Friday, March 15, 2019

Russia proposes 24 candidates for ODIHR monitors of Ukrainian election - Interfax-Ukraine

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March 15, 2019
Russia proposes 24 candidates for ODIHR monitors of Ukrainian election - Interfax-Ukraine
Vyshinsky Case Reflects Lawlessness in Ukraine - Russian Foreign Ministry - UrduPoint News
EU targets 8 more Russians over naval incident off Ukraine - Washington Post
Where Will the Money to Rebuild Syria Come From? - The Atlantic
Ex-Foreign Minister Axworthy to lead Canada's election observation mission to Ukraine – media - UNIAN

Russia proposes 24 candidates for ODIHR monitors of Ukrainian election - Interfax-Ukraine

Interfax-Ukraine
14:34 15.03.2019 Russia proposes 24 candidates for ODIHR monitors of Ukrainian election The OSCE ODIHR has sent Kyiv a list of candidates for the short-term mission to monitor the Ukrainian presidential election, there are 24 candidates proposed by Russia on the list, the ODIHR told Interfax.
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Vyshinsky Case Reflects Lawlessness in Ukraine - Russian Foreign Ministry - UrduPoint News

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Everything that is happening with RIA Novosti portal head Kirill Vyshinsky, who has been in Ukrainian custody since May 2018, is a manifestation of lawlessness in the country and shows how Kiev violates its commitments to protect media freedom, the Russian Foreign Ministry's spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Friday MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 15th March, 2019) Everything that is happening with RIA Novosti portal head Kirill Vyshinsky, who has been in Ukrainian custody since May 2018, is a manifestation of lawlessness in the country and shows how Kiev violates its commitments to protect media freedom, the Russian Foreign Ministry's spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Friday.
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EU targets 8 more Russians over naval incident off Ukraine - Washington Post

Washington Post
BRUSSELS — The European Union has imposed sanctions on eight more Russian officials that it says were involved in the seizure by Russia of Ukrainian ships and crew in November. EU headquarters said Friday that it is slapping asset freezes and travel bans on the eight for “actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.”
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Where Will the Money to Rebuild Syria Come From? - The Atlantic

The Atlantic
Russia, which intervened in the conflict in 2015 and is keen to preserve its newfound regional influence, can’t take on the cost of reconstruction. Its economy is in tatters, made worse by sanctions imposed following its invasion of Ukraine’s Crimea in 2014 and its interference in the 2016 U.S.
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Ex-Foreign Minister Axworthy to lead Canada's election observation mission to Ukraine – media - UNIAN

UNIAN
Ex-Foreign Minister Axworthy to lead Canada's election observation mission to Ukraine – mediaCanada will provide funding to counteract the "negative impact of disinformation" in the electoral process.
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Thursday, March 14, 2019

Google fixes “technical mistake” in maps that presented Crimea to Russian users as Ukrainian territory - bne IntelliNews

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March 14, 2019
Google fixes “technical mistake” in maps that presented Crimea to Russian users as Ukrainian territory - bne IntelliNews
War-displaced Ukrainians struggle to get their vote - FRANCE 24
Russian Security Service blocks supplies of weapon products to Ukraine - 112 International
Day in Donbas: Russia fires twice, two Ukrainian soldiers wounded - 112 International
The trolls are winning, says Russian troll hunter - WBFO

Google fixes “technical mistake” in maps that presented Crimea to Russian users as Ukrainian territory - bne IntelliNews

bne IntelliNews
Five year after Russia took control of the peninsula, the sovereignty dispute between Russia and Ukraine over Crimea is still sensitive for online service providers, reports East-West Digital News (EWDN).
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War-displaced Ukrainians struggle to get their vote - FRANCE 24

FRANCE 24
Date created : 14/03/2019 - 06:57 Kryvyi Rig (Ukraine) (AFP) Natalya Nikitchenko was forced to flee the war in eastern Ukraine: now, like more than a million others, she is battling to get her vote in this month's presidential election.
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Russian Security Service blocks supplies of weapon products to Ukraine - 112 International

112 International
Yuriy Lutsenko, the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) blocked the supply of the details of the military use to Ukraine, as Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko said during the session of the Temporary Investigation Commission on the investigation of deals in the national security sector, Pravda reports. 
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Day in Donbas: Russia fires twice, two Ukrainian soldiers wounded - 112 International

112 International
The Russian militants opened fire in the Donbas conflict zone two times today. The Ministry of Defense reported this on its website. The enemy attacked the Joint Forces operation in the East operational group action zone.
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The trolls are winning, says Russian troll hunter - WBFO

WBFO
Slaying online trolls can be a lonely business. Just ask Russia’s Lyudmila Savchuk, who first exposed the story of Russia’s disinformation campaign back in 2014.  The journalist and 33-year-old mother of two, Savchuk started noticing websites and social media accounts attacking local opposition activists in her hometown of Saint Petersburg with a frequency she hadn’t seen before. 
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Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Lloyd Axworthy to lead Canada's election observation mission to Ukraine - CBC News

