin, Natalia Kaplan, wrote on Facebook. ”Oleh Sentsov is in the punishment cell. It is believed that now the colony has a green light for torture,” she wrote. Earlier, Ukrainian film director Sentsov...
Weekly Report: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine 17.10.– 23.10.2016
Coalition For Defense (The Netherlands) : The Decline of the West, and How to Stop It – 22 October 2016, 14:06 Geopolitical Futures (USA) : Watch List Findings: Oct. 22, 2016 – 22 October 2016, 12:51 Global Ukraine (Ukraine) : Syria, Brexit and migrants – is there any place for Ukraine on the international agenda? – 21 October...
Russian troops attack Ukraine 33 times in last day
Russian troops attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 33 times in the past 24 hours, according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) headquarters. In the Mariupol sector, the occupiers violated the ceasefire regime 22 times. They fired 82mm and 120mm mortars, grenade launchers, machine guns and small arms on the...
Polish commission presents new Smolensk plane crash findings
A commission set up to carry out a new probe into the 2010 crash of a Polish presidential plane on Friday presented findings which it said cast doubt on earlier official reports by Poland and Russia, according to Radio Poland. The commission concluded that the bodies of some of the passengers showed signs of damage that could not be explained by...
Ukrainian citizen Klykh convicted in Russia gone mad due to torture – human rights activists
Ukrainian citizen Stanislav Klykh contained in the Grozny detention center, Chechnya, has gone mad because of the torture, which was applied to him during the arrest and during the preliminary investigation, Russian human rights activist and member of the Moscow Public Oversight Commission to monitor compliance with the rights of prisoners Zoia...
Egypt sold Mistral battleships to Russia for USD 1: Polish defense minister
Egypt has sold two French-built Mistral battleships to Russia – which originally commissioned the ships – for $1, said Polish Defence Minister Antoni Macierewicz, Radio Poland reports. ”It is true that the Mistrals were sold to Egypt, and it is true that in recent days they have de facto been transferred to Russia for one dollar. This operation...
Ukraine`s Foreign Minister Klimkin: First elections in Donbas, then transfer of border control
Ukraine`s Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin says the elections in the occupied territories of Donbas can be held before Ukrainian authorities regain full control over the state border, an UaPosition correspondent reported. ”The Minsk agreements have not been changed, nor would they be changed in our favor. Nobody would allow changing a relevant...
Russian troops increase number of attacks on Ukraine to 41 times in last day
Combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 41 times in the past 24 hours, including 26 in the Mariupol sector, nine barrages in the Luhansk sector, and six in the Donetsk sector, according to the press center of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. View map in full size In the Mariupol sector, the...
Dutch Premier`s demands cast new doubt over EU-Ukraine pact
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte will press European Union leaders Thursday for a declaration stating that the bloc`s trade and political agreement with Ukraine doesn`t set Kyiv on a pathway to EU membership, according to European officials, raising fresh doubts about the fate of the accord, The Wall Street Journal reports. Mr. Rutte`s push, one...
Russia refuses to return occupied Debaltseve under Ukraine control
Russia does not agree with the return of the occupied town of Debaltseve under control of Ukraine, the work on this issue will continue at the level of ministers and aides, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov answered the question of a UaPosition correspondent in Russia, whether Russia agrees to return this town under control of Ukraine. ”As for...