Sunday, July 14, 2019

PM Groysman: Ukraine cannot stop train service with Russia over obligations to EU - UNIAN-Economy

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July 14, 2019
PM Groysman: Ukraine cannot stop train service with Russia over obligations to EU - UNIAN-Economy
Information Resistance: Russia to force Ukraine to restore water supplies to Crimea - Kyiv Post
RFE/RL: Russia successfully launches next-generation space telescope - Kyiv Post
Oliver Stone's Latest Piece of Pro-Putin Propaganda May Be His Most Shameless Move Yet - The Daily Beast
Bloomberg: Putin seeks to lock in parliament control - Kyiv Post

PM Groysman: Ukraine cannot stop train service with Russia over obligations to EU - UNIAN-Economy

UNIAN-Economy
PM Groysman: Ukraine cannot stop train service with Russia over obligations to EUUkraine has international obligations to the EU under the Association Agreement. PM Groysman / Photo from UNIAN
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Information Resistance: Russia to force Ukraine to restore water supplies to Crimea - Kyiv Post

Kyiv Post
Russia's War Against Ukraine Information Resistance: Russia to force Ukraine to restore water supplies to Crimea Published July 14. Updated July 14 at 12:41 pm Local residents line up to get drinking water from a water tanker in the ancient Crimean town of Stary Krym, on May 13, 2014.
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RFE/RL: Russia successfully launches next-generation space telescope - Kyiv Post

Kyiv Post
RFE/RL: Russia successfully launches next-generation space telescope Published July 14 at 12:21 pm A Russian Proton-M rocket carrying the Spain's satellite Amazonas-5 blasts off from the launch pad at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan early on Sept.
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Oliver Stone's Latest Piece of Pro-Putin Propaganda May Be His Most Shameless Move Yet - The Daily Beast

The Daily Beast
When Oliver Stone announced at the end of June that he would be premiering a new documentary, Revealing Ukraine, at the Taormina Film Festival in Sicily, not many people noticed. That’s not itself so surprising given his slide over recent years from producing acclaimed Hollywood blockbusters into bootlicking hagiographies of dictators with axes to grind against the United States.
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Bloomberg: Putin seeks to lock in parliament control - Kyiv Post

Kyiv Post
Bloomberg: Putin seeks to lock in parliament control Published July 14 at 9:57 am Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev speaks during his annual address to the State Duma, the lower chamber of Russia's parliament, in Moscow on April 17, 2019.
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Saturday, July 13, 2019

Ukraine expresses support for Sentsov on his birthday, again demands that Russia release him - Interfax Ukraine

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July 13, 2019
Ukraine expresses support for Sentsov on his birthday, again demands that Russia release him - Interfax Ukraine
No, we aren’t on the brink of a new Cold War with Russia and China - Brookings Institution
Giacomo Sanfilippo: Confronting the Orthodox Church's Soviet past - Kyiv Post
UNIAN: Zelensky pardons Kremlin's political prisoner Lytvinov - Kyiv Post
NEWSBRIEFS - The Ukrainian Weekly

Ukraine expresses support for Sentsov on his birthday, again demands that Russia release him - Interfax Ukraine

Interfax Ukraine
15:32 13.07.2019 Ukraine expresses support for Sentsov on his birthday, again demands that Russia release him Director Oleh Sentsov, unlawfully convicted in Russia, turned 43 years old, and the Foreign Ministry of Ukraine again demanded his release.
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No, we aren’t on the brink of a new Cold War with Russia and China - Brookings Institution

Brookings Institution
Increasingly in U.S. national security circles, it has become common to hear talk of a new Cold War with great-power rivals. But this way of thinking is imprecise at best, dangerous at worst.
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Giacomo Sanfilippo: Confronting the Orthodox Church's Soviet past - Kyiv Post

Kyiv Post
My readers can be forgiven if they hoped that my July 5 “The Patriarchal Saga that Keeps on Giving” would be my final word on Filaret Denysenko. I had certainly hoped that it would be.
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UNIAN: Zelensky pardons Kremlin's political prisoner Lytvinov - Kyiv Post

Kyiv Post
UNIAN: Zelensky pardons Kremlin’s political prisoner Lytvinov Published July 13. Updated July 13 at 9:11 am Ukrainian citizen Serhiy Litvinov was among those who were unlawfully held and convicted in Russia.
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NEWSBRIEFS - The Ukrainian Weekly

The Ukrainian Weekly
Zelenskyy: ‘No expensive military parade’ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced that the country will not hold an “expensive” military parade as it has in years past on the country’s Independence Day, August 24.
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Friday, July 12, 2019