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March 13, 2019
Lloyd Axworthy to lead Canada's election observation mission to Ukraine - CBC News
Ukraine's Deputy PM explains why Friendship Treaty with Russia not terminated ahead of time - UNIAN
Not so fast: Mueller still investigating pivotal Russia probe issues - Reuters
Manafort faces sentencing in Washington in Mueller special counsel case - Washington Post
Ukrainian sailors captured by Russia could be considered POWs – OHCHR - UNIAN

Lloyd Axworthy to lead Canada's election observation mission to Ukraine - CBC News

CBC News
Former foreign affairs minister Lloyd Axworthy will lead Canada's election observation mission to Ukraine as concerns mount that Russia may interfere in the country's democratic process, CBC News has learned.
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Ukraine's Deputy PM explains why Friendship Treaty with Russia not terminated ahead of time - UNIAN

UNIAN
The agreement is valid until March 31, 2019 inclusively. Photo from UNIAN Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister on European and Euroatlantic Integration Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze has explained why Ukraine did not terminate the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Partnership with Russia ahead of time.Read alsoKlimkin comments on Russia's list of Friendship Treaty "violations"
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Not so fast: Mueller still investigating pivotal Russia probe issues - Reuters

Reuters
(Reuters) - The timing of the release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russia’s role in the 2016 U.S. election is a major topic of discussion in Washington, with the disclosure of the findings expected to be a seismic event in American politics.
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Manafort faces sentencing in Washington in Mueller special counsel case - Washington Post

Washington Post
Once a globe-trotting political operative and campaign chairman for President Trump, Paul Manafort returns to federal court Wednesday as a felon awaiting word on how much more prison time he could receive in the hard fall from his power-broker days.
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Ukrainian sailors captured by Russia could be considered POWs – OHCHR - UNIAN

UNIAN
Ukrainian crew members are protected by the Third Geneva Convention. Photo by Roman Tsymbaliuk The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has said Ukrainian sailors captured by the Russian Federation in the Kerch Strait could be considered prisoners of war (POWs)."Ukrainian crew members apprehended by Russian authorities in the Kerch Strait on November 25, 2018 could be considered as prisoners of war and protected under the Third Geneva Convention," the OHCHR said in a report on the human rights situation in Ukraine from November 16, 2018 to February 15, 2019.
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Tuesday, March 12, 2019

UkrInform: Russia should grant protection to Ukrainian seamen under international law - Kyiv Post

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March 12, 2019
UkrInform: Russia should grant protection to Ukrainian seamen under international law - Kyiv Post
Ukrinform - Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news
Civic space and fundamental freedoms ahead of the presidential, parliamentary and local elections in Ukraine in 2019-2020 - Ukraine - ReliefWeb
Ukrainian ombudsman informed of detained sailors' health – Russian human rights official - RAPSI
Report: Russia will meddle in European elections, keep prepping for war with NATO - NBC News

UkrInform: Russia should grant protection to Ukrainian seamen under international law - Kyiv Post

Kyiv Post
Russia's War Against Ukraine UkrInform: Russia should grant protection to Ukrainian seamen under international law Published March 12. Updated March 12 at 2:47 pm A detained Ukrainian sailor is escorted to a car after a court hearing in Simferopol, Crimea, on Nov.
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Ukrinform - Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news

Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news
Russia should grant protection to 24 captured Ukrainian seamen in accordance with international humanitarian law. Head of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine Fiona Frazer stated this at the presentation of the new 25th report of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine covering the period from November 16, 2018 to February 19, 2019, according to an Ukrinform correspondent.
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Civic space and fundamental freedoms ahead of the presidential, parliamentary and local elections in Ukraine in 2019-2020 - Ukraine - ReliefWeb

ReliefWeb
UN: Five years on, most human rights recommendations remain valid KYIV (12 March 2019) – Most of the recommendations made in Ukraine by the UN Human Rights Office over the past five years have not been implemented and remain valid, says a UN report published today on the human rights situation in Ukraine.
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Ukrainian ombudsman informed of detained sailors' health – Russian human rights official - RAPSI

RAPSI
13:54 12/03/2019 MOSCOW, March 12 (RAPSI) – Chairman of Russia’s Presidential Council for Human Rights Mikhail Fedotov has informed Ukrainian ombudsman Lyudmila Denisova about health condition and treatment of sailors detained on charges of illegal border crossing in the Kerch Strait, the advisory body’s press service has told RAPSI.
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Report: Russia will meddle in European elections, keep prepping for war with NATO - NBC News

