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Ukrainian Klikh imprisoned in Russia found in psychiatric hospital in Magnitogorsk
Ukrainian political prisoner Stanislav Klikh, sentenced by a Russian court to 20 years in a penal colony on charges of participating in the Chechen war, was found in Magnitogorsk in the regional psychiatric prison hospital, reported Russian human rights activist Tatyana Shchur. “He was discovered there by Catherine Burian, a lawyer of the Ural Human Rights Group, after Stanislav’s lawyer in Ekaterinburg, Roman Kachanov, reported that he was promised that his client would be sent there …
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Poroshenko confirms Ukraine’s non-recognition of Kosovo during visit to Serbia
At a joint briefing with Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić , President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, who is on an official visit to Serbia, stated that Ukraine does not recognize Kosovo and hopes that problems in the area can be resolved in favor of the interests of Serbia. “We honor and respect the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Serbia. We do not recognize Kosovo, and we proceed from the premise that the Kosovo problem should be resolved by compromises being made, taking into account …
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Ukrainian Security Service: Russia to continue using cyberattacks as instrument of hybrid warfare
Russia will continue to use cyberattacks as an instrument of geopolitical influence, said Oleh Frolov, Deputy Head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), during the first UN High-Level Conference on Counter-Terrorism in New York.
“A series of powerful and complex cyberattacks, ruthless by design and catastrophic in their possible consequences, on the computer networks of the energy, banking and transport sectors and the communications sector, have once more demonstrated the aggressor’s …
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Belgian investors ready to enter Ukrainian energy market
Despite ongoing military actions in the East of Ukraine and the Russia’s aggression, Belgian investors went through the hot phases of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (Ukrainian Military Operation in the Donbas) and continue to work in Ukraine, stated by Luc Jacobs, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Belgium to Ukraine.
According to Jacobs, a difficult period with the security situation and lower economic activity in Ukraine did not prevent the Belgian companies from …
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Media: Russia admits possibility of Sentsov exchange
Alexei Kondratyev, Deputy Chairman of Russia’s Federation Council Defense and Security Committee, stated on July 2 that the Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov could be included in the list for a prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine.
As reported by the Russian Izvestia newspaper, Kondratyev said: “I think Sentsov can get [on the list]. The issue of his exchange has repeatedly been raised by the Ukrainian side, and his name is still relevant [for exchange].”
On July 2, the First Deputy …