Ukraine forces in Donbas shoot down another Russian drone - UNIAN

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July 12, 2019
Ukraine forces in Donbas shoot down another Russian drone - UNIAN
Russia conducting operation to force Ukraine to restore water supplies to Crimea – Information Resistance - Interfax Ukraine
Japanese Ambassador Takashi Kurai pledges strong support for Ukraine - Kyiv Post
MFA Ukraine responds to Russia's move to recognize "undesirable" activities of Ukrainian World Congress - UNIAN
NATO North Atlantic Council to visit Ukraine in October - 112 International

Ukraine forces in Donbas shoot down another Russian drone - UNIAN

UNIAN
Ukraine forces in Donbas shoot down another Russian drone13:20, 12 July 2019 War 0 0 The UAV was flying at an altitude of about 500-600 meters. REUTERS Azov regiment reports on the downing in the Donbas warzone's Svitlodarska Duha arc area of a Russian-made Eleron-type drone."The UAV was spotting the enemy artillery fire amid intensified shelling.
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Russia conducting operation to force Ukraine to restore water supplies to Crimea – Information Resistance - Interfax Ukraine

Interfax Ukraine
13:05 12.07.2019 Russia conducting operation to force Ukraine to restore water supplies to Crimea – Information Resistance Russia is actively lobbying for the restoration of water supplies to Russia-occupied Crimea using the North-Crimean Canal, the public organization Information Resistance (IR) has said.
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Japanese Ambassador Takashi Kurai pledges strong support for Ukraine - Kyiv Post

Kyiv Post
Takashi Kurai, Japan’s ambassador to Ukraine, arrived in Kyiv for assignment in January. But he wanted to take several months to meet people, travel the country and gain a better understanding of what’s happening before giving interviews.
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MFA Ukraine responds to Russia's move to recognize "undesirable" activities of Ukrainian World Congress - UNIAN

UNIAN
MFA Ukraine responds to Russia's move to recognize "undesirable" activities of Ukrainian World CongressThe ministry added that Ukraine was ready to take all steps necessary in response to this "shameful" decision of the aggressor state.
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NATO North Atlantic Council to visit Ukraine in October - 112 International

112 International
Zelensky, Stoltenberg in Brussels, June 2019 NATO North Atlantic Council will visit Ukraine on October 30-31. However, it should take place in July 2019 as Deutsche Welle reported.
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Thursday, July 11, 2019

Ukraine soccer league expands after conflict disruption - Washington Post

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July 11, 2019
Ukraine soccer league expands after conflict disruption - Washington Post
Russian police detain Crimean Tatar protesters outside supreme court: monitor - Reuters
Tensions between Russia and Georgia are on the rise again: Here's why it matters - CNBC
Press review: How Ukraine's vote will affect Moscow and Syria slams UK over seized tanker - TASS
Associated Press: Russia urges restraint amid new Gulf tensions - Kyiv Post

Ukraine soccer league expands after conflict disruption - Washington Post

Washington Post
KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s soccer league is expanding back to 16 teams after years of turmoil sparked by the annexation of Crimea and the conflict in the country’s east. The Ukrainian Football Federation says the coming 2019-20 season will be the last with 12 teams before an expansion to 14 for 2020-21 and 16 the following year.
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Russian police detain Crimean Tatar protesters outside supreme court: monitor - Reuters

Reuters
FILE PHOTO: A still image taken from a video footage and obtained by Reuters on July 10, 2019, shows Crimean Tatars during a demonstration to draw attention to alleged rights abuses in Crimea, in Red Square in Moscow, Russia.
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Tensions between Russia and Georgia are on the rise again: Here's why it matters - CNBC

CNBC
Demonstrators attend a march on the tenth day protests over a Russian lawmakers visit to Georgia's parliament on June 29, 2019 in Tbilisi, Georgia. The protests erupted after a controversial visit by Sergei Gavrilov, a Russian lawmaker of the Russian State Duma from the Communist Party.
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Press review: How Ukraine's vote will affect Moscow and Syria slams UK over seized tanker - TASS

TASS
Vedomosti: Kremlin’s backing of Medvedchuk’s party mobilizes anti-Russian forces Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev held talks with leaders of Ukraine’s Opposition Platform - For Life party Viktor Medvedchuk and Yuri Boiko on Wednesday.
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Associated Press: Russia urges restraint amid new Gulf tensions - Kyiv Post

Kyiv Post
Associated Press: Russia urges restraint amid new Gulf tensions Published July 11 at 12:47 pm The flag of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) flutters in front of the IAEA building in Vienna on July 10, 2019.
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Wednesday, July 10, 2019