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Breaking News EmailsGet breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. March 12, 2019, 10:35 AM GMT By Courtney Kube WASHINGTON — In 2019 Russia will likely try to influence the European Parliament elections, continue intelligence and influence operations against the West, and keep preparing for armed conflict with NATO, according to the latest annual threat assessment produced by the Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service.
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Monday, March 11, 2019

Donbas war may end even amid Putin's regime – ex-Russian MP - UNIAN

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March 11, 2019
Donbas war may end even amid Putin's regime – ex-Russian MP - UNIAN
Wall Street Journal: US bulks up Ukraine's navy to thwart Russia - Kyiv Post
OSCE General Secretary regrets ban on Russian observers at Ukrainian elections, calls for free, fair election - Interfax Ukraine
March 11, 11:17 am Poroshenko expects Russia to release Ukrainian sailors after Ukrainian election - Kyiv Post
AP FACT CHECK: Trump wrong about federal judge's remarks - Associated Press

Donbas war may end even amid Putin's regime – ex-Russian MP - UNIAN

UNIAN
Donbas war may end even amid Putin's regime – ex-Russian MPHowever, Crimea is an issue that will be resolved only after change of power in the Kremlin. REUTERS Former member of the Russian State Duma Ilya Ponomarev has said the situation in Donbas may be settled even during Russian President Vladimir Putin's regime.Read alsoPoroshenko explains why war in Ukraine so critical for Putin
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Wall Street Journal: US bulks up Ukraine's navy to thwart Russia - Kyiv Post

Kyiv Post
Russia's War Against Ukraine Wall Street Journal: US bulks up Ukraine’s navy to thwart Russia Published March 11 at 1:52 pm A cat walks on the quai next to the frigate Hetman Sahaydachniy (U130), flagship of Ukrainian Navy in southern Ukrainian city Odessa on May 3, 2015.
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OSCE General Secretary regrets ban on Russian observers at Ukrainian elections, calls for free, fair election - Interfax Ukraine

Interfax Ukraine
12:32 11.03.2019 OSCE General Secretary regrets ban on Russian observers at Ukrainian elections, calls for free, fair election OSCE General Secretary Thomas Greminger has expressed regret and concern in connection with the ban on Russian citizens to officially observe upcoming presidential elections in Ukraine.
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March 11, 11:17 am Poroshenko expects Russia to release Ukrainian sailors after Ukrainian election - Kyiv Post

Kyiv Post
Russia's War Against Ukraine Poroshenko expects Russia to release Ukrainian sailors after Ukrainian election Published March 11 at 11:17 am A Russian security service officer escorts a detained Ukrainian sailor to a courthouse in Moscow on Jan.
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AP FACT CHECK: Trump wrong about federal judge's remarks - Associated Press

Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump heard words from a judge that the judge didn’t speak, as the president reached to denounce the Russia investigation as a hoax and celebrate an exoneration he wasn’t given.
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Sunday, March 10, 2019

National News Ukrainian hackers used quizzes to access private Facebook data, company says CNN Newsource 2 - KGUN

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March 10, 2019
National News Ukrainian hackers used quizzes to access private Facebook data, company says CNN Newsource 2 - KGUN
Sergey Lazarev returns to Eurovision with 'Scream' for Russia - Eurovision.tv
Text of a Notice on the Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to Ukraine - Whitehouse.gov
The Contenders for the Ukrainian Presidency - The National Interest Online
Ukrinform - Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news

National News Ukrainian hackers used quizzes to access private Facebook data, company says CNN Newsource 2 - KGUN

KGUN
A pair of Ukrainian hackers used seemingly innocuous online quizzes and surveys, with titles like "What does your eye color say about you?," to gain access to private Facebook user data and to target users with "unauthorized" advertisements, the social media company says.
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Sergey Lazarev returns to Eurovision with 'Scream' for Russia - Eurovision.tv

Eurovision.tv
Sergey is no stranger to television competitions or the Eurovision Song Contest as he returns for a second attempt to capture the Eurovision crown. He came close in 2016 when he topped the public vote and finished third overall with You Are The Only One.
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Text of a Notice on the Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to Ukraine - Whitehouse.gov

Whitehouse.gov
On March 6, 2014, by Executive Order 13660, the President declared a national emergency pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706) to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States constituted by the actions and policies of persons that undermine democratic processes and institutions in Ukraine; threaten its peace, security, stability, sovereignty, and territorial integrity; and contribute to the misappropriation of its assets.
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The Contenders for the Ukrainian Presidency - The National Interest Online

The National Interest Online
Ukraine's 2018 presidential elections should have been a major milestone in the country’s political consolidation. The “Blue/Orange” divide which had characterized the nation's politics—with successive presidents lurching between pursuing closer ties with the Euro-Atlantic world or restoring closer relations with Russia—is no longer a factor.
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Ukrinform - Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news

Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news
Russian intelligence agencies plan to involve agents of the so-called "LPR State Security Ministry" in creating extraordinary situations at polling stations during the presidential election in Ukraine.
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