Russia urges U.S., Ukraine to support its anti-Nazism efforts - The Jerusalem Post

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July 10, 2019
Russia urges U.S., Ukraine to support its anti-Nazism efforts - The Jerusalem Post
Russian police detain Crimean Tatar protesters on Moscow's Red Square - Reuters
Robert Mueller Missed the Crime: Trump's Campaign Coordinated With Russia - The Daily Beast
UN Human Rights Council 44: Ukraine - GOV.UK
Kremlin sees no progress on exchange of detained individuals between Russia, Ukraine – spokesman - RT

Russia urges U.S., Ukraine to support its anti-Nazism efforts - The Jerusalem Post

The Jerusalem Post
The United States should support efforts by Russia to combat the glorification of Nazism, including a draft UN resolution submitted by Russia against the glorification of Nazism, said its ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov, according to the Russian Tass News Agency.
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Russian police detain Crimean Tatar protesters on Moscow's Red Square - Reuters

Reuters
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian police detained seven Crimean Tatars on Moscow’s Red Square on Wednesday after dispersing a demonstration that had aimed to draw attention to alleged rights abuses on the Black Sea peninsula which Russia annexed from Ukraine five years ago.
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Robert Mueller Missed the Crime: Trump's Campaign Coordinated With Russia - The Daily Beast

The Daily Beast
Ever since the release of the Mueller Report, countless commentators have implored everyone to just #ReadtheReport. The problem is not who is reading it—the problem is the report itself, and its many errors. 
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UN Human Rights Council 44: Ukraine - GOV.UK

GOV.UK
Thank you, Madam Vice-President, The United Kingdom thanks the High Commissioner for her update and welcomes the 26th report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, based on the work of the Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine.
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Kremlin sees no progress on exchange of detained individuals between Russia, Ukraine – spokesman - RT

RT
There has been no progress regarding the exchange of detained individuals between Russia and Ukraine, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday. “The issue is discussed by the Contact Group [on eastern Ukraine], but for now we see that there are no results,” he told reporters.
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Tuesday, July 9, 2019

UNIAN: Russian anti-submarine corvette enters Sea of Azov - Kyiv Post

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July 09, 2019
UNIAN: Russian anti-submarine corvette enters Sea of Azov - Kyiv Post
Friday Night Fights With Ukraine's Far Right - The New Republic
Associated Press: Russian officials raise alarm over bee deaths - Kyiv Post
Russia-occupation forces shell Ukrainian positions 17 times on July 8, no casualties reported – JFO HQ - Interfax Ukraine
Tusk notes Russia's particular responsibility" to implement Minsk agreements - UNIAN

UNIAN: Russian anti-submarine corvette enters Sea of Azov - Kyiv Post

Kyiv Post
UNIAN: Russian anti-submarine corvette enters Sea of Azov Published July 9 at 1:04 pm Russian navy sailors stand on the deck of their ship, the 'Aleksandrovets' anti-submarine warfare (ASW) corvette, preparing to make its way in the bay of the Crimean city of Sevastopol on March 25, 2014.
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Friday Night Fights With Ukraine's Far Right - The New Republic

The New Republic
“So harden your hearts, sharpen your swords and when the enemy is here gut him like a pig!”Korotkikh became commander of the Azov Battalion’s intelligence service. Despite a past that included ties to notorious Russian neo-Nazi organizations, even reportedly running training for them on everything from hand-to-hand combat to knife fights, Korotkikh was given Ukrainian citizenship by then-president Petro Poroshenko in 2014.
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Associated Press: Russian officials raise alarm over bee deaths - Kyiv Post

Kyiv Post
Associated Press: Russian officials raise alarm over bee deaths Published July 9 at 12:45 pm A bee draws nectar from the flowers of a Sorbaria sorbifolia bush in a garden outside Moscow on June 22, 2019.
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Russia-occupation forces shell Ukrainian positions 17 times on July 8, no casualties reported – JFO HQ - Interfax Ukraine

Interfax Ukraine
11:11 09.07.2019 Russia-occupation forces shell Ukrainian positions 17 times on July 8, no casualties reported – JFO HQ Russia-occupation forces have fired on Ukrainian positions 17 times on Monday, July 8, and no losses have been reported, the press center of the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) has said.
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Tusk notes Russia's particular responsibility" to implement Minsk agreements - UNIAN

UNIAN
Tusk notes Russia's particular responsibility" to implement Minsk agreementsAlso, he said the EU condemns the Russian measures "entitling Ukrainian citizens of the areas currently not under the control of the Government to apply for Russian citizenship in a simplified manner."